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Economic and Social Statistics 2019 ii Central Bank of Sri Lanka Statistics Department Tel. : 2477579 Fax : 2477728 E-mail : [email protected] Web site : http://www.cbsl.gov.lk Volume XLI ISSN 1391 - 3611 ISBN 978 - 955 - 575 - 381 - 4 July 2019 Price : Rs. 300/- Printed at Central Bank Printing Press, 58, Sri Jayewardenepura Mawatha, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. Published by Statistics Department Central Bank of Sri Lanka, 30, Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo 01, Sri Lanka. iii CONTENTS 1 KEY SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS 4 NATIONAL ACCOUNTS Sri Lanka – Country Profile 1 4.1 Summary of National Accounts 27 1.1 Real Sector 2 4.2 GDP, GNI and Deflators (Factor Cost Prices) 1.2 Agriculture and Industry 3 1970 – 2018 28 1.3 Price and Wages 4 4.3 Gross Domestic Product at Constant Prices 1970 – 2018 29 1.4 Infrastructure 4 4.4 Gross Domestic Product at Current Prices 1.5 External Sector 5 1970 – 2018 30 1.6 Money and Interest Rates 6 4.5 Gross National Income by Industrial Origin 1.7 Money and Capital Markets 7 at Constant (2010) Prices 31 1.8 Government Finance 8 4.6 Gross National Income by Industrial Origin 1.9 Financial Institutions 8 at Current Market Prices 32 Selected Socio-Economic Indicators 4.7 Composition of Gross Domestic Product – Graphical Illustrations 9 at Current Market Prices 33 4.8 Investment and Savings 2 CLIMATE (Current Market Prices) 34 4.9 Quarterly Estimates of GDP 2.1 Mean Temperature 11 [at (2010) Constant Prices] 34 2.2 Rainfall and Rainy Days 4.10 Aggregate Demand 35 – Hydro-Catchment Areas 11 4.11 Provincial Gross Domestic Product 2.3 Rainfall and Rainy Days by Industrial Origin at Current Market Prices 36 – Selected Stations 12 4.12 Provincial Gross Domestic Product by Industrial 2.4 Humidity 13 Origin at Current Market Prices – 2016 37 4.13 Provincial Gross Domestic Product by Industrial 3 POPULATION AND LABOUR FORCE Origin at Current Market Prices – 2017 39 3.1 Population by District and Sector 2001 and 2012 14 5 AGRICULTURE 3.2 Population by Religion and Ethnicity 5.1 Tea 41 – Census Years 14 5.2 Rubber 42 3.3 Population by District, Religion and Ethnicity 5.3 Coconut 43 – 2012 Census 15 5.4 Minor Export Crops 44 3.4 Mid Year Population by Age Group 15 5.5 Paddy 45 3.5 Mid Year Population by Province and District 16 5.6 Subsidiary Food Crops 46 3.6 Population Density 17 5.7 Principal Crops by Province 47 3.7 Vital Statistics 17 5.8 Agricultural Crops – Yields, Farmgate Prices 3.8 Crude Birth Rates and Death Rates by District 18 and Costs of Cultivation – 2017 48 3.9 Labour Force 19 5.9 Agricultural Crops – Yields, Farmgate Prices 3.10 Employment 20 and Costs of Cultivation – 2018 49 3.11 Unemployment 21 5.10 Fish and Livestock 50 3.12 Public Sector Employment 22 5.11 National Livestock Statistics by District – 2017 51 3.13 Migration for Foreign Employment 23 5.12 National Livestock Statistics by District – 2018 51 3.14 Departures for Foreign Employment 5.13 Livestock and Poultry by Country 24 – Average Producer Prices – 2017 52 3.15 Departures for Foreign Employment 5.14 Livestock and Poultry by Skill Level, Age Group and Gender 25 – Average Producer Prices – 2018 52 3.16 Departures for Foreign Employment 5.15 Fish Production 53 by District, Province and Gender 26 5.16 Operating Fishing Craft by Province and Type 53 5.17 Cultivation Loans – Refinance Credit Schemes 54 (Continued) iv