Monthly Economic Indicators - July 2025

Inflation & Cost of Living

Published · Source: CBSL Monthly Economic Indicators ↗

TL;DR

What changed
GDP grew to Rs. 3,477,088 million with a growth rate of 4.8% in July 2025.
Who it affects
This affects businesses and consumers across various sectors, particularly agriculture and finance.
What to do
Monitor agricultural trends and stock market performance for investment opportunities.

Key numbers

Indicator Value Change Period
GDP in July 2025 Rs. 3,477,088 million ↑ +4.8% · July 2024 July 2025
Tea Production 21.7 million kg ↓ -6.3% · June 2024 June 2025
Rubber Production 4.6 million kg ↓ -19.2% · June 2024 June 2025
Coconut Production 289.5 million nuts ↑ +18.3% · June 2024 June 2025
NCPI Year-On-Year Change 0.7% ↓ -1.7 pp · July 2024 July 2025
Total Revenue and Grants Rs. 2,325,104 million ↑ +24.7% · January - June 2024 January - June 2025

Official Announcement

MONTHLY ECONOMIC INDICATORS July Statistics Department Central Bank of Sri Lanka

SUMMARY OF SELECTED ECONOMIC INDICATORS July 2025

Item Period Unit 2024 2025 Y-o-Y Change

Real Sector

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

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

1 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

Department of Census & Statistics

Ministry of Fisheries

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

June

Index

Month

5. PURCHASING MANAGERS' INDEX - MANUFACTURING

Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

6. ENERGY

Y-o-Y

Item Unit 2024 2025 Change ELECTRICITY GENERATION

Gwh

(%)

ELECTRICITY SALES TO

Wind 154 166 8.0 Gwh

INDUSTRIES BY CEB

Private Sector 2024

DIESEL SALES

000' MT

January - June 416 284 (31.8)

Kerosene Sales '000 MT 160

(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 2023 2024 Y-o-Y Change (%)

Greater Colombo Housing Approvals Index · 1995 = 100

Cement 2024 2025

Total Local Production · '000 MT

Councils, seven Urban Councils and eight Boralesgamuwa)

Eight Pradeshiya Sabha (Homagama, Kotikawatta-Mulleriyawa, Kelaniya, Attanagalla, Wattala- Pradeshiya Sabhas in Greater Colombo.

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

n.a. - not available

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.

11. TELECOMMUNICATIONS

1 Quarter

(including Cellular Phones)

Note: Population for 2024: 21,763,170

12. TRANSPORT

(a) Y-o-Y

Item Unit 2024 2025

Change (%)

Nominal Wage Rate Index161.3183.4
(b) 69.4 78.4

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