Sri Lanka - Inflation Rate 2016
3.96%
+1.73pp from 2015
Sri Lanka's inflation rate was 3.96% in 2016, increased +1.73pp from 3.77% in 2015. This was the 145th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eritrea | -5.58% | -119.6% |
| 2nd | St. Lucia | -3.08% | -212.8% |
| 3rd | Mali | -1.80% | -225.6% |
| 4th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.58% | -54.8% |
| 5th | Romania | -1.54% | -159.2% |
| 6th | Zimbabwe | -1.54% | 35.9% |
| 7th | Marshall Islands | -1.51% | 32.6% |
| 8th | Cyprus | -1.43% | 7.8% |
| 9th | Cabo Verde | -1.41% | -1,084.5% |
| 10th | Armenia | -1.40% | -138.0% |
| 11th | Timor-Leste | -1.34% | -307.2% |
| 12th | Croatia | -1.13% | -339.5% |
| 13th | Palau | -1.04% | -147.4% |
| 14th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -1.04% | -3,151.4% |
| 15th | Seychelles | -1.02% | -124.6% |
| 16th | Aruba | -0.93% | -296.9% |
| 17th | Greece | -0.83% | 24.5% |
| 18th | Bulgaria | -0.80% | 25.1% |
| 19th | Benin | -0.79% | -462.2% |
| 20th | Chad | -0.79% | -116.4% |
| 21st | Lebanon | -0.78% | 79.2% |
| 22nd | Jordan | -0.78% | 11.3% |
| 23rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.69% | 70.2% |
| 24th | Poland | -0.66% | 28.1% |
| 25th | Cayman Islands | -0.63% | 73.4% |
| 26th | Israel | -0.54% | 15.3% |
| 27th | Singapore | -0.53% | -1.5% |
| 28th | Slovak Republic | -0.52% | -57.1% |
| 29th | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.49% | -150.5% |
| 30th | Switzerland | -0.43% | 61.9% |
| 31st | Liechtenstein | -0.43% | 62.0% |
| 32nd | Andorra | -0.42% | 62.7% |
| 33rd | Bahamas, The | -0.35% | -118.4% |
| 34th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.29% | 60.9% |
| 35th | Brunei Darussalam | -0.28% | 42.9% |
| 36th | Montenegro | -0.27% | -117.5% |
| 37th | North Macedonia | -0.24% | 20.2% |
| 38th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.22% | -115.3% |
| 39th | Spain | -0.20% | 67.8% |
| 40th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.15% | 91.3% |
| 41st | Japan | -0.13% | -115.9% |
| 42nd | Italy | -0.09% | -187.1% |
| 43rd | Slovenia | -0.05% | 89.5% |
| 44th | Curaçao | -0.05% | 90.1% |
| 45th | Costa Rica | -0.02% | -102.2% |
| 46th | Ireland | 0.02% | 140.2% |
| 47th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.02% | -97.4% |
| 48th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.11% | -66.2% |
| 49th | Latvia | 0.14% | -34.0% |
| 50th | Dominica | 0.14% | 116.6% |
| 51st | Estonia | 0.15% | 118.7% |
| 52nd | France | 0.18% | 106.0% |
| 53rd | European Union | 0.18% | 397.4% |
| 54th | Thailand | 0.19% | 121.0% |
| 55th | Denmark | 0.25% | 10.6% |
| 56th | Kosovo | 0.27% | 150.9% |
| 57th | Luxembourg | 0.29% | 392.9% |
| 58th | Netherlands | 0.32% | 45.3% |
| 59th | Finland | 0.36% | 328.6% |
| 60th | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.39% | -94.0% |
| 61st | Hungary | 0.39% | 698.1% |
| 62nd | Burkina Faso | 0.44% | -73.3% |
| 63rd | Germany | 0.49% | -27.7% |
| 64th | Maldives | 0.50% | -63.3% |
| 65th | Solomon Islands | 0.51% | 190.1% |
