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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STATISTICS OF SRI LANKA 2013

CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STATISTICSOf SRI LANKA

2013

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1. Key SocIo-ecoNomIc INdIcatorS 1.1 SriLankaCountryProfile 1 1.2 RealSector 1 1.3 AgricultureandIndustry 2 1.4 PricesandWages 2 1.5 ExternalSector 3 1.6 MoneyandMoneyRates 4 1.7 MoneyandCapitalMarkets 4 1.8 GovernmentFinance 5 1.9 FinancialInstitutions 5 1.10 Infrastructure 8 2. clImate 2.1 MeanTemperature 9 2.2 RainfallandRainyDaysHydro-CatchmentAreas 9 2.3 RainfallandRainyDaysSelectedStations 10 2.4 Humidity 11 3. PoPulatIoN aNd laBour Force 3.1 PopulationbyDistrictandSector1981,2001and2012 12 3.2 PopulationbyReligionandEthnicityCensusYears 12 3.3 PopulationbyDistrict,ReligionandEthnicity2012Census 13 3.4 PopulationbyAgeGroup 13 3.5 PopulationbyProvinceandDistrict 14 3.6 PopulationDensity 15 3.7 VitalStatistics 15 3.8 CrudeBirthRatesandDeathRatesbyDistrict 16 3.9 LabourForce 17 3.10 Employment 18 3.11 Unemployment 19 3.12 PublicSectorEmployment 20 3.13 MigrationforForeignEmployment 21 3.14 DeparturesforForeignEmploymentbyCountry 22 3.15 DeparturesforForeignEmploymentbySkillLevel,AgeGroupandGender 23 3.16 DeparturesforForeignEmploymentbyDistrict,ProvinceandGender 24 4. NatIoNal accouNtS 4.1 SummaryofNationalAccounts 25 4.2 GDP,GNPandDeflators(FactorCostPrices)19602012 26 4.3 GrossDomesticProductatConstantFactorCostPrices19602012 27 4.4 GrossDomesticProductatCurrentFactorCostPrices19602012 28 4.5 GrossNationalProductbyIndustrialOriginatConstant(2002)PricesofMajorEconomicActivities 29 4.6 GrossNationalProductbyIndustrialOriginatCurrentPricesofMajorEconomicActivities 30 4.7 CompositionofGrossDomesticProductatCurrentPrices 31 4.8 InvestmentandSavings(CurrentMarketPrices) 32 4.9 QuarterlyEstimatesofGDP[atConstant(2002)Prices] 32 4.10 AggregateDemand 33 4.11 ProvincialGrossDomesticProductbyIndustrialOriginatCurrentPrices 34 4.12 ProvincialGrossDomesticProductbyIndustrialOriginatCurrentPrices2010 35 4.13 ProvincialGrossDomesticProductbyIndustrialOriginatCurrentPrices2011 36 5. agrIculture 5.1 Tea 37 5.2 Rubber 38 5.3 Coconut 39 5.4 MinorExportCrops 40