CONTENTS 5.18 Plantation Sector 7.17 All Island Average Wages in the Informal Sector – Manpower, Extent, Production and Yield 55 – 2018 81 5.19 Settlements and Land Cultivated 7.18 Cost Indices for Construction 82 under Mahaweli Programme 56 8 EXTERNAL TRADE AND FINANCE 6 INDUSTRY 8.1 Summary of External Trade 83 6.1 Sugar 57 8.2 Selected Exports 84 6.2 Milk and Milk Products 57 8.3 Selected Imports 84 6.3 Textiles 58 8.4 Imports by Major Categories 85 6.4 Petroleum 59 8.5 Direction of Trade – Exports 86 6.5 Minerals 59 8.6 Direction of Trade – Imports 87 6.6 Cement 60 8.7 Central Bank Trade Indices – Volume 88 6.7 Electricity 60 8.8 Central Bank Trade Indices – Value 88 6.8 Gross Generation of Electricity 8.9 Central Bank Trade Indices – Unit Value 89 by Power Stations – 2017 and 2018 61 8.10 Exchange Rates – Year End 89 6.9 Electricity Sales by Province 62 8.11 Balance of Payments 90 6.10 Water – Consumers, Consumption 8.12 Workers’ Remittances 93 and Revenue by Province 63 8.13 Tourism 94 6.11 Board of Investment (BOI) Enterprises 65 8.14 External Debt and Debt Service Payments 95 7 PRICES AND WAGES 9 MONEY AND CAPITAL MARKETS 7.1 Colombo Consumers’ Price Index (1952=100) 66 9.1 Reserve Money 96 7.2 Consumer Price Indices 67 9.2 Money Supply 97 7.3 Consumer Price Indices – National Consumer Price Index 68 9.3 Broad Money Supply (M2b) 98 7.4 Producer’s Price Index 68 9.4 Interest Rates 99 7.5 Average Retail Prices of 9.5 Government Debt Securities Market 100 Selected Consumer Items 69 9.6 Share Market Indicators 101 7.6 Average Retail Prices of Selected Food Items 9.7 Share Trading Indicators by Provinces 71 by Business Sector 102 7.7 Average Producer Prices of Selected Items 72 9.8 Share Trading Indicators 7.8 Average Producer Prices of by Major Companies 106 Selected Food Items by Provinces 73 9.9 Share Issues 108 7.9 Retail Prices of Selected Food Items in Selected Districts – 2017 74 10 GOVERNMENT FINANCE 7.10 Retail Prices of Selected Food Items in Selected Districts – 2018 75 10.1 Summary of Fiscal Operations 109 7.11 Nominal Wage Rate Indices 1965 – 2018 76 10.2 Functional Classification 7.12 Average Daily Wage Rates of Recurrent Expenditure 110 in Selected Activities 77 10.3 Functional Classification 7.13 Minimum Wage Rate Indices of Workers of Capital Expenditure and Lending 110 in Wages Board Trades 78 10.4 Government Revenue 111 7.14 Wage Rate Indices 10.5 Central Government Domestic Debt 112 of Government Employees 79 10.6 Central Government Foreign Debt 113 7.15 Wage Rate Indices of Informal Private Sector 10.7 Revenue and Expenditure Employees 80 of Provincial Councils 114 7.16 All Island Average Wages in the Informal Sector – 2017 80 (Continued) v CONTENTS 11 BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 13.8 Government School Teachers and Pupils by Province and District 143 11.1 Assets and Liabilities of the Central Bank 115 13.9 Government Schools 11.2 Selected Financial Highlights by Size of Student Population 144 of Commercial Banks 116 13.10 Government School Teachers 11.3 Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks 117 by Category of Appointment 146 11.4 Mobilization of Deposits by Type of Deposit 118 13.11 New Admissions in Government Schools 148 11.5 Deposits of Commercial Banks by Ownership 118 13.12 Government Schools 11.6 Commercial Banks’ Loans and Advances by Type, Pupils and Teachers 149 to the Private Sector 119 13.13 Performance of Candidates 11.7 Number of Bank Branches by Province 