Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 10% a year in Bangladesh and -0.5% a year in Sri Lanka, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 10.5 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: InflationInflation in 2025: 10% a year in Bangladesh and -0.5% a year in Sri Lanka, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 10.5 percentage points.
BangladeshSri LankaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Bangladesh has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Sri Lanka.
  • In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 19 and Sri Lanka ranked 175 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bangladesh at 5.5% a year and Sri Lanka at 5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBangladeshSri Lanka
202510-0.5
20249.71.2
2023917.4
20226.245.2
20215.66
20205.64.6
20195.54.3
20185.84.3
20175.46.6
20165.94
20156.42.2
20147.32.8
20136.86.9
20128.97.5
20118.86.7
20107.36.2
20096.73.5
20089.922.4
20077.215.9
20067.29.9
20056.511
20048.19
20033.99
20022.49.6
20011.814.2
20003.66.2
19998.94.7
19986.79.4
19972.79.6
19966.815.9
19958.97.7
19944.68.4
19933.311.8
19925.911.4
19919.312.2
19909.721.5
19899.211.6
198810.214
198710.57.7
198610.38
198510.41.5
19841016.6
198311.114
198213.710.8
198114.918
19807.726.1
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBangladeshSri Lanka
20268.75.3
202710.95.4
202810.15.1
20297.65
20306.85
20315.55

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Good to know

  • How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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