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5.5 Paddy 41 5.6 SubsidiaryFoodCrops 42 5.7 PrincipalCropsbyProvince 43 5.8 AgriculturalCropsYields,FarmgatePricesandCostsofCultivation2011 44 5.9 AgriculturalCropsYields,FarmgatePricesandCostsofCultivation2012 45 5.10 FishandLivestock 46 5.11 NationalLivestockStatisticsbyDistrict2011 47 5.12 NationalLivestockStatisticsbyDistrict2012 47 5.13 LivestockandPoultryAverageProducerPrices2011 48 5.14 LivestockandPoultryAverageProducerPrices2012 48 5.15 FishProductionbyProvince 49 5.16 OperatingFishingCraftbyProvinceandType 49 5.17 CultivationLoansRefinanceCreditSchemes 50 5.18 PlantationSectorManpower,Extent,ProductionandYield 51 5.19 SettlementsandLandCultivatedunderMahaweliProgramme 52 6. INduStry 6.1 IndustrialProduction 53 6.2 Sugar 53 6.3 MilkandMilkProducts 54 6.4 Textiles 54 6.5 Petroleum 55 6.6 Minerals 55 6.7 Cement 56 6.8 Electricity 56 6.9 GrossGenerationofElectricitybyPowerStations2010and2011 57 6.10 ElectricitySalesbyProvince 58 6.11 WaterConsumers,ConsumptionandRevenuebyProvince 59 6.12 BoardofInvestment(BOI)Enterprises 61 7. PrIceS aNd WageS 7.1 ConsumerPriceIndices 62 7.2 WholesalePriceIndex 62 7.3 ColomboConsumers'PriceIndex(1952=100) 63 7.4 AverageRetailPricesofSelectedConsumerItems 64 7.5 AverageRetailPricesofSelectedFoodItemsbyProvinces 66 7.6 AverageProducerPricesofSelectedItems 67 7.7 AverageProducerPricesofSelectedFoodItemsbyProvinces 68 7.8 RetailPricesofSelectedFoodItemsinSelectedDistricts2011 69 7.9 RetailPricesofSelectedFoodItemsinSelectedDistricts2012 70 7.10 NominalWageRateIndices19612012 71 7.11 AverageDailyWageRatesinSelectedActivities 72 7.12 MinimumWageRateIndicesofWorkersinWagesBoardTrades 73 7.13 WageRateIndicesofGovernmentEmployees 73 7.14 AllIslandAverageWagesintheInformalSector2011 74 7.15 AllIslandAverageWagesintheInformalSector2012 74 7.16 CostIndicesforConstruction 75 8. exterNal trade aNd FINaNce 8.1 SummaryofExternalTrade 76 8.2 SelectedExports 77 8.3 SelectedImports 77 8.4 ImportsbyMajorCategories 78 8.5 DirectionofTradeExports 79 8.6 DirectionofTradeImports 80 8.7 CentralBankTradeIndicesVolume 81 8.8 CentralBankTradeIndicesValue 81 8.9 CentralBankTradeIndicesUnitValue 82

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8.10 ExchangeRatesYearEnd 82 8.11 BalanceofPayments 83 8.12 FinancingoftheExternalResourcesGap 85 8.13 WorkersRemittances 86 8.14 Tourism 87 8.15 ExternalDebtandDebtServicePayments 88

9. moNey aNd caPItal marKetS 9.1 ReserveMoney 89 9.2 MoneySupply 90 9.3 Broad Money Supply (M2b) 91 9.4 InterestRates 92 9.5 GovernmentDebtMarket 93 9.6 ShareMarketIndicators 94 9.7 ShareIssues 95 9.8 ShareTradingIndicatorsbyBusinessSector 96 9.9 ShareTradingIndicatorsbyMajorCompanies 100

10. goverNmeNt FINaNce 10.1 SummaryofFiscalOperations 102 10.2 FunctionalClassificationofCurrentExpenditure 103 10.3 FunctionalClassificationofCapitalExpenditureandLending 103 10.4 GovernmentRevenue 104 10.5 GovernmentDomesticDebt 104 10.6 GovernmentForeignDebt 105 10.7 RevenueandExpenditureofProvincialCouncils 106

11. BaNKINg aNd FINaNcIal INStItutIoNS 11.1 AssetsandLiabilitiesoftheCentralBank 107 11.2 SelectedFinancialHighlightsofCommercialBanks 108 11.3 AssetsandLiabilitiesofCommercialBanks 109 11.4 MobilizationofDepositsbyTypeofDeposit 110 11.5 DepositsofCommercialBanksbyOwnership 110 11.6 CommercialBanksLoansandAdvancestothePrivateSector 111 11.7 NumberofBankBranchesbyProvince 112 11.8 BankingDensitybyDistrict 113 11.9 BankBranchNetwork 114 11.10 Non-BankFinancialInstitutions 115 11.11 UnitTrusts 116 11.12 SummaryofRural/RegionalDevelopmentBanks 117 11.13 SummaryofCo-operativeRuralBanksandCreditSocieties 117

12. traNSPortatIoN 12.1 RoadNetwork 118 12.2 RoadKilometeragebyProvinceandDistrict 118 12.3 RoadKilometeragebyProvince 119 12.4 MotorVehiclesbyProvince 120 12.5 NewRegistrationofMotorVehicles 121 12.6 SLTB/RegionalBusCompanies 121 12.7 SriLankaRailways 122 12.8 AviationAirLanka/SriLankanAirlines 123 12.9 PortServices 123 12.10 SelectedPublicTransportIndicatorsbyProvince 124 13. SocIo ecoNomIc ServIceS 13.1 National Level Findings of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) bySurveyPeriodSriLanka 125


