Sri Lanka | Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
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.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | -1.54467681 |
| 1961 | 1.13444364 |
| 1962 | 1.50357995 |
| 1963 | 2.2729054 |
| 1964 | 3.19564718 |
| 1965 | 0.22278331 |
| 1966 | -0.15560166 |
| 1967 | 2.18923933 |
| 1968 | 5.86056645 |
| 1969 | 7.45695273 |
| 1970 | 5.86695608 |
| 1971 | 2.66538021 |
| 1972 | 6.34948605 |
| 1973 | 9.6266431 |
| 1974 | 12.3028868 |
| 1975 | 6.62599255 |
| 1976 | 1.32951868 |
| 1977 | 1.22487959 |
| 1978 | 12.14159728 |
| 1979 | 10.73192143 |
| 1980 | 26.1454101 |
| 1981 | 17.9689955 |
| 1982 | 10.82574917 |
| 1983 | 13.96438801 |
| 1984 | 16.63825375 |
| 1985 | 1.48118012 |
| 1986 | 7.97636194 |
| 1987 | 7.71716561 |
| 1988 | 13.9915489 |
| 1989 | 11.56753609 |
| 1990 | 21.49525205 |
| 1991 | 12.18563072 |
| 1992 | 11.38343705 |
| 1993 | 11.74673702 |
| 1994 | 8.44871249 |
| 1995 | 7.67484873 |
| 1996 | 15.93583104 |
| 1997 | 9.57369626 |
| 1998 | 9.36424301 |
| 1999 | 4.69170563 |
| 2000 | 6.17627591 |
| 2001 | 14.1584558 |
| 2002 | 9.55103167 |
| 2003 | 6.31463787 |
| 2004 | 7.57592583 |
| 2005 | 11.6396861 |
| 2006 | 10.02018361 |
| 2007 | 15.84211149 |
| 2008 | 22.56449553 |
| 2009 | 3.46496322 |
| 2010 | 6.21764889 |
| 2011 | 6.71676844 |
| 2012 | 7.54291373 |
| 2013 | 6.90845035 |
| 2014 | 3.17900228 |
| 2015 | 3.76836783 |
| 2016 | 3.95888847 |
| 2017 | 7.70413768 |
| 2018 | 2.13503774 |
| 2019 | 3.52839358 |
| 2020 | 6.15394508 |
| 2021 | 7.01478071 |
| 2022 | 49.72110211 |
Sri Lanka | Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
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.