The Overall Rate of Inflation, measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, has increased to 7.3% in July 2026.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, the figure is an increase compared to the 6.8% reported last month.  

Food inflation has also increased to 6.3% in July 2026, compared to the 3.6% recorded in June 2026.

However, non-food inflation has decreased to 7.8% in July 2026 from the 8.4% reported in June. 

Full report: https://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20260731E (Newswire)

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The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, has increased to 6.8% in June 2026.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, the figure is an increase from the 5.5% reported in May this year.

Food inflation has also increased to 3.6% in June compared to the 0.9% recorded in May. 

Non-food inflation has also reported an increase to 8.4% in June from the 7.% in May. 

Full report : https://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20260630E (Newswire)

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The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, has increased to 5.5% in May 2026.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, the figure is an increase from the 5.4% reported in April this year.

Meanwhile, food inflation has also decreased to 0.9% in May compared to the 2.8% recorded in April. 

However, non-food inflation has reported an increase to 7.8% in May from the 6.8% in April. 

Full report : https://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20260529E (Newswire)

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The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, has increased to 5.4% in April 2026.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, the figure is an increase from the 2.2% reported in March this year.

Food inflation has also increased to 2.8% in April compared to the 0.7% recorded in March. 

Non-food inflation has also reported an increase to 6.8% in April from the 2.9% in March. 

Full report : https://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20260430E (Newswire)

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The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, increased to 2.2% in March 2026, according to the Department of Census and Statistics.

The department states that the figure reports an increase in comparison to the 1.6% recorded in February 2026.

Food inflation also increased to 0.7% in March 2026 from the 0.2% recorded in February 2026. 

Non-food inflation also reported an increase to 2.9% in March, compared to the 2.3% reported in February.

Full report: https://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20260331E (Newswire)

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The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, in November 2025 was recorded at 2.1%, unchanged from October 2025.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, food inflation increased to 3.0% in November, from the 3.5% recorded in October.

Meanwhile, non-food inflation increased to 1.7% in November, up from 1.4% in October.

Full report :  https://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20251201E (Newswire)

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The Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) headline inflation (year-on-year) accelerated further in October 2025, indicating continued convergence towards the inflation target. 

According to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, headline inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 2.1% in October 2025 from 1.5% in September 2025, in line with the Central Bank’s near-term projections.

Food inflation (Y-o-Y) accelerated further to 3.5% in October 2025 from 2.9% recorded in September 2025, while Non-Food inflation (Y-o-Y) rose to 1.4% in October 2025 from 0.7% recorded in September 2025.

On a month-on-month basis, the CCPI increased marginally by 0.07% in October 2025, with the Food category contributing -0.03 percentage points and the Non-Food category contributing 0.10 percentage points. 

Meanwhile, core inflation (Y-o-Y), which reflects the underlying inflation trends in the economy, edged up to 2.2% in October 2025 from 2.0% in September 2025. 

Latest projections show the continuation of the gradual acceleration of inflation towards the target of 5% in the period ahead, with the support of appropriate policies. (Newswire)

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The Overall Rate of Inflation, measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, has increased to 2.1% in October 2025.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, the figure is an increase compared to the 1.5% recorded in September this year. 

Food inflation has also increased to 3.5% in October 2025, compared to the 2.9% reported in September.

Non-food inflation has also increased to 1.4% in October from the 0.7% reported in September 2025. 

Full report: https://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20251031E (Newswire)

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The Overall Rate of Inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, has increased to -0.3% in July 2025.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, the increase is in comparison to the -0.6% recorded in June this year. 

Meanwhile, food inflation has decreased to 1.5% in July 2025, compared to the 4.3% reported in June 2025.

However, non-food inflation has increased to -0.2% in July, compared to the -2.8% recorded in June this year. 

Full report: https://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20250731E (Newswire)

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The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, stood at -0.6% in June 2025, a marginal increase from -0.7% in May, according to the Department of Census and Statistics.

Food inflation dropped to 4.3% in June from 5.2% in May, while non-food inflation recorded a further decline, reaching -2.8%, compared to -3.3% the previous month. 

