Sri Lanka Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 22.6% (2008 est.)
15.8% (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	15.80 %	213	30.58 %	2007 est.
2009	22.60 %	208	43.04 %	2008 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 September 17, 2009

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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 - 2009 World Economic Outlook

Year	Inflation, average consumer prices	Percent Change
1980	26.145
1981	17.969	-31.27 %
1982	10.826	-39.75 %
1983	13.964	28.99 %
1984	16.638	19.15 %
1985	1.481	-91.10 %
1986	7.976	438.56 %
1987	7.717	-3.25 %
1988	13.992	81.31 %
1989	11.568	-17.32 %
1990	21.495	85.81 %
1991	12.184	-43.32 %
1992	11.385	-6.56 %
1993	11.747	3.18 %
1994	8.448	-28.08 %
1995	7.675	-9.15 %
1996	15.937	107.65 %
1997	9.565	-39.98 %
1998	9.371	-2.03 %
1999	4.692	-49.93 %
2000	6.176	31.63 %
2001	14.158	129.24 %
2002	9.551	-32.54 %
2003	8.969	-6.09 %
2004	9.011	0.47 %
2005	10.983	21.88 %
2006	10.02	-8.77 %
2007	15.842	58.10 %
2008	22.564	42.43 %
2009	4.6	-79.61 %