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Economic and Social Statistics * ECONOMIG & SOCIAL STATISTICS t: OF SRI LANKA Donated to the Research Library - Central Bank of .Sri Lanka by STATISIIGS DEPABTMEilT Mr. R.A.Y. Perera OF TIIE YOL. YI I GE]ITRAT BA]IK OF GEYTON December 1985 I 1 JI ECONOMIC AND OF LANKA t CONTENTS I 'OCIAI 'TATI'TIC' 'RI CHARTS 2 O POPULATION & Page EMPLOYMENT Page Distribution of Population by Religion and Ethnic Groups l98f I 2.1 Vital Statistics: Sri Lanka Compared with - Selected Countries 5 Unemployment by Sectors t978179 & fgSt/g2 II -t973, 2.2 Population 6 Per Capita Expenditure for one Month- 1973, 1978179 & l98ri82 III 2.3 Population by Districts and Sectors 7 Per Capita Consumption of Basic Foods Ig73, 2.4 Percentage Distribution of Population by Rcligion & Ethnic 8 1978179- & 1981/82 ry Groups 2.5 Vital Statistics 9 Composition of Exports and Imports 1983 v public - Crude Birth Rates Death Rate s by Districts 10 Composition of Debt 1977, tgSO & 1983 VI 2.6 & - 2.7 Population Density 1l 2.8 Repatriation under Sirima-Shastri Agreement 72 2.9 Employment 13 I 3.0 NATIONAL ACCOUNTS tf I.O CLIMATE r* 3.1 National Accounts: Sri Lanka Compared with Selected Countries t4 ll l.l Mean Temperature in Selected Centres I 3.2 National Accounts l5 1.2 Average Rainfall by Districts 2 3.3 Composition of National Income l6 l.3 Average Number of Rainy Days . 3 3.4 National Product and Expenditure and the 1.4 Humidity in Selected Centres 4 Public Deot .. t7 6.0 TRADE + Page Page l 4.1 Agriculture : Sri Lanka Compared with 6.1 Trade : Sri Lanka Compared with Selected Selected Countries l8 Countries 43 use 4.2 Land and Land by Districts .. l9 6.2 External Trade 44 4.3 Tea 20 6.3 Major Imports 45 Rubber 2l 4.4 Imports of Sclccted Items 46 4.5 Coconut 22 6.4 Quantity of Major Selected Items 47 4.6 Minor Export Crops 23 6.5 Quantity of Major Exports of 4.7 Paddy Production 24 6.6 Balance of Payments 48 4.8 Paddy Marketing 25 6.7 Marketing Outlets of the Government and Public 4.9 Other Food Crops 26 Sector 49 4.r0 Livestock 27 4.tl Yield of Selected Agricultural Crops Per Hectare. 28 4.12 Fertilizer 29 i 5.0 INDUSTRY 5.1 Industrial Activities : Sri Lanka Compated 7.0 PRICES & WAGES with Selected Countries 30 5.2 Value of Industrial Production 3l 5.3 Textile 32 7.1 Consumer Price Indices : Sri Lanka Compared 5.4 Steel 33 rvith Selected Countries (1975:100) 50 t 5.5 Cement 34 7.2 Colombo Consumer's Price Index (1952:100) 5l 5.6 Petroleum 35 7.3 Wholesale Price Index (1974:100) 52 *ry{ 5.7 Tyre 36 7.4 Construction Cost Index (1969-100) 53 37 I 5.8 Minerals 7.5 Average Daily Wage Rates in Agriculture and 5.9 Paper and Paper Products 38 Building Consttuction 54 5.10 Ceramics 39 Items 56 40 7.6 Average Retail Plices of Selected Consumer 5.11 Milk 60 5.12 Sugar 4l 7.7 Average Producer Prices 5.13 Fisheries 42 7.8 Average Retail Prices of Agricultural Inputs 63 I , a,, 8.0 FINANCE IO.O Pege SOCIAL SERVICES t Page 8.i Monctary and Fiscal Activities : Sri Lanka l0.l Social Indicators : Sri Lanka Compared with Compared with Selected Countries 67 Selected Countries 86 E.2 Monetary Trends 68 10.2 General Education 87 8.3 Banking Density by Districts - 1983 69 10.3 Higher Education 88 8.4 Banking Development-Number of Branches 70 10.4 Health 89 8.5 Deposits with the Commercial Banks 7l 10.5 Activities of Health Campaigns . 90 8.6 Lorns and Advances of Commercial Banks 72 10.6 Hundred Thousand Housing Programme 9l 8.7 Government Finance 73 92 8.8 Government Current Payments 74 10.7 Posts and Telecommunications (l) 8.9 Government Capital Payments 75 10.8 Posts and Telecommunications (2) 93 8.10 Foreign Assistance 76 10.9 Electricity 94 8.1I Private Remittances from Abroad 77 10.10 Tourism 95 8.12 Compoistion of PublicDebt 78 l0.ll Film Industrv .. 