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13.2 Average Monthly Household Expenditure on Selected Food/Non-Food Items by HIESSurveyPeriodSriLanka 126 13.3 PovertyIndicatorsbySector,ProvinceandDistrict 127 13.4 Daily Dietary Average Energy Consumption per Person by Poverty Status, Sector, Province and District 2006/07and2009/10 128 13.5 HousingConditionsandOwnershipofDurableGoods2006/07and2009/10 129 13.6 KeySocio-EconomicIndicators2006/07and2009/10 132 13.7 GeneralEducation 135 13.8 TeachersandPupilsbyProvinceandDistrict 136 13.9 GovernmentSchoolsbySizeofStudentPopulation 137 13.10 GovernmentSchoolTeachersbyCategoryofAppointment 139 13.11 StudentsandNewAdmissionsinGovernmentSchools 141 13.12 GovernmentSchoolsbyType,PupilsandTeachers 142 13.13 PerformanceofCandidatesGCE(O/L)andGCE(A/L) 142 13.14 GCE(O/L)ExaminationPerformanceofSchoolCandidates 143 13.15 GCE(A/L)ExaminationPerformanceofSchoolCandidates 143 13.16 UniversityEducation 144 13.17 Eligibility,AdmissionandEnrollmentofStudentsforUniversityEducation 145 13.18 UniversityAdmissionbyProvinceandDistrict 146 13.19 UniversityAdmissionbyAcademicStreamandDistrict 147 13.20 UniversityAdmissionbyAcademicStreamandEthnicity 149 13.21 TechnicalColleges 150 13.22 HealthServices 151 13.23 SelectedPublicHealthPersonnel 152 13.24 PublicHealthPersonnelbyDistrict2010 153 13.25 ActivitiesofHealthCampaigns 154 13.26 PostalServices 155 13.27 TelecommunicationServices 156 13.28 MassMedia 156 13.29 Prisoners 157 13.30 PrisonersbyDistrict 158 13.31 SelectedDemographyofPrisoners 159 14. SrI laNKa aNd aSIa 14.1 DemographicIndicators:SAARCCountries 160 14.2 DemographicIndicators:SelectedEastAsianCountries 160 14.3 NationalAccountsIndicators:SAARCCountries 161 14.4 NationalAccountsIndicators:SelectedEastAsianCountries 162 14.5 AgriculturalandIndustrialIndicators:SAARCCountries 163 14.6 AgriculturalandIndustrialIndicators:SelectedEastAsianCountries 163 14.7 Inflation:SriLankaandSelectedCountries 164 14.8 ExternalTradeandFinanceIndicators:SAARCCountries 165 14.9 ExternalTradeandFinanceIndicators:SelectedEastAsianCountries 166 14.10 MonetaryandFiscalIndicators:SAARCCountries 167 14.11 MonetaryandFiscalIndicators:SelectedEastAsianCountries 168 14.12 SocialIndicators:SAARCCountries 169 14.13 SocialIndicators:SelectedEastAsianCountries 169 14.14 DoingBusinessRanking-2013:SAARCCountries 170 14.15 DoingBusinessRanking-2013:SelectedEastAsianCountries 170

15. World taBleS 15.1 WorldTeaProductionLandArea,ExportsandImports 171 15.2 GrowthofRealGDP 173 15.3 ConsumerPriceChanges 174 15.4 Exports 175 15.5 Imports 176 15.6 HumanDevelopmentIndex(HDI)andSubIndicesofHDI2012 177 15.7 HumanDevelopmentIndex 178

1Sri lanka country Profile

(a) Provisional.(b) Based on Census of Population and Housing carried out in 2012.(c) Excluding Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts.

(a)Provisional.(b)ProvisionalestimatesfromRegistrarGeneralsofficeonthebasedoftheCensusofPopulationandHousing2001.(c) Based on Labour Force Survey conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS). (d) Including Eastern province but excluding Northern province.(e) Data covers the entire island. (f) 2006/07 = 100 (g) Calculated at market value and includes Asian Clearing Union receipts.* Based on Census of Population and Housing carried out in 2012, covering the entire island.n.a. Not available

Key SocIo-ecoNomIc INdIcatorS table 1.1

table 1.2

demography Population, 000 Population Growth, % Labour Force, Participation Rate % (% of Household Population) Unemployment, % of Labour ForceNational accounts GNP (Market Prices) : Rs. Bn. US $ Bn. Per Capita GNP : Rs. US $ GDP (Market Prices) : Rs. Bn. US $ Bn. Real GDP Growth, %gdP by Sectors,% Agriculture Industry Servicesexpenditure and Savings, % of gdP Consumption Government Consumption Investment Government Investment Domestic Savings National Savings

