Central Bank releases Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka – 2018 publication

The “Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka – 2018” an annual publication of the Central Bank (CB) of Sri Lanka, is now available to the public.
This publication contains economic and social indicators of Sri Lanka in the areas of national accounts, agriculture, industry, external trade and finance, government finance, banking and financial institutions, money and capital markets, prices and wages, population and labour force, transportation, education, health, telecommunication services, climate and  selected information on economic and social indicators of other countries.
A CB media release said the statistics in this publication has been presented in various breakdowns and in time series/cross sectional basis to serve the diverse needs of users. The data can be used for analysing recent trends in the economy, and will be useful to entrepreneurs, policy makers, researchers, teachers, students and the public.
This publication contain information grouped under three main sections ‘Starting a Business’, ‘During the Business’ and In addition, information on living conditions, poverty and household characteristics in Sri Lanka from Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics is also available in the publication. Further, it includes disaggregated information at the provincial level on key economic variables. The statistics in this publication have been presented in time series/cross sectional basis to serve the diverse needs of users, such as entrepreneurs, policy makers, researchers, teachers, students and the general public. The publication can be purchased from the Sales and Distribution Counters of the Central Bank at its Central Point Building (Chatham Street, Colombo), Centre for Banking Studies (No. 58, Sri Jayewardenepura Mawatha, Rajagiriya) and Regional Offices of the Central Bank (Matara, Matale, Nuwara Eliya, Kilinochchi, Trincomalee and Anuradhapura) and the electronic version can be accessed through the Central Bank website (http://www.cbsl.gov.lk).