Monthly Economic Indicators - December 2025

Inflation & Cost of Living

Published · Source: CBSL Monthly Economic Indicators ↗

TL;DR

What changed
GDP for Q3 2025 is Rs. 3,325,611 million with a growth rate of 5.4%.
Who it affects
This affects businesses and policymakers monitoring economic recovery.
What to do
Monitor economic trends for potential impacts on investment and pricing strategies.

Key numbers

Indicator Value Change Period
GDP for Q3 2025 Rs. 3,325,611 million ↑ +5.4% · Q3 2024 Q3 2025
NCPI (Dec 2025) 2.9% ↑ +4.9 pp Dec 2025
Total Revenue and Grants (Jan-Nov 2025) Rs. 4,961,760 million ↑ +35.4% · Jan-Nov 2024 Jan-Nov 2025
Recurrent Expenditure (Jan-Nov 2025) Rs. 4,641,738 million ↑ +8.6% · Jan-Nov 2024 Jan-Nov 2025
Exports (Nov 2025) US$ 1,048 million ↑ +5.4% · Nov 2024 Nov 2025

Official Announcement

MONTHLY ECONOMIC INDICATORS December Statistics Department Central Bank of Sri Lanka

SUMMARY OF SELECTED ECONOMIC INDICATORS December 2025

2025 December

Item Period Unit 2024 2025 Y-o-Y Change

Real Sector

Gross Domestic Products (GDP) rd

(d) Inclusive of FCBUs (e) Including ACU receipts

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

3 Quarter

(a) Provisional Source: Department of Census and Statistics

(b) Revised

2. BUSINESS OUTLOOK SURVEY (a)

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

Change (%) 28

Tea Production Mn. kg

Sources: Sri Lanka Tea Board Month

(a) Provisional

(b) Sep.\Oct. - Mar\ Apr. Rubber Development Department

(c) · Apr. \ May - Aug.\Sep. · Coconut Development Authority

Department of Census & Statistics

Ministry of Fisheries

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

November

Index

Month

5. PURCHASING MANAGERS' INDEX - MANUFACTURING

Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

6. ENERGY

Y-o-Y

(a) (b) GWh ELECTRICITY GENERATION

Item Unit 2024 2025 Change

(c) 1550

Electricity Generation GWh

Coal 5,149 4,662 (9.4) ELECTRICITY SALES TO Wind 365 349 (4.3) GWh INDUSTRIES BY CEB

Diesel Sales '000 MT

November 2025

000' MT DIESEL SALES

Furnace Oil Sales '000 MT

Kerosene Sales '000 MT 150

Crude Oil Imports '000 MT 130

Other Petroleum Imports '000 MT 110

(a) Revised Sources: Ceylon Electricity Board, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation,

(b) Provisional Lanka IOC PLC, Sinopec Energy Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, (c) Including rooftop solar generation RM Parks (Pvt) LTD, United Petroleum Lanka (Pvt) Ltd

Sri Lanka Customs

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 (a)

2023 2024 Y-o-Y Change (%)

Greater Colombo Housing Approvals Index · 1995 = 100

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 (a)

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 (e) Revised

n.a. - not available

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

and Construction Total Activity Index, respectively, while for PMI - Manufacturing, it is a weighted average of five sub-

11. TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Number

Nominal Wage Rate Index161.3183.4
(b) 70.2 77.5

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