The Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2021=100)1 based headline inflation (year-on-year, Y-o-Y), which returned to positive territory in August 2025, continued its upward trend toward the inflation target in September 2025. Accordingly, headline inflation (Y-o-Y) accelerated to 1.5% in September 2025 from 1.2% in August 2025, in line with the Central Bank’s near-term projections.

Sri Lanka Socio-Economic Data – 2025”, the annually published data folder of the CBSL, is now available for public information. The current data folder is the 48th volume of the series.

This easy-to-carry booklet contains information categorised under 14 topics, namely, Country Profile; Key Economic Indicators; Country Comparisons; Socio-Economic Conditions; Human Resources; National Accounts; Agriculture; Industry; Economic and Social Infrastructure; Prices and Wages; External Trade and Tourism; External Finance; Government Finance; and Money, Banking and Finance. As the data folder presents a wide range of socio-economic data of current interest in a concise and summary form, it will serve as a useful publication for policymakers, researchers, academics, professionals, students and the general public.