CB releases Sri Lanka Socio-Economic Data - 2007

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has released its latest data folder, Sri Lanka Socio-Economic Data 2007. This is the 30th volume of the series. This volume of 100 pages contains 88 Statistical Tables and 12 charts covering the latest information on Socio Economic Conditions, Human Resources, National Accounts, Agriculture, Industry, Infrastructure, Price and Wages, External Trade and Tourism, External Finance, Government finance, and Money Banking and Finance in Sri Lanka.

This publication provides disaggregated information at the provincial level too on key economic variables, including GDP in current terms, agriculture, the fisheries industry, electricity services, water consumption and revenue, postal services, telecommunication services and transportation services.

In addition it contains the latest available information on socio economic conditions of households in Sri Lanka including the Northern and Eastern Provinces, from the Consumer Finance and Socio-Economic Survey 2003/2004 conducted by the Central Bank, along with a comparable set of countrywide data derived from the six previous surveys in the series that commenced in 1953.

The volume also presents a set of country comparisons, for the SAARC and South East Asian regions, of key socio economic variables namely, demography, social indicators, national accounts, agriculture and industry, monetary and fiscal indicators, external trade and finance inflation.

The Publication, which is priced at Rs. 100/- per copy with ‘Rexine’ cover and Rs.30/- per copy without ‘Rexine’ cover is available for sale at the Publication Sales Counter of the Centre For Banking Studies, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, 58, Sri Jayawardenapura Mawatha, Rajagiriya, and Regional Offices of the Central Bank in Matara, Matale and Anuradhapura and leading bookshops in Colombo. In addition to the printed version, the publication is also available on CD priced at Rs.100/- per copy.