Sri Lanka Inflation Rate

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

-2.6

Units In

-4.2

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Apr 30, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 0 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
69.8 Sep 2022	-4.2 Feb 2025	10.03 %	1986-2025	Central Bank of Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is composed of two main groups: Food items (41 percent) and Non-food items (59 percent). Food items are mainly composed of: bread and cereals (7.9 percent), fish and sea food (6 percent) and vegetables (5.7 percent). The most important non-food items are housing water, electricity, gas and other fuels (23.7 percent), transport (12.3 percent), and restaurants and hotels (5.8 percent).

Latest Updates

Consumer prices in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo fell by 2.6% year-on-year in March 2025, following a 4.2% decrease in February and more than an expected 2.3% drop. This marked the seventh consecutive month of deflation, on lower prices for non-food products (-4.1% vs -6.1% in February). Conversely, food prices rebounded slightly (+0.6% vs -0.2%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices fell by 0.3% in March, after a 0.2% decrease in the prior month.