96 9.0 TRANSPORT 9.1 Transport : Sri Lanka Compared with Selected II.O GENERAL Countries 79 L; 9.2 Road Kilometreage 80 9.3 Motor Transport 8l I l.l Greater Colombo Economic Commission 1983 97 9.4 Sri Lanka Central Transport Board 82 -Projects ll.2 Investment Approvals- (outside the G. C. E. C) 9.5 Sri Lanka Railways 83 1983 - t00 9.6 Aviation 84 I1.3 Circulation of Newspapers l0t 9.7 Shipping 85 ll,4 Prisons and Prisoners to2 DISTRIBUTION OF POPI'LATION BY RELIGION AND ETHNIC CROUPS_1987 CHART I f t t UNEMPLOYMENT BY SECTORS-1973, 1918179 & 198U82 I CHART II PERCENT PERCENT a 40 t0 E URBAN trf RURAL ffi ES?ATE E= ALL ISLAND 30 30 20 ... 10 @ , t l0: 46 L7 2( a ,.0 ETens 1s81/82 'a CAPITA EXPENDITURE FOR ONE MONTH-I973, 197879 & I98I/82 CHART III MEDICAL TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATION9 -FUEL & LIGHT USING CLOTHING & APPAREL ls78Fs rs8rl82 PER CAPITA CONSU.VIPTION OF B.A.SIC FOODS-I91.3, I97B'D & 1931,82 CHART IV WHEAT FLOUR BREAD l9 7l :--r I trt '1978i 79 {----r I s 8l/8? (:l rtttt| 0 ? l 6 I l0 'offt 6RAlt|E ^2a'000 €RAt{s SUGAR r97 3 ALL ISLAND URBAII RURAL t--l ESTATE ! I ss't/8 2 I I I il 0 I I 6 o l0 l? 10 15 g0 6RAt{s NUTS COMPOSITION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS-_I983 CFIART V MIL LIONS OF RUPEES MILLIONS OF RUPEES 50 50 o o.2 0a o- 45 6 Other o 3.904 -45 s o Llot?r o 2 60b 40- tJ 40 6 c E t I 35- E -_35 8. uJ o 30- c 30 -o o e. F Unclo! !if icd \t J 2.3olo o ! 25- O ther o r O Soilo o eml (, Fcr tlll rc r -25 o 4 !7olo l'40h u 9 ! 20- o E -?o v c E 15- t5 E o so 10 .rt l0 o a 9 oI o (, 5 ) 5 ) E C o 0 0 EXPORTS IMPORTS OF PUBLIC DEBT. & 1983 COMPOSITION -1977,1980 CHART VI DOMESTIC LOANS fOREIGN tOANS E w RUPEE LOANS PROJEC T LOANS ffi EE] TREASURY BILLS NON.PROJECT LOANS Fl l-1 OTHER I.1 MEAN TEMPERATURE IN SELECTED CENTRES I In Degrees Centigrade 1975 1976 l. Colombo 27 .5 27.5 27 .7 21 .8 27 .5 27 .3 27.8 2. Katunayake 27 .5 )79 27 .2 27 .3 27.5 27 .6 27 .8 28 .1 27 .9 27 .7 27 .6 25.6 11 A 3. Puttalam 27 .8 28.0 27 .6 2.7 .8 27 .9 27 .6 27 .9 28.1 27 .7 27 .8 28 .0 4. Mannar 2i .9 28. I 21 .8 27 .7 27 .8 28 .0 28 .0 28.3 28.3 27 .9 28. I 28. 5 5. Jaffna 21 .8 28. I 27 .6 27 .7 27 .7 27 .8 28.0 28.3 28.4 28.0 28. I 28.6 6. Kankesanturai 27 .9 28 .3 21 .9 28. I 28. I 28.0 28 .3 28.2 28.2 27 .6 28 .0 28.6 7. Trincomalec 28 ,2 28.6 28. I 28.2 28 .5 28 .3 28 .6 28.9 29 .1 28.6 28.9 26.5 dT- Batticaloa 27 .6 28.0 27 .6 2't .7 21 .7 27 .7 28 .3 28 .3 28.3 27 .5 2'1 .6 27 .9 J1 ) a1 | 9. Hambantota 27 .6 27 .0 27 .2 27 ,2 2l .2 27.5 ZI,J 28. I 27 .O 27.6 10. Galle 26.8 26.7 26.3 26. s 26.6 26.6 26.7 2'1 .o 27.O 2'1 .9 26.9 17 1 I l. Ratmalana 27 .o 2b.7 26.9 27 .1 27 .2 26 .8 27 .4 27 .6 2l .4 27.5 27.6 12. Ratnapura 27 .6 2t .7 27 .1 27 .l 27 .6 27 .8 2't.4 27 .6 27 .7 27 .4 27 .5 28.2 rf 1 t? 1 13. Anuradhapurir 27 .6 27 .1 27 .8 27 .6 27 .8 28 .3 28.2 27 .9 28.0 28.9 14. Vavuniya 27 .4 27 .8 27 .2 27 .3 27 .8 27 ,4 27 .8 28. I 27 .8 27 .6 28 .0 28.8 1'' 1 l-5. Kurunegala 2'I .6 2'l .7 26.9 27 .4 27 .6 !7 .6 28.O 27 .6 27 .3 27 .3 28. I 16. Maha Illuppalllnra 27.5 2'l .8 27.o 21 .o 27 .6 21 .3 27 .6 28. I 28. I 11 7 11 'l 28.5 Kandy 21 .6 24.9 24. I lq,J 24 .8 24.8 24.7 25 .1 24.8 24.6 25 .1 25.3 Badulla 24.6 23.'l 23.4 23.3 23.4 23.6 21 .1 23.7 23.9 21 .4 2t.6 24.6 Diyatalawa 20.1 20.5 t9.7 t9.8 20. I 20.4 20.4 20.7 20.5 20 .3 20.6 2l .o Nuwara Eliya 16.0 16.3 | 5.5 15 .7 | 5.6 | 5.7 15.4 15.8 t5.6 | 5.6 t5.'l t6.5 Source: Departmerit of Meteorolosv.
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