Monthly Economic Indicators - March 2026

MONTHLY ECONOMIC INDICATORS March Statistics Department Central Bank of Sri Lanka

SUMMARY OF SELECTED ECONOMIC INDICATORS March 2026

2026 March

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 (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

Ministry of Fisheries

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

February

Index

Month

5. PURCHASING MANAGERS' INDEX - MANUFACTURING

Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

6. ENERGY

Y-o-Y

Month

ELECTRICITY SALES TO INDUSTRIES BY

Kerosene Sales '000 MT

February 140

Other Petroleum Imports '000 MT

Month

(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, 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 2024 2025 Y-o-Y Change (%)

Greater Colombo Housing Approvals Index · 1995 = 100

Cement 2025 2026 (a)

Total 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.

11. TELECOMMUNICATIONS

4 Quarter

Item Unit Y-o-Y Change (%)

12. TRANSPORT

(a) Y-o-Y

Item Unit 2025 2026

Change (%)

New Registration of Motor Vehicles

Number

NEW REGISTRATIONS OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Month

13. PORT SERVICES(a)

Ship Traffic · Number