Annual inflation, consumer prices in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Annual inflation, consumer prices was -0.4% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Annual inflation, consumer prices in Sri Lanka, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual inflation, consumer prices in Sri Lanka is -0.4%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 102.6% on the previous year and down 113.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual inflation, consumer prices in Sri Lanka peaked at 49.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, -0.4%, in 2024.
Sri Lanka ranks 199th of 203 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual inflation, consumer prices in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.2% | — |
| 2001 | 14.2% | +129.2% |
| 2002 | 9.6% | -32.5% |
| 2003 | 6.3% | -33.9% |
| 2004 | 7.6% | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 11.6% | +53.6% |
| 2006 | 10.0% | -13.9% |
| 2007 | 15.8% | +58.1% |
| 2008 | 22.6% | +42.4% |
| 2009 | 3.5% | -84.6% |
| 2010 | 6.2% | +79.4% |
| 2011 | 6.7% | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 7.5% | +12.3% |
| 2013 | 6.9% | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | -54.0% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | +18.5% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | +94.6% |
| 2018 | 2.1% | -72.3% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | +65.3% |
| 2020 | 6.2% | +74.4% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | +14.0% |
| 2022 | 49.7% | +608.8% |
| 2023 | 16.5% | -66.7% |
| 2024 | -0.4% | -102.6% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's -0.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.1%. (52 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's -0.4% is below the median for South Asia, which is 3.7%. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual inflation, consumer prices in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +608.8% | 7.0% | 49.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.7% | 3.5% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 2.1% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.8% | -0.4% | 49.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 196 Brunei Darussalam -0.4% compare
- 196 Brunei -0.4% compare
- 198 Costa Rica -0.4% compare
- 200 Barbados -0.4% compare
- 201 Cayman Islands -0.6% compare
- 202 Afghanistan -6.6% compare
More development goals data for Sri Lanka
- Red List Index 0.6659 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 628.59 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 605.53 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 26 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 25 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 17 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 11 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 20 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 20 (2025)
- Infant deaths 1,663 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual inflation, consumer prices in Sri Lanka?
- Annual inflation, consumer prices in Sri Lanka was -0.4% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest annual inflation, consumer prices recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 49.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest annual inflation, consumer prices recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4% in 2024.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for annual inflation, consumer prices?
- Sri Lanka ranks 199th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
- Is annual inflation, consumer prices rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 113.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Annual inflation, consumer prices (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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