Sri Lanka Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 15.6% (2007 est.)

Year	Inflation rate (consumer prices)	Rank	Percent Change	Date of Information
2003	9.60 %	37		2002 est.
2004	6.30 %	61	-34.38 %	2003 est.
2005	5.80 %	158	-7.94 %	2004 est.
2006	11.60 %	198	100.00 %	2005 est.
2007	12.10 %	200	4.31 %	2006 est.
2008	15.60 %	211	28.93 %	2007 est.

Definition: This entry furnishes the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of May 16, 2008

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Equivalent Data From the International Monetary Fund

Variable: Inflation, average consumer prices

Note: Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data.

Units: Annual percent change

Country-specific Note: See notes for: Inflation, average consumer prices (Index, 2000=100).

Source: International Monetary Fund - 2008 World Economic Outlook

Year	Inflation, average consumer prices	Percent Change
1980	26
1981	18.095	-30.40 %
1982	10.753	-40.57 %
1983	14.078	30.92 %
1984	16.596	17.89 %
1985	1.46	-91.20 %
1986	7.972	446.03 %
1987	7.722	-3.14 %
1988	13.992	81.20 %
1989	11.568	-17.32 %
1990	21.495	85.81 %
1991	12.186	-43.31 %
1992	11.385	-6.57 %
1993	11.745	3.16 %
1994	8.442	-28.12 %
1995	7.681	-9.01 %
1996	15.936	107.47 %
1997	9.566	-39.97 %
1998	9.371	-2.04 %
1999	4.01	-57.21 %
2000	1.508	-62.39 %
2001	12.055	699.40 %
2002	10.152	-15.79 %
2003	2.613	-74.26 %
2004	7.924	203.25 %
2005	10.643	34.31 %
2006	9.5	-10.74 %
2007	19.7	107.37 %
2008	11.5	-41.62 %