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Sri Lanka inflation 2.3-pct in January 2026, food prices spike
Year-on-year food inflation accelerated to 3.3 percent in January from 3.0 percent in December.
Summary
The overall rate of inflation as measured by the CCPI on Y-on-Y basis is 2.3% in January 2025 and Y-on-Y inflation calculated for the month of December 2025 was 2.1%. The Y-on-Y inflation of Food Group increased to 3.3% in January 2026 from 3.0% in December 2025 and the Y-on-Y inflation of Non Food Group remained unchanged to 1.8% in January 2026 from 1.8% in December 2025.
What this story is about
People
- ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka
Organisations
- CCPI3
- Colombo Consumer Price Index2
- Department of Census and Statistics
- Department Inflation in Colombo
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka
- Colombo Consumer Price
- Department of Census
- Colombo/Jan31/2025
Keywords
- january4
- december2
- measured2
- food2
- rose2
- accelerated
- calculated
- headline
- reflects
- released
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