Sri Lanka Verbraucherpreise

The annual inflation rate in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, was unchanged at 2.1% in November 2025, remaining at its highest level since July 2024 but below market expectations of 2.5%. Food prices contributed 0.95 percentage points to the annual increase, while non-food categories added 1.14 points. Within food, the biggest upward effects came from coconuts (+0.63 pp), milk powder (+0.26 pp), limes (+0.34 pp), sea fish (+0.16 pp), and coconut oil (+0.15 pp), while notable declines were recorded in rice, eggs, yoghurt, big onions, and sugar. Among non-food items, key contributors included education (+0.27 pp), restaurant and hotel services (+0.25 pp), housing rent (+0.22 pp), private medical fees (+0.09 pp), and clothing (+0.11 pp). Downward pressures were seen in electricity (-0.20 pp), petrol (-0.21 pp), and areca nuts (-0.06 pp). On a monthly basis, consumer prices fell 0.2%, reversing a 0.1% increase in the previous period.