Sri Lanka’s Real Economy Rebounds Beyond 2017 Performance

Sri Lanka’s Real Economy Rebounds Beyond 2017 Performance

The service sector continues to expand, while manufacturing is expanding, but in a slow phase

Tax revenue from the vehicle imports reached LKR 429 billion by 3rd Sep 2025

State salary bill jumped by 16% for 2025 over previous year

ICT sector recorded the highest growth in three years to 18.7% in 2Q 2025

Strong growth in the service sector pushes the economy to expand by 4.9% in the second quarter of 2025

Sharp increase in the external debt service in 2Q 2025

CBSL has repaid further USD 223 million to the Reserve Bank of India

The Total Public Debt fell from USD 107.50 billion to USD 107.43 billion by end of 2Q 2025

Sri Lanka international Reserves marginally up in August

Worker remittance has surpassed USD 5 billion in 2025

The primary surplus of the government has grown by 87% for the first seven months of 2025

Export earnings are growing at a healthy rate of 9.7% for the first seven months

Fiscal deficit is down by 36% as a result of low spending on Capital Expenditure

Government expenditure is growing at a slower pace in 2025

The government revenue is growing at 26.5% for the first seven months higher than budgetary requirement

Merchandising trade deficit fell as the country recorded its highest merchandising exports in July

Sri Lanka moved back to inflation after eleven months

The amount of credit granted by banking sector is reaching to it's historical level

Sharp rebounds of the economic activities in manufacturing and services

The industry sector continues record growth as IIP exhibits a 6.3% increase in June

Worker remittances are growing at 19.5% by the end of seven months in 2025

Sri Lanka official reserves marginally up in July to USD 6,144 million

Fiscal discipline pushes a sharp increase in primary surplus to LKR 859 billion within 1H 2025

The fiscal deficit has fallen by 32.2% due to sharp increase in revenue while slow spending by the Government

Government expenditure is growing gradually at a rate of 10.9% without substantial capital expenditure

Government revenue has grown by 24.7% in 1H of 2025

Net service exports have generated USD 2 billion in the first half of 2025

Apparel exports grow by 9.7% during first half of 2025

A slowdown in food inflation overturns non-food inflation, resulting in the marginal easing of deflationary conditions

Sri Lanka's trade deficit widened further despite the growth of the merchandising exports

Outstanding External Debt has fallen further in 1Q 2025

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate has fallen to a decade low of 3.8%

Total employed population increased by 3% in 1Q 2025 from a year ago

Credit to public corporation started to decline since 1Q 2023

Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in 2025 to surpass previous years