| 66th | Iraq | 0.56% | -60.0% |
| 67th | New Caledonia | 0.58% | 1.4% |
| 68th | El Salvador | 0.60% | 182.6% |
| 69th | Portugal | 0.61% | 19.6% |
| 70th | Malta | 0.64% | -45.3% |
| 71st | San Marino | 0.64% | 341.1% |
| 72nd | New Zealand | 0.65% | 120.6% |
| 73rd | Belize | 0.66% | 177.0% |
| 74th | Czechia | 0.68% | 121.2% |
| 75th | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.72% | -31.5% |
| 76th | Mongolia | 0.73% | -89.2% |
| 77th | Panama | 0.74% | 440.0% |
| 78th | Comoros | 0.80% | -15.2% |
| 79th | Guyana | 0.84% | 196.6% |
| 80th | Senegal | 0.84% | -2.4% |
| 81st | Vanuatu | 0.84% | -66.1% |
| 82nd | Cameroon | 0.87% | -67.4% |
| 83rd | Austria | 0.89% | 10.1% |
| 84th | Lithuania | 0.91% | 233.8% |
| 85th | Korea | 0.97% | 37.6% |
| 86th | Mauritius | 0.98% | -23.3% |
| 87th | Sweden | 0.98% | 40.0% |
| 88th | United Kingdom | 1.01% | 2,421.0% |
| 89th | Oman | 1.11% | 681.1% |
| 90th | Serbia | 1.12% | -19.4% |
| 91st | Philippines | 1.25% | 81.7% |
| 92nd | United States | 1.26% | 942.6% |
| 93rd | Albania | 1.28% | -31.7% |
| 94th | Australia | 1.28% | -14.0% |
| 95th | Barbados | 1.28% | 215.2% |
| 96th | Togo | 1.29% | -28.2% |
| 97th | Samoa | 1.30% | -32.2% |
| 98th | Equatorial Guinea | 1.41% | -16.7% |
| 99th | Canada | 1.43% | 27.0% |
| 100th | Mauritania | 1.47% | 202.8% |
| 101st | Guinea-Bissau | 1.50% | 1.5% |
| 102nd | Lao PDR | 1.60% | 25.1% |
| 103rd | Dominican Republic | 1.61% | 92.9% |
| 104th | United Arab Emirates | 1.62% | -60.2% |
| 105th | Morocco | 1.64% | 4.9% |
| 106th | Grenada | 1.65% | 420.5% |
| 107th | Niger | 1.65% | 67.1% |
| 108th | Iceland | 1.70% | 4.0% |
| 109th | Ecuador | 1.73% | -56.4% |
| 110th | Kiribati | 1.92% | 235.2% |
| 111th | Belgium | 1.97% | 216.8% |
| 112th | China | 2.00% | 36.8% |
| 113th | Saudi Arabia | 2.05% | 70.3% |
| 114th | Malaysia | 2.09% | -0.6% |
| 115th | Gabon | 2.11% | 1,573.2% |
| 116th | Georgia | 2.13% | -46.7% |
| 117th | Jamaica | 2.35% | -36.1% |
| 118th | Macao SAR, China | 2.37% | -48.0% |
| 119th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.41% | -19.4% |
| 120th | Tonga | 2.58% | 4,674.4% |
| 121st | Viet Nam | 2.67% | 312.4% |
| 122nd | Qatar | 2.68% | 185.0% |
| 123rd | Honduras | 2.72% | -13.7% |
| 124th | Djibouti | 2.74% | 624.6% |
| 125th | Bahrain | 2.79% | 50.7% |
| 126th | Botswana | 2.81% | -7.8% |
| 127th | Mexico | 2.82% | 3.8% |
| 128th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2.89% | 291.0% |
| 129th | Cambodia | 3.02% | 145.7% |
| 130th | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.07% | -34.1% |
| 131st | Congo, Republic of | 3.19% | 0.7% |
| 132nd | Kuwait | 3.20% | -2.4% |
| 133rd | Bhutan | 3.22% | -51.7% |
| 134th | Tuvalu | 3.49% | 11.2% |
| 135th | Nicaragua | 3.52% | -11.9% |
| 136th | Indonesia | 3.53% | -44.6% |
| 137th | Norway | 3.55% | 63.5% |
| 138th | Peru | 3.56% | 0.3% |
| 139th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.62% | -10.8% |
| 140th | Tunisia | 3.63% | -18.2% |
| 141st | Turkmenistan | 3.65% | -50.8% |
| 142nd | Pakistan | 3.77% | -16.8% |
| 143rd | Chile | 3.79% | -12.9% |
| 144th | Fiji | 3.86% | 181.0% |
| 145th | Sri Lanka | 3.96% | 78.0% |
| 146th | Paraguay | 4.09% | 30.5% |
| 147th | Afghanistan | 4.38% | 762.2% |
| 148th | Guatemala | 4.45% | 86.3% |
| 149th | Central African Republic | 4.95% | 252.5% |
| 150th | India | 4.95% | 0.8% |
| 151st | Tanzania | 5.17% | -7.4% |
| 152nd | São Tomé and Principe | 5.43% | -11.4% |
| 153rd | Bangladesh | 5.51% | -13.9% |
| 154th | Burundi | 5.56% | 0.2% |
| 155th | Uganda | 5.71% | 54.6% |
| 156th | Tajikistan | 6.00% | 3.9% |
| 157th | Madagascar | 6.04% | -18.5% |
| 158th | Kenya | 6.30% | -4.3% |
| 159th | Moldova | 6.36% | -33.9% |
| 160th | Algeria | 6.40% | 33.7% |
| 161st | Lesotho | 6.60% | 53.4% |
| 162nd | South Africa | 6.60% | 43.9% |
| 163rd | Papua New Guinea | 6.67% | 11.3% |
| 164th | Namibia | 6.73% | 98.1% |
| 165th | Myanmar | 6.93% | -31.0% |
| 166th | Russian Federation | 7.04% | -54.7% |
| 167th | Rwanda | 7.17% | 183.0% |
| 168th | Gambia, The | 7.23% | 6.2% |
| 169th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.25% | -35.0% |
| 170th | Colombia | 7.51% | 50.5% |
| 171st | Türkiye | 7.78% | 1.4% |
| 172nd | Eswatini | 7.85% | 58.5% |
| 173rd | Uzbekistan | 8.13% | -3.9% |
| 174th | Nauru | 8.14% | -16.8% |
| 175th | Guinea | 8.17% | 0.3% |
| 176th | Brazil | 8.74% | -3.2% |
| 177th | Nepal | 8.79% | 12.2% |
| 178th | Liberia | 8.83% | 14.1% |
| 179th | Uruguay | 9.64% | 11.3% |
| 180th | Sierra Leone | 10.89% | 62.7% |
| 181st | Haiti | 11.50% | 116.3% |
| 182nd | Belarus | 11.84% | -12.5% |
| 183rd | Azerbaijan | 12.44% | 208.0% |
| 184th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 13.81% | 25.7% |
| 185th | Ukraine | 13.91% | -71.4% |
| 186th | Kazakhstan | 14.36% | 112.8% |
| 187th | Nigeria | 15.70% | 74.2% |
| 188th | Mozambique | 17.42% | 389.3% |
| 189th | Ghana | 17.45% | 1.8% |
| 190th | Sudan | 17.75% | 5.0% |
| 191st | Zambia | 17.87% | 76.8% |
| 192nd | Yemen, Republic of | 21.30% | -3.2% |
| 193rd | Malawi | 21.71% | -0.7% |
| 194th | Libya | 25.85% | 158.2% |
| 195th | Angola | 30.69% | 235.1% |
| 196th | Syrian Arab Republic | 47.71% | 24.0% |
| 197th | Suriname | 55.41% | 703.5% |
| 198th | South Sudan | 380.00% | 617.1% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's inflation rate in 2016?▾
Sri Lanka's inflation rate in 2016 was 3.96%. This ranked 145th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's inflation rate change in 2016?▾
Sri Lanka's inflation rate increased by 78.0% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest inflation rate in 2016?▾
South Sudan had the highest inflation rate in 2016 at 380.00%.
What is the inflation rate of Sri Lanka in 2016?▾
The inflation rate of Sri Lanka in 2016 was 3.96%. This ranked 145th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Sri Lanka's inflation rate?▾
Sri Lanka's inflation rate went from 3.77% in 2015 to 3.96% in 2016, a 78.0% increase.
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