Monthly Economic Indicators - April 2026

Inflation & Cost of Living

Published · Source: CBSL Monthly Economic Indicators ↗

TL;DR

What changed
GDP for Q4 2025 is Rs. 3,414,142 million, with a growth rate of 4.8%.
Who it affects
This affects businesses and stakeholders in agriculture, industry, and finance.
What to do
Businesses should adjust strategies in response to inflation and production declines.

Key numbers

Indicator Value Change Period
GDP for Q4 2025 Rs. 3,414,142 million Q4 2025
GDP Growth Rate 4.8% Q4 2025
Tea Production in March 2026 20.9 million kg March 2026
Rubber Production in March 2026 5.3 million kg March 2026
Coconut Production in December 2025 254.5 million nuts December 2025
Index of Industrial Production for March 2026 106.9 March 2026
Total Revenue and Grants for Jan-Feb 2026 Rs. 1,031,160 million Jan-Feb 2026
Total Reserves at End of March 2026 US$ 12,900 million March 2026

Official Announcement

MONTHLY ECONOMIC INDICATORS April Statistics Department Central Bank of Sri Lanka

SUMMARY OF SELECTED ECONOMIC INDICATORS April 2026

2026 April

Item Period Unit 2024 2025 Y-o-Y Change

Real Sector

Gross Domestic Products (GDP) th

(e) Inclusive of Offshore Banking Units

1. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) AT CONSTANT (2015) PRICES

4 Quarter

(a) Provisional Source: Department of Census and Statistics

(b) Revised

2. BUSINESS OUTLOOK SURVEY

Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

(a) Respondents were asked to rate their business sentiments compared to the relevant quarter of the previous year.

(b) Expectations of respondents for the relevant quarter given during the preceding quarter.

3. AGRICULTURE

(a) (a) Y-o-Y Mn kg TEA 2025

Item Unit 2025 2026

Change (%) · 2026

Tea Production · Mn. kg

March 24.8 20.9 (15.7)

January - March 62.2 59.6 (4.2)

Rubber Production · Mn. kg

March 6.0 5.3 (11.0)

January - March 19.1 16.2 (15.2) My Ju Jy Au

Month

Coconut Production Mn. Nuts

Mn kg RUBBER 2025

4. INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (IIP) (2015=100)

March

Index

Month

5. PURCHASING MANAGERS' INDEX - MANUFACTURING

Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

6. ENERGY

Y-o-Y

(c) 1550

Electricity Generation GWh

Other Petroleum Imports '000 MT

Month

Sources: Ceylon Electricity Board, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation,

(a) Revised Lanka IOC PLC, Sinopec Energy Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, (b) Provisional RM Parks (Pvt) LTD, Sri Lanka Customs

(c) Including rooftop solar generation

7. PURCHASING MANAGERS' INDEX - CONSTRUCTION - TOTAL ACTIVITY INDEX (a)

Activity Index, respectively, while for PMI - Manufacturing, it is a weighted average of five sub-indices. Further, Manufacturing Production

Index, Services Business Activity Index and Construction Total Activity Index are the comparable figures of PMI.

8. HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTIONS

Item Unit 2024 2025 Y-o-Y Change (%)

Greater Colombo Housing Approvals Index · 1995 = 100

Cement 2025 2026 (a)

Local Production · '000 MT

Councils, seven Urban Councils and eight Boralesgamuwa)

Pradeshiya Sabhas in Greater Colombo. Eight Pradeshiya Sabha (Homagama, Kotikawatta-Mulleriyawa, Kelaniya, Attanagalla, Wattala- Mabole, Horana, Panadura, Mahara)

Central Bank of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Customs

Participants of Cement Industry

9. PROPERTY PRICE INDICES

Item Unit 2024 2025 Y-o-Y Change (%)

Land Valuation Indicator · First Half 2017 = 100

Asking Price Indices (2019 = 100)

Lands

(b) Compiled based on per perch bare land prices obtained from the Government Valuation Department on a semi-annual basis

covering 13 DS divisions in the Colombo District (c) Compiled based on the information obtained through the Condominium Market Survey and the index covers the Colombo district (d) Compiled based on the publicly available web based property advertisement data

10. PURCHASING MANAGERS' INDEX - SERVICES - BUSINESS ACTIVITY INDEX (a)

(a) As per the international best practices, headline PMIs for Services and Construction are Services Business Activity Index Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

and Construction Total Activity Index, respectively, while for PMI - Manufacturing, it is a weighted average of five sub- indices. Further, Manufacturing Production Index, Services Business Activity Index and Construction Total Activity Index are the comparable figures of PMI.

Other

Nominal Wage Rate Index183.4192.6
(b) 79.1 79.3

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