Sri Lanka Inflation Rate

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

-0.7

Units In

-2

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jun 30, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 6 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
69.8 Sep 2022	-4.2 Feb 2025	9.98 %	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 0.7% year-on-year in April 2025, slowing from a 2.0% drop in the previous month. This marked the ninth consecutive month of deflation, though the softest drop in eight months, as price declines moderated for both housing and utilities (-8.8% vs -9.3% in March) and furnishing and equipment (-0.6% vs -0.8%), while the decrease deepened for transport (-6.5% vs -6.2%). In contrast, some categories saw renewed price pressures. Prices for restaurants and hotels rebounded (+0.4% vs -0.1%), while food and non-alcoholic beverages surged (+5.2% vs +1.3%), along with alcoholic beverages and tobacco (+3.4% vs +1.7%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose by 0.8% in April, recovering from a 0.2% decline in March.