120 – GCE (O/L) and GCE (A/L) 149 11.8 Bank Branches and Banking Density by District 121 13.14 GCE (O/L) Examination – Performance of School Candidates 150 11.9 Bank Branch Network 122 13.15 GCE (A/L) Examination 11.10 Non-Bank Financial Institutions 123 – Performance of School Candidates 150 11.11 Unit Trusts 124 13.16 University Education 151 11.12 Summary of Co-operative Rural Banks 13.17 Eligibility, Admission and Enrollment and Credit Societies 124 of Students for University Education 152 13.18 University Admission by Province and District 153 TRANSPORTATION 12 13.19 University Admission by Academic Stream and District 154 12.1 Road Network 125 13.20 University Admission 12.2 Road Kilometerage by Province by Academic Stream and Ethnicity 156 and District – 2018 125 13.21 Technical Colleges 157 12.3 Road Kilometerage by Province 126 13.22 Information of Libraries in Sri Lanka 158 12.4 Motor Vehicles by Province 127 13.23 Libraries in Sri Lanka by Provice 158 12.5 New Registration of Motor Vehicles 128 13.24 National Library Data of Sri Lanka 158 12.6 SLTB / Regional Bus Companies 128 13.25 Health Services 159 12.7 Sri Lanka Railways 129 13.26 Selected Public Health Personnel 160 12.8 Aviation – SriLankan Airlines 130 13.27 Public Health Personnel by District – 2017 161 12.9 Port Services 130 13.28 Activities of Health Campaigns 162 12.10 Selected Public Transport Indicators by Province 131 13.29 Postal Services 163 13.30 Telecommunication Services 164 13 Socio – ECONOMIC SERVICES 13.31 Mass Media 164 13.32 Prisoners 165 13.1 National Level Findings of the 13.33 Prisoners by District 166 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) by Survey Period – Sri Lanka 132 13.34 Selected Demography of Prisoners 167 13.2 Average Monthly Household Expenditure on Selected Food/Non-Food Items 14 SRI LANKA AND ASIA by HIES Survey Period – Sri Lanka 133 13.3 Poverty Indicators by Sector, Province 14.1 Demographic Indicators: and District 134 SAARC Countries 168 13.4 Daily Average Dietary Energy Consumption 14.2 Demographic Indicators: per Person by Poverty Status, Sector, Province Selected East Asian Countries 168 and District – 2012/13 and 2016 135 14.3 National Accounts Indicators: 13.5 Housing Conditions and Ownership of Durable SAARC Countries 169 Goods – 2009/10, 2012/13 and 2016 136 14.4 National Accounts Indicators: 13.6 Key Socio-Economic Indicators Selected East Asian Countries 170 – 2009/10, 2012/13 and 2016 139 14.5 Inflation: Sri Lanka and Selected Countries 171 13.7 General Education 142 (Continued) vi CONTENTS 14.6 External Trade and Finance Indicators: 15 WORLD TABLES SAARC Countries 172 14.7 External Trade and Finance Indicators: 15.1 World Tea Production Selected East Asian Countries 173 – Land Area, Exports and Imports 178 14.8 Monetary and Fiscal Operations: 15.2 Growth of Real GDP 180 SAARC Countries 174 15.3 Consumer Price Changes 181 14.9 Monetary and Fiscal Operations: 15.4 Exports 182 Selected East Asian Countries 175 15.5 Imports 183 14.10 Social Indicators: 15.6 Human Development Index (HDI) SAARC Countries 176 and Sub Indices of HDI – 2017 184 14.11 Social Indicators: 15.7 Human Development Index 185 Selected East Asian Countries 176 14.12 Doing Business Ranking – 2019: SAARC Countries 177 14.13 Doing Business Ranking – 2019: Selected East Asian Countries 177 1 KEY SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS Sri Lanka – Country Profile Sq.km.
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