Monthly Economic Indicators - September 2025

MONTHLY ECONOMIC INDICATORS September Statistics Department Central Bank of Sri Lanka

SUMMARY OF SELECTED ECONOMIC INDICATORS September 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

2 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)

August

Index

Month

5. PURCHASING MANAGERS' INDEX - MANUFACTURING

Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

6. ENERGY

Y-o-Y

000' MT DIESEL SALES

Furnace Oil Sales '000 MT

January - August

(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)

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.

8. HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTIONS

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

(b) 1995 = 100

Greater Colombo Housing Approvals Index

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 (a) Y-o-Y Change (%)

(b) First Half 2017 = 100

Land Valuation Indicator

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)

(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

2 Quarter

(including Cellular Phones)

(a) Provisional Sources: Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (b) Including mobile internet connections Department of Census and Statistics

Note: Population for 2024: 21,763,170

12. TRANSPORT

(a) Y-o-Y

Item Unit 2024 2025

Change (%)

New Registration of Motor Vehicles

Number

NEW REGISTRATIONS OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Month

Base