Cost of food in Sri Lanka increased 0.2% year-on-year in February 2026, the least in a year, following a 3.3% surge in January. Food Inflation in Sri Lanka averaged 9.80 percent from 2009 until 2026, 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
Cost of food in Sri Lanka increased 0.20 percent in February of 2026 over the same month in the previous year.
Cost of food in Sri Lanka increased 0.20 percent in February of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. 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.