Central Bank on economic trends
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has released its annual publication
'Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka - 2013 - Volume XXXV'.
This publication contains a wide range of economic and social
indicators of Sri Lanka covering areas such as population and labour
force, national accounts, agriculture, industry, prices and wages,
external trade and finance, money and capital markets, banking and
financial institutions, government finance, transportation,
socio-economic services and selected information on economic and social
indicators of other countries.
This compilation also includes information on living conditions,
poverty and household characteristics in Sri Lanka from the Household
Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) conducted by the Department of
Census and Statistics.
It includes disaggregated information at the provincial level on key
economic variables, including socio-economic conditions, GDP in current
terms, agriculture and livestock statistics, water consumption, foreign
employment and plantation sector manpower and production. The statistics
in this publication have been presented in various forms, including time
series and cross sectional manner, to serve the diverse needs of users.
The data can be used for analysing the trends in the economy, and
will be useful to entrepreneurs, policy makers, researchers, teachers,
students and the public. |