Sri Lanka’s food crisis worsens
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Sri Lanka’s inflation hit a seventh consecutive record at 33.8 percent in April as a petrol shortage worsened and food prices rose sharply, shooting to 45.1 percent year-on-year
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Average price (Rupees per kg, increase from May 2021-May 2022)

Red Onions
367.70
461.29
25.5%

Beef
1,070
1,833.33 
71.3%

Potatoes 
189.57
332.73
75.5%
                        
Rice (Nadu) 
116.82
217.48
86.2%

Eggs (each)
32.68 
16.13
102.6%

Sugar 
117.77
256.30
117.6%
    
Chillies
623.14
1,652.50
165.2%

Flour
92.68
255.00 
175.1%

Tomatoes 
755.56 
183.30                 
312.2%
       
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Sources: Sri Lanka Department of Census and Statistics, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS