Cost of food in Sri Lanka increased 2 percent in August of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Sri Lanka averaged 10.02 percent from 2009 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 94.90 percent in September of 2022 and a record low of -5.20 percent in September of 2023. source: Department of Census and Statistics - Sri Lanka
Food Inflation in Sri Lanka is expected to be 3.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations.