Sri Lanka - Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)

The value for Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) in Sri Lanka was 3.43 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.38 in 1974 and a minimum value of -2.35 in 1962.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1962 -2.35
1963 3.31
1964 1.60
1965 1.17
1966 -1.80
1967 1.84
1968 12.10
1969 1.30
1970 12.51
1971 1.50
1972 8.97
1973 12.75
1974 24.38
1975 5.35
1976 9.98
1977 14.69
1978 10.92
1979 15.40
1980 19.98
1981 20.89
1982 12.10
1983 16.91
1984 20.30
1985 0.58
1986 5.92
1987 7.75
1988 10.12
1989 10.92
1990 20.06
1991 10.62
1992 9.40
1993 9.88
1994 9.77
1995 9.30
1996 10.82
1997 8.92
1998 9.21
1999 4.16
2000 7.28
2001 13.66
2002 8.11
2003 8.75
2004 8.80
2005 10.42
2006 11.28
2007 14.03
2008 16.33
2009 5.88
2010 22.80
2011 3.83
2012 10.83
2013 6.24
2014 2.91
2015 0.65
2016 4.84
2017 7.27
2018 3.83
2019 2.74
2020 3.43

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices