Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Sri Lanka's inflation rate stands at -4.76% as of 2025-12-31, down from -0.4294% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1960 to 2025 (66 observations).
In 2025, Sri Lanka's inflation rate was -4.76%, down from -0.4294% in 2024.
In 2024, Sri Lanka's inflation rate was -0.4294%, down from 16.54% in 2023.
In 2023, Sri Lanka's inflation rate was 16.54%, down from 49.72% in 2022.
In 2022, Sri Lanka's inflation rate was 49.72%, up from 7.01% in 2021.
In 2021, Sri Lanka's inflation rate was 7.01%, up from 6.15% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -4.76% | -4.33% |
| 2024 | -0.4294% | -16.97% |
| 2023 | 16.54% | -33.18% |
| 2022 | 49.72% | +42.71% |
| 2021 | 7.01% | +0.8608% |
| 2020 | 6.15% | +2.63% |
| 2019 | 3.53% | +1.39% |
| 2018 | 2.14% | -5.57% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | +3.75% |
| 2016 | 3.96% | +0.1905% |
| 2015 | 3.77% | +0.5894% |
| 2014 | 3.18% | -3.73% |
| 2013 | 6.91% | -0.6345% |
| 2012 | 7.54% | +0.8261% |
| 2011 | 6.72% | +0.4991% |
| 2010 | 6.22% | +2.75% |
| 2009 | 3.46% | -19.1% |
| 2008 | 22.56% | +6.72% |
| 2007 | 15.84% | +5.82% |
| 2006 | 10.02% | -1.62% |
| 2005 | 11.64% | +4.06% |
| 2004 | 7.58% | +1.26% |
| 2003 | 6.31% | -3.24% |
| 2002 | 9.55% | -4.61% |
| 2001 | 14.16% | +7.98% |
| 2000 | 6.18% | +1.48% |
| 1999 | 4.69% | -4.67% |
| 1998 | 9.36% | -0.2095% |
| 1997 | 9.57% | -6.36% |
| 1996 | 15.94% | +8.26% |
| 1995 | 7.67% | -0.7739% |
| 1994 | 8.45% | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 11.75% | +0.3633% |
| 1992 | 11.38% | -0.8022% |
| 1991 | 12.19% | -9.31% |
| 1990 | 21.5% | +9.93% |
| 1989 | 11.57% | -2.42% |
| 1988 | 13.99% | +6.27% |
| 1987 | 7.72% | -0.2592% |
| 1986 | 7.98% | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 1.48% | -15.16% |
| 1984 | 16.64% | +2.67% |
| 1983 | 13.96% | +3.14% |
| 1982 | 10.83% | -7.14% |
| 1981 | 17.97% | -8.18% |
| 1980 | 26.15% | +15.41% |
| 1979 | 10.73% | -1.41% |
| 1978 | 12.14% | +10.92% |
| 1977 | 1.22% | -0.1046% |
| 1976 | 1.33% | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 6.63% | -5.68% |
| 1974 | 12.3% | +2.68% |
| 1973 | 9.63% | +3.28% |
| 1972 | 6.35% | +3.68% |
| 1971 | 2.67% | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 5.87% | -1.59% |
| 1969 | 7.46% | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 5.86% | +3.67% |
| 1967 | 2.19% | +2.34% |
| 1966 | -0.1556% | -0.3784% |
| 1965 | 0.2228% | -2.97% |
| 1964 | 3.2% | +0.9227% |
| 1963 | 2.27% | +0.7693% |
| 1962 | 1.5% | +0.3691% |
| 1961 | 1.13% | +2.68% |
| 1960 | -1.54% | — |
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Sri Lanka's inflation rate is -4.76% as of 2025-12-31, compared with -0.4294% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 49.72% (2022); the lowest is -4.76% (2025), across data from 1960 to 2025.
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) Figures are republished with attribution and updated as the source releases new observations.