Currency · Live data
Sri Lankan Rupee
LKRSri Lanka · Issued by Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
-0.43%
10y M2 change
+424%
M69 Score
54.0
Sovereign default 2022
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2019
M2 (local currency)
9.46T LKR
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
-0.43%
World Bank · annual
Country
Sri Lanka
ISO 4217 · LKR
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Sri Lankan Rupee M2 money supply
Broad money in LKR (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Sri Lankan Rupee inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Sri Lanka. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Sri Lankan Rupee be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 LKR in 2001 buys today
0.25 LKRworth of goods
Lost 100% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
40,046.47 LKR
69 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 15:52:54
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- LKA
Note: Sovereign default 2022
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/LKR
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Sri Lankan Rupee?+
The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) is issued by Central Bank of Sri Lanka. As the monetary authority for Sri Lanka, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Sri Lankan Rupee?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Sri Lankan Rupee: -0.43% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Sri Lankan Rupee been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 424% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between LKR as accounting unit and LKR as a store of value.
Is the Sri Lankan Rupee sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Sri Lankan Rupee currently scores 54.0. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Sri Lankan Rupee compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.