4,835 5,604 6,544 7,582 42.1 49.6 59.2 59.4 236,445 271,346 313,576 373,001 2,057 2,400 2,836 2,923 3.5 8.0 8.2 6.4 12.0 11.9 11.2 11.1 28.6 28.7 29.3 30.4 59.3 59.3 59.5 58.5 5.8(d) 4.9(d) 4.2(d) 4.0(e)

3.5 6.2 6.7 7.6 1,806.2 2,091.4 2,491.7 2,929.1 18.6 15.8 19.1 17.6

1,031 1,254 1,509 1,729 8,977 11,100 13,643 13,562 1,345 1,720 2,461 2,765 11,708 15,218 22,254 21,721 804.2 956.5 910.0 1,091.7 7,030 8,621 7,989 8,585 2,135 2,379 2,984 3,754 18,662 21,438 25,002 28,441 44.1 42.4 45.6 49.5 114.94 113.06 110.57 127.60 177.22 172.50 174.54 195.38

725.6 834.2 949.9 1,003.9 1,201.9 1,280.2 1,400.1 1,492.9 -476.4 -446.0 -450.2 -489.0 -9.9 -8.0 -6.9 -6.4 4,161.4 4,590.2 5,133.4 6,000.1 86.2 81.9 78.5 79.1

ecoNomy real SectorgdP at market Prices, rs. Bn uS $ BnPer capita gdP, rs. uS $ growth of gdP (in real terms), %Sectoral composition of gdP, % agriculture Industry Servicesunemployment, % of labour Force moNey aNd INFlatIoNInflation (f) :Change of CCPI Annual (Avg.), %money Stock m2b , rs. Bn m2b growth, %

exterNal Sectorexports (goods & Services) rs. Bn uS $ mnImports (goods & Services) rs. Bn uS $ mnexternal assets (g) rs. Bn uS $ mnexternal debt rs. Bn uS $ mn % of gdPexchange rate (avg.) rs./ uS $ rs./ SdrFIScal Sectorrevenue and grants rs. Bnexpenditure & Net lending rs. BnBudget Deficit Rs. Bn % of gdPPublic debt rs. Bn % of gdP

area Sq. Km. 000 ha. mn. acres gross 65,610 6,561.0 16.2 excluding Inland Waters 62,705 6,270.5 15.5clImateTemperature : C (F) Low Country, min. 24.3 (75.7) max. 32.3 (90.1) (2012) Hill country, min. 18.0 (64.4) max. 27.3 (81.1)Annual Rainfall (Avg.) (2012) : 1,634 mm

demograPHyPopulation mid year (b) (000) 20,869 (2011) 20,328* (2012)Population growth (%) 1.0 (2011) n.a. (2012)Province Population 000 land area density of (2012) (Sq. km.) PopulationWestern 5,836 3,593 1,624 central 2,568 5,575 461 Southern 2,473 5,383 459 Northern 1,062 8,290 128 eastern 1,558 9,361 166 North Western 2,378 7,506 317 North central 1,264 9,741 130 uva 1,265 8,335 152 Sabaragamuwa 1,925 4,921 391 total 20,328 62,705 324 composition of Population (2012 census)By Ethnicity % By Religion %Sinhalese 74.9 Buddhist 70.2Sri lankan tamils 11.2 Hindu 12.6Indian tamils 4.2 Islam 9.7moors 9.2 christian 7.4others 0.5 other 0.1 By Age Groups % 0 - 14 25.8dependency ratio 61.3 15 - 54 62.0 55 & above 12.2SocIal INdIcatorSHuman development Index (2012) 0.715 (min. 0.0, max. 1.0) Average Male Femalelife expectancy, years (2011) 74.9 literacy rate (c), % (2010) 91.9 93.2 90.8

real Sector 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012(a)

2009 2010 2011 2012(a)

(d) All the districts are included.(e) Excluding Northern and Eastern provinces.(f) Including Eastern province but excluding Northern province.(g) Revised.

