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Open market retail prices of food and miscellaneous items with respect to main markets in Colombo district.
CCPI for the month of August 2024 is 191.1 - Infographic
PPI for all activities reported for July 2024 is 239.0 - Infographic
The district official poverty lines at the national level for June and July 2024 are Rs.16,468 and Rs. 16,373.
Summary Report - 2023
The estimated labour force participation rate is 48.6% and unemployment rate 4.7% for 2023
NCPI for the month of July 2024 was 206.9 and the year on year inflation has reported as 2.5%. - Infographic
The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for the month of June 2024 is 93.0
This survey aims to provide a detailed account of the strategies adopted by households to navigate economic challenges.
The bulletin provides summary information of drinking water, sanitation & hygiene in Sri Lanka.
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The 15th Population and Housing Census is scheduled to take place in 2023/24. The listing phase of the census is set to commence in late 2023, followed by the enumeration phase in 2024. Read more
Sri Lanka is currently experiencing one of its biggest economic crises since its independence in 1948 due to the Easter Attack in 2019 which worsened with the COVID 19 pandemic. Read more
On the request of Presidential Secretariat, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) embarked on a comprehensive survey designed to probe the far-reaching consequences of the prevailing economic crisis on the landscape of small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in the months of May and June 2023. Read more
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