Sri Lanka Food Price Indices and Economic Indicators from FAO

Food Prices for Sri Lanka is a dataset from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It contains data from the FAOSTAT bulk service covering categories such as Consumer Price Indices, Deflators, Exchange rates, and Producer Prices. The data was last updated on 2026-03-16.

Use Cases

• Track inflation and cost-of-living trends based on consumer price indices.
• Analyze agricultural market conditions based on producer price data.
• Model economic impacts of exchange rate fluctuations on food prices.
• Calculate real price changes over time based on deflator data.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN.
• Covers multiple economic indicator categories: Consumer Price Indices, Deflators, Exchange rates, and Producer Prices.
• Last updated on 2026-03-16, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

Collection Method

Aggregated from the FAOSTAT bulk data service.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-16 12:06:15.064616.

Geography

Sri Lanka