19,435 19,644 19,858 20,039 20,217 20,450 20,653 20,869 20,328 (b) 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 n.a. 48.6 (c) 48.3 (d) 51.2 (e) 49.8 (e) 49.5 (f) 48.7 (f) 48.1 (f) 47.8 (d) 47.2 (d) 8.3 (c) 7.7 (d) 6.5 (e) 6.0 (e) 5.4 (f) 5.8 (f) 4.9 (f) 4.2 (d) 4.0 (d) 2,070 2,423 2,898 3,540 4,306 4,779 5,534 6,472 (g) 7,434 20.5 24.1 27.9 32.0 39.7 41.6 49.0 58.5 (g) 58.3 106,367 123,181 145,744 176,893 212,972 233,716 267,967 310,124 (g) 365,699 1,051 1,226 1,402 1,599 1,966 2,033 2,370 2,805 (g) 2,866 2,091 2,453 2,939 3,579 4,411 4,835 5,604 6,544 (g) 7,582 20.7 24.4 28.3 32.4 40.7 42.1 49.6 59.2 (g) 59.4 5.4 6.2 7.7 6.8 6.0 3.5 8.0 8.2 (g) 6.4 13.0 12.5 12.3 11.9 12.1 12.0 11.9 11.2 (g) 11.1 27.7 28.1 28.2 28.5 28.4 28.6 28.7 29.3 (g) 30.4 59.3 59.4 59.5 59.6 59.5 59.3 59.3 59.5 (g) 58.5 83.6 82.1 83.0 82.4 86.1 82.1 80.7 84.6 (g) 83.0 12.6 13.1 15.4 15.3 16.2 17.6 15.6 14.8 (g) 13.5 25.3 26.8 28.0 28.0 27.6 24.4 27.6 30.0 (g) 30.6 2.7 4.4 4.1 5.4 6.5 6.6 6.2 6.3 (g) 6.9 16.4 17.9 17.0 17.6 13.9 17.9 19.3 15.4 (g) 17.0 22.0 23.8 22.3 23.3 17.8 23.7 25.3 22.0 (g) 24.0

2Key SocIo-ecoNomIc INdIcatorS table 1.3agriculture and Industry

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012(a)

Principal agricultural Production Paddy, M.T. 000 Bushels, Mn. Tea, Mn. Kgs. Rubber, Mn. Kgs. Coconut, Mn. Nutsagricultural exports, rs. Bn. (b) Tea Rubber Coconut Other Agricultural CropsValue Added in Industry (2002 Constant Prices), Rs. Bn.Value Added in Industry (2002 Current Prices), Rs. Bn.Industrial Production Index (2010=100) (c)Industrial exports, rs. Bn. (b) Textiles & Garments Petroleum Products Other Industrial ProductsPetroleum Local Refined Products, MT 000 Petrol Auto Diesel Kerosene Furnace Oil Aviation Fuel Naphtha

BoI enterprises Investments, Rs. Bn. Employment, 000

Sources : Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka Customs Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Central Bank of Sri Lanka

(a) Provisional(b)From2007onwardscategoriesarereclassifiedbasedonNationalImportTariffGuide2010.(c) IPIbasedonISICRevision4classification.n.a. Not available

(a) Provisional(b) Discontinued from June 2011.(c) The Revised CCPI (2006/07=100) has replaced CCPI (2002=100) from June 2011.

table 1.4Prices and Wages

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012(a)Price Indices twelve month average Colombo Consumers Price Index (2002 = 100) (b) Change ( % ) Colombo Consumers Price Index (2006/07 = 100) (c) Change ( % ) Wholesale Price Index (1974 = 100) Change ( % ) ImplicitGDPDeflator(1996=100) Change ( % ) Construction Cost Index (1990 = 100) Change ( % )

Wage rate Indices twelve month average Central Govt. Employees (1978 Dec. = 100) Change ( % ) Government Teachers (1978 Dec. = 100) Change ( % ) Wages Board Workers (1978 Dec. = 100) Change ( % )

Sources : Department of Census and Statistics Institute for Construction Training and Development Central Bank of Sri Lanka

115.3 128.0 140.8 163.1 199.9 206.8 219.1 9.0 11.0 10.0 15.8 22.6 3.4 5.9 129.2 133.6 141.9 151.5 162.9 3.5 6.2 6.7 7.6 1,889.0 2,105.9 2,351.5 2,924.4 3,653.6 3,500.9 3,893.0 4,306.5 4,457.3 12.5 11.5 11.7 24.4 24.9 -4.2 11.2 10.6 3.5 183.0 202.1 224.9 256.4 298.3 315.8 338.9 365.5 398.0 8.8 10.4 11.3 14.0 16.3 5.9 7.3 7.9 8.9 245.2 290.6 343.6 387.6 444.8 456.3 465.9 490.9 550.9 11.2 18.5 18.2 12.8 14.8 2.6 2.1 5.4 12.2 1,797.7 2,417.5 3,150.8 3,828.4 4,116.1 4,502.8 4,651.6 4,964.5 5,304.7 17.9 34.5 30.3 21.5 7.5 9.4 3.3 6.7 6.9 1,375.2 1,818.6 2,304.2 2,740.0 2,938.6 3,215.3 3,321.7 3,576.1 3,821.8 16.5 32.2 26.7 18.9 7.2 9.4 3.3 7.7 6.9 1,223.0 1,329.7 1,358.2 1,648.8 2,070.4 2,171.4 2,865.3 2,996.1 3,662.0 2.3 7.8 2.1 21.4 25.6 4.9 32.0 4.6 22.2

