Monthly Economic Indicators - May 2026

MONTHLY ECONOMIC INDICATORS May Statistics Department Central Bank of Sri Lanka

SUMMARY OF SELECTED ECONOMIC INDICATORS May 2026

2026 May

Item Period Unit 2025 2026 Y-o-Y Change

Real Sector

(e) Inclusive of Offshore Banking Units

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

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

April 26.5 24.2 (8.5)

January - April 88.6 83.8 (5.5)

Rubber Production · Mn. kg

April 5.3 5.4 2.3

January - April 24.4 21.6 (11.4) My Ju Jy Au

Month

Coconut Production Mn. Nuts

Mn kg RUBBER 2025

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

April

Index

Month

5. PURCHASING MANAGERS' INDEX - MANUFACTURING

Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

6. ENERGY

Y-o-Y

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) · 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

12. TRANSPORT