Sri Lanka - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Sri Lanka was 6.15 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.15 in 1980 and a minimum value of -1.54 in 1960.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 -1.54
1961 1.13
1962 1.50
1963 2.27
1964 3.20
1965 0.22
1966 -0.16
1967 2.19
1968 5.86
1969 7.46
1970 5.87
1971 2.67
1972 6.35
1973 9.63
1974 12.30
1975 6.63
1976 1.33
1977 1.22
1978 12.14
1979 10.73
1980 26.15
1981 17.97
1982 10.83
1983 13.96
1984 16.64
1985 1.48
1986 7.98
1987 7.72
1988 13.99
1989 11.57
1990 21.50
1991 12.19
1992 11.38
1993 11.75
1994 8.45
1995 7.67
1996 15.94
1997 9.57
1998 9.36
1999 4.69
2000 6.18
2001 14.16
2002 9.55
2003 6.31
2004 7.58
2005 11.64
2006 10.02
2007 15.84
2008 22.56
2009 3.46
2010 6.22
2011 6.72
2012 7.54
2013 6.91
2014 3.18
2015 3.77
2016 3.96
2017 7.70
2018 2.14
2019 3.53
2020 6.15

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices