Sri Lanka Inflation Rate

Last Release

Feb 28, 2025

Actual

-4.2

Units In

-4

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Mar 28, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 12 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
69.8 Sep 2022	-4.2 Feb 2025	10.06 %	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, decreased by 4.2% year-on-year in February 2025, following a 4% drop in the previous month. This marked the sixth consecutive month of deflation and the sharpest fall in the sequence. Costs for non-food products declined further (-6.1% vs -4.7% in January), while food prices also continued to drop, albeit at a slower pace (-0.2% vs -2.6%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices fell by 0.2% in February, after a 0.5% rise in January.