Sri Lanka Socio-Economic Data-2007 publication out

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has released its latest data folder, Sri Lanka Socio-Economic Data 2007. This is the 30th volume in the series.

The volume of 100 pages contains 88 Statistical Tables and 12 charts covering the latest information on Socio-Economic Conditions, Human Resources, National Accounts, Agriculture, Industry, Infrastructure, Price and Wages, External Trade and Tourism, External Finance, Government Finance and Money Banking and Finance in Sri Lanka.

The publication provides desegregated information at provincial level too on key economic variables, including GDP in current terms, agriculture, the fisheries industry, electricity services, water consumption and revenue, postal services, telecommunication services and transportation services.

In addition it contains the latest available information on socio-economic conditions of households in Sri Lanka including the Northern and Eastern Provinces, from the Consumer Finance and Socio-Economic Survey 2003/2004 conducted by the Central Bank, along with a comparable set of countrywide data derived from the six previous surveys in the series that commenced in 1953.