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Latest News

08th October, 2024

The Enumeration stage of the 15th Census of Population and Housing in Sri Lanka starts

The Enumeration stage of the fifteenth Census of Population and Housing (CPH) in Sri Lanka starts in October 2024.  Read more



17th August, 2023

Household Survey on the Impact of Economic Crisis - 2023

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



18th August, 2023

Measuring the Impact of Economic Crisis (2022) on SMEs: A Quick Survey

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