Sri Lanka — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Sri Lanka, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-4.76%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -208.4% since 1960
Inflation for Sri Lanka was -4.76% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 49.72% in 2022.
Sri Lanka ranks 186 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 99%. The median for South Asia is 3.56%, so Sri Lanka sits below it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 110% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 226%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-4.76%
First (1960)
-1.54%
Change
-208.4%
Highest
49.72%
in 2022
Lowest
-4.76%
in 2025
Average
8.56%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -4.76% |
| 2024 | -0.43% |
| 2023 | 16.54% |
| 2022 | 49.72% |
| 2021 | 7.01% |
| 2020 | 6.15% |
| 2019 | 3.53% |
| 2018 | 2.14% |
| 2017 | 7.7% |
| 2016 | 3.96% |
| 2015 | 3.77% |
| 2014 | 3.18% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.