Sri Lanka Inflation Rate

Last Release

Nov 30, 2025

Actual

2.1

Units In

2.1

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 31, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
69.8 Sep 2022	-4.2 Feb 2025	9.87 %	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

The annual inflation rate in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, was unchanged at 2.1% in November 2025, remaining at its highest level since July 2024 but below market expectations of 2.5%. Food prices contributed 0.95 percentage points to the annual increase, while non-food categories added 1.14 points. Within food, the biggest upward effects came from coconuts (+0.63 pp), milk powder (+0.26 pp), limes (+0.34 pp), sea fish (+0.16 pp), and coconut oil (+0.15 pp), while notable declines were recorded in rice, eggs, yoghurt, big onions, and sugar. Among non-food items, key contributors included education (+0.27 pp), restaurant and hotel services (+0.25 pp), housing rent (+0.22 pp), private medical fees (+0.09 pp), and clothing (+0.11 pp). Downward pressures were seen in electricity (-0.20 pp), petrol (-0.21 pp), and areca nuts (-0.06 pp). On a monthly basis, consumer prices fell 0.2%, reversing a 0.1% increase in the previous period.