End-of-period inflation in Sri Lanka in 2024 — -1.5%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 194. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 26.2 pp.
1980–2024 · % per year
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sri Lanka
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -1.5 | −4.5 pp |
| 2023 | 3 | −55.6 pp |
| 2022 | 58.6 | +48.7 pp |
| 2021 | 9.9 | +5.8 pp |
| 2020 | 4.1 | −0.2 pp |
| 2019 | 4.3 | +1.5 pp |
| 2018 | 2.8 | −4.3 pp |
| 2017 | 7.1 | +2.7 pp |
| 2016 | 4.4 | −0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 4.6 | +3.2 pp |
| 2014 | 1.4 | −3.2 pp |
| 2013 | 4.6 | −4.7 pp |
| 2012 | 9.3 | +4.4 pp |
| 2011 | 4.9 | −1.9 pp |
| 2010 | 6.8 | +1.7 pp |
| 2009 | 5.1 | −8.9 pp |
| 2008 | 14 | −4.6 pp |
| 2007 | 18.6 | +5.1 pp |
| 2006 | 13.5 | +5.8 pp |
| 2005 | 7.7 | −5.4 pp |
| 2004 | 13.1 | +0.9 pp |
| 2003 | 12.2 | +0.9 pp |
| 2002 | 11.3 | +0.5 pp |
| 2001 | 10.8 | +0 pp |
| 2000 | 10.8 | +6.8 pp |
| 1999 | 4 | +0.3 pp |
| 1998 | 3.7 | −7 pp |
| 1997 | 10.7 | −6.1 pp |
| 1996 | 16.8 | +5.3 pp |
| 1995 | 11.5 | +7.3 pp |
| 1994 | 4.2 | −6.1 pp |
| 1993 | 10.3 | −3.5 pp |
| 1992 | 13.8 | +4.8 pp |
| 1991 | 9 | −10.6 pp |
| 1990 | 19.6 | +4.5 pp |
| 1989 | 15.1 | +0.1 pp |
| 1988 | 15 | +4.8 pp |
| 1987 | 10.2 | +1.1 pp |
| 1986 | 9.1 | +7.6 pp |
| 1985 | 1.5 | −8 pp |
| 1984 | 9.5 | −11.9 pp |
| 1983 | 21.4 | +16 pp |
| 1982 | 5.4 | −12.9 pp |
| 1981 | 18.3 | −6.4 pp |
| 1980 | 24.7 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The rise in consumer prices over a year measured from December to December. It differs from average annual inflation in the way it is computed: the average compares the mean price levels of two years and therefore lags, while December on December catches the current state. When inflation accelerates this indicator runs above the average one, when it slows it runs below, and at the height of a price surge the divergence reaches tens of percentage points.
Important: This is the quantity usually meant by inflation over the year. The IMF series runs with a forecast several years ahead.
Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.
The average annual rise in consumer prices as estimated and projected by the IMF.
Economy Consumer price inflationThe annual change in the consumer price index, in percent.
Economy Consumer price indexThe level of consumer prices relative to a base year — the accumulated result of inflation.
Finance Exchange rate to the US dollarThe average annual official exchange rate of the national currency per one US dollar.