Full report : https://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20250630E (Newswire)

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The overall inflation in Colombo, measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI), stood at -2.0% in April 2025, compared to -2.6% in March, according to the Department of Census and Statistics.

Food inflation rose to 1.3% from 0.6% in March, while non-food inflation showed a slight improvement to -3.6% from -4.1% in the previous month.

The CCPI declined marginally to 191.2 in April from 191.6 in March. Month-on-month inflation recorded a -0.2% change, with food contributing -0.12% and non-food -0.07%.

The CCPI Core inflation rate, which excludes food, energy, and transport, edged up to 178.8 from 178.6 in March, showing a year-on-year rise of 0.8%. (Newswire)

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The Overall Rate of Inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) year-on-year, has increased to -2.6% in March 2025.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, this is an increase from the -4.2% reported in February 2025.

Food inflation has also increased to 0.6% in March 2025, from the -0.2% recorded in February.

Non-food inflation has also increased to -4.1% in marchcompared to -6.1% reported in February. 

The full report; https://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20250328E (Newswire)

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The Overall Rate of Inflation as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, decreased to -4.2% in February 2025.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, it is a decrease from the -4.0% recorded in January 2025.

Food inflation, however, increased to -0.2% in February 2025 from the -2.6% reported last month.

Non-food inflation decreased to -6.1% in February 2025 from the -4.7% recorded in January this year. 

Full report : https://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20250228E (Newswire)

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The Overall Rate of Inflation, measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, increased to -1.7% in December 2024.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, the figure was an increase from the -2.1% reported in November this year.

Similarly, food inflation rose to 0.8% in December compared to the 0.6% recorded in November.

Non-food inflation also rose to -3.0% in December from the -3.3% reported in November 2024. 

Full report: https://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20241231E (Newswire)

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The overall rate of inflation, measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, decreased to (-2.1)% in November 2024, the Department of Census and Statistics reported.

According to the department, the decrease was compared to the (-0.8)% recorded in October 2024. 

Meanwhile, food inflation has also come down in November to 0.6% from October’s 1%.

Non-food-Inflation also dropped to (-3.3)% in the month, compared to the (-1.6)% reported in October.

Full report: http://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20241129E (Newswire)

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The overall Rate of Inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI), dropped to (-0.5%) in September 2024.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, it is a drop from the 0.5% reported in August this year.

Meanwhile, food inflation also decreased to (-0.3%) in September from the 0.8% recorded in August. 

Non-food inflation too has dropped to (-0.5%) in September from the 0.4% reported last month. (Newswire)

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The overall rate of inflation as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a Year-on-Year basis has decreased to 0.9% in May 2024.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, the overall rate of inflation has decreased compared to the 1.5% recorded in April 2024.

Food inflation has decreased to 0.0% in May from the 2.9% reported in April. 

Meanwhile, non-food inflation has increased to 1.3% in May from the 0.9% recorded in April. 

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The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI), has decreased to 0.9% in March 2024.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, it has dropped 5% compared to the 5.9% that was recorded in February 2024.

Food inflation for March has, however, increased marginally to 3.8%, compared to the 3.5% reported in February.

Non-food inflation has decreased to (-0.5)% in March, compared to the 7% recorded in February this year. 

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The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) has increased to 3.4% in November 2023.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, it is an increase from the 1.5% reported in October 2023.

Meanwhile, Food inflation has also increased to (-3.6)% in November compared to the (-5.2)% recorded in October. 

Non-food inflation has also increased to 6.8% in November from the 4.9% reported in October this year. 

Full report : http://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20231130E (NewsWire)

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The Overall Rate of Inflation as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) has increased to 1.5% in October 2023, according to the Department of Census and Statistics. 

The latest report by the department states it was an increase from the 1.3% reported in September 2023.

The department further said food inflation remains unchanged at -5.2% in October as it was in September. 

However, non-food inflation has increased to 4.9% in October from the 4.7% recorded in September this year. 

Full report : 

http://www.statistics.gov.lk/WebReleases/CCPI_20231031E (NewsWire)

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