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Sri Lanka: Inflation

Percent · 1689–2025 · 188 observations · infl

2025
−0.50%percent
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom −0.429%
Average, 2016–2025
9.16%10 years
Record high and low
98.9% (1784)low −30.2% (1757)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
2025-0.50
2024-0.429
202317.4
202244.9
20217.01
20206.15
20194.30
20182.14
20176.58
20163.97

Sources

  • Clio Infra1689–2010
  • Mitchell1939–2009
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1951–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • Bordo1972–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025

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Sri Lanka documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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