Inflation ( CCPI)-2.1% (Nov 2024)
GDP5.5% (3Q 2024)
Unemployment4.5% (1Q 2024)
3M T-Bill Rate8.66%
12M T-Bill Rate9.02%
2Y T-Bond Rate9.40%/ 9.50%
4Y T-Bond Rate10.45% / 10.55%
USD/LKR291/292
Reserves $6.46Bn (Nov 2024)
Cum. Trade Deficit $4,762 Mn (Oct 2024 cumulative)
Cum. Fiscal DeficitLKR 970Bn (Sep 2024 cumulative)

Sri Lanka lagging behind Asian Economies despite improve the Business Environment Score

Global IndexesJul 3, 2020
Sri Lanka lagging behind Asian Economies despite improve the Business Environment Score
Sri Lanka has improved in infrastructure and technological readiness deterioration in the political stability category. The individual scores for policy towards foreign investment and foreign trade and exchange controls also increase from 2014-28 compared with 2020-24. Despite the improvement in its overall score, Sri Lanka stays at 64th out of 82 countries in our global ranking and 15th out of 17 countries in our regional ranking, reflecting greater improvements in other countries as per the Economist Intelligence Unit compiled Business Environment Score.

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