Sri Lanka’s GDP growth rate for the first quarter of 2026 has been estimated as 5.1 per cent of positive growth, the Department of Census and Statistics said, releasing the National Accounts Estimates.
Accordingly, the Gross Domestic Product for Sri Lanka for the first quarter of the year 2026 at constant price (2015) has increased up to Rs 3,652,503 million from Rs. 3,476,664 million which was recorded in the first quarter of 2025.
In addition, the Gross Domestic Product for Sri Lanka for the first quarter of 2026 at current price has increased up to Rs. 9,164,652 million from Rs. 8,253,485 million which recorded in the same quarter in 2025 registering an 11.0 percent of positive change in the current price GDP.
The three major economic activities of the economy; ‘Agriculture’, ‘Industry’ and ‘Services’ stood at 7.3 percent, 27.2 percent and 54.2 percent respectively as their shares to the Gross Domestic Product(GDP) of the economy.
‘Taxes less subsidies on products’ accounted for a share of 11.3 percent of the GDP in the first quarter of 2026.
National Accounts Estimates of Sri Lanka (Newswire)
