Cost of food in Sri Lanka increased 3.60 percent in June of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Sri Lanka averaged 9.65 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: The 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. In the long-term, the Sri Lanka Food Inflation is projected to trend around 3.00 percent in 2027 and 2.50 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.