The “Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka – 2020” an annual publication of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, is now available for public access.

Marking the 70th Anniversary of CBSL, this year, Statistics Department restructured the layout of the publication for ease of reference, while adding more statistics to enrich its content. Accordingly, the new version consists of statistical tables categorised under eight major areas, i.e. ‘National Accounts’, ‘Economic and Social Infrastructure’, ‘Prices, Wages and Employment’, ‘External Trade and Finance’, ‘Government Finance’, ‘Money and Capital Markets’, ‘Financial  Sector’ and statistics of other countries.

The publication is available in both printed and web versions and will be a useful collection of information for anyone who is interested in socio-economic statistics.

Land Valuation Indicator (LVI) of Colombo District reached 141.6 during the 1st half of 2020, recording an annual increase of 7.1 per cent. Meanwhile, on semi-annual basis the LVI marginally increased by 2.0 per cent. Both annual and semi-annual percentage changes of LVI showed a declining trend over the recent periods.

All sub-indicators of LVI, namely Residential LVI, Commercial LVI and Industrial LVI contributed to the overall increase. Industrial LVI recorded the highest annual increase of 7.2 per cent, while both Residential LVI and Commercial LVI recorded 7.1 per cent increases.