Nominal GDP
$108.83B
current US$ · 2025
World Bank
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Economy Snapshot
Sri Lanka Economy and Trade
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GDP $108.83B · real growth 5.0% · latest verified annual data
In Sri Lanka's economy dashboard, nominal GDP is $108.83B for 2025, while the real-growth observation is 5.0% for 2025. The page also records $5,002 of GDP per capita for 2025 and an inflation reading of -4.8% for 2025. Each measure keeps its own reference period below, avoiding a false same-year comparison between series released on different schedules.
GDP per capita
$5,002
current US$ · 2025
Source listed below
Real GDP growth
5.0%
annual % · 2025
Source listed below
Inflation
-4.8%
CPI annual % · 2025
Source listed below
Sri Lanka at a Glance
Each measure keeps its actual reference year and definition.
Output trend
Nominal GDP · annual observations · current US$ · World Bank
2015: $85.09B2016: $88.00B2017: $94.37B2018: $94.45B2019: $89.00B2020: $84.34B2021: $88.56B2022: $74.14B2023: $84.08B2024: $99.62B2025: $108.83B
GDP per capita$5,002
Real growth5.0%
GDP year2025
2025 Inflation
-4.8%
CPI annual %
2025 Unemployment
4.0%
labor-market measure
2025 GDP per capita
$5,002
current US$
Macro signals
Available measures are shown with their reported reference periods.
Macro signals
World Bank annual observations
Real growth20255.0%
Unemployment20254.0%
Inflation2025-4.8%
Understand the numbers
What Sri Lanka's economic profile is telling you
Sri Lanka's current World Bank annual series reports nominal GDP of about $108.83 billion in 2025 and real growth of 5.0 percent. Consumer prices fell by 4.8 percent on the annual CPI measure, while modeled unemployment was 4.0 percent. Merchandise trade remains unavailable pending a clean matched pair.
Reading the macro data
Nominal GDP measures current-dollar size. Real growth, inflation and unemployment describe different economic conditions and can have different reference years.
Reading the trade data
Merchandise trade covers goods. A balance appears only when exports and imports have a verified matching year and currency basis.
Detailed Economic Data
| Indicator | Sri Lanka | Reference period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPcurrent US$ | $108.83B | 2025 | Actual |
| GDP per capitacurrent US$ | $5,002 | 2025 | Actual |
| Real GDP growthannual % | 5.0% | 2025 | Actual |
| InflationCPI annual % | -4.8% | 2025 | Actual |
| Unemploymentmodeled ILO estimate | 4.0% | 2025 | Estimate |
| Merchandise balancematched year required | Not calculated | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Sri Lanka's latest GDP?
The verified GDP observation used here is $108.83B for 2025.
What does merchandise trade show for Sri Lanka?
A matched merchandise export and import pair was not independently resolved on this page, so no goods balance is calculated.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the economic indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Core macroeconomic indicators with explicit reference years.
Official data: GDP · GDP per capita · Real growth · Inflation · Unemployment
Matched-year merchandise trade where independently resolved.
Official data: WTO economy profiles