2,628 3,246 3,342 3,131 3,875 3,652 4,301 3,894 3,846 126 156 160 150 186 175 206 187 184 309 317 311 305 319 291 331 328 328 95 104 109 118 129 137 153 158 152 2,591 2,515 2,785 2,869 2,909 2,853 2,584 2,808 2,940 108.0 116.0 134.5 182.5 213.1 210.1 260.6 279.5 297.7 74.9 81.5 91.7 113.6 137.6 136.2 162.8 164.9 180.4 5.2 4.7 9.7 12.1 13.5 11.3 19.6 22.8 15.7 11.5 11.4 12.9 14.2 15.7 18.6 18.7 29.4 26.6 16.4 18.4 20.2 42.7 46.3 43.9 59.5 62.4 75.0 296.3 315.3 333.4 355.6 373.2 385.9 414.9 449.2 472.7 351.5 435.0 516.4 605.5 721.0 795.0 916.4 1,084.3 1,233.2 n.a. n.a. 117.9 89.6 89.5 86.6 100.0 107.2 108.4

457.2 497.7 562.5 657.1 662.2 600.6 688.8 883.8 938.8 285.2 291.1 320.8 369.2 377.0 374.6 379.2 463.5 508.6 10.1 13.2 19.6 18.8 27.6 15.4 29.8 61.2 58.9 161.9 193.4 222.0 269.1 257.7 210.5 279.8 359.1 371.3 2,033 1,713 1,981 1,740 1,713 1,828 1,589 1,814 1,451 203 161 193 163 164 179 158 206 152 677 559 628 445 453 485 442 501 412 144 142 144 97 111 83 93 93 75 786 624 776 772 731 781 686 779 649 126 114 131 171 154 195 126 155 93 97 113 109 92 100 105 84 80 70 319.5 380.1 468.0 601.1 701.8 774.2 861.1 1,032.6 1,280.8 438 411 421 452 458 478 426 451 n.a.

3Key SocIo-ecoNomIc INdIcatorS table 1.5external Sector

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011(a) 2012(b)

Sources : Sri Lanka Customs Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Balance of Payments Trade Balance Exports Imports Income and Services Account Net Remittances Current Account Balance Overall BalanceBalance of Payments Trade Balance Exports Imports Income and Services Account Net Remittances Current Account Balance Overall BalanceBalance of Payments Trade Balance Exports Imports Net Remittances Current Account Balanceterms of trade (2010=100) (d)gross external assets Rs. Bn. US $ Mn. In Months of Importsexternal debt Rs. Bn. US $ Mn. % of GDP (c) Debt Service as a % of Exports of Merchandise, Services, Income & Current Transfers (e)tourist arrivals, 000exchange rates (annual average) Rs./US$ Rs./SDR Rs./Pound Sterling Rs./Euro Rs./Yen Rs./Indian Rs.

(a) Revised (b) Provisional (c) Based on GDP at current market prices published by the Department of Census and Statistics. (d) From 2007 onwards, trade indices have been calculated with a wider coverage using 2010 as the

base year.(e) Externaldebtservicepaymentswerereclassifiedfrom2008onwardstocapturedebtservicingof

government securities (i.e., foreign holding of Treasury Bonds) in accordance with the External Debt Statistics Manual (2003) of the International Monetary Fund.

(Billion of rupees) -227.2 -253.1 -350.0 -404.7 -647.2 -358.7 -545.3 -1,073.9 -1,195.4 584.0 638.3 716.6 845.7 878.5 813.9 974.4 1,167.6 1,245.5 811.1 891.4 1,066.6 1,250.4 1,525.7 1,172.6 1,519.7 2,241.5 2,440.9 22.0 4.0 -13.8 -5.7 -61.5 -11.0 10.0 49.6 10.9 136.7 183.8 208.4 255.7 288.6 345.5 413.9 513.2 688.6 -65.4 -65.2 -155.4 -154.7 -420.0 -24.2 -121.5 -511.1 495.9 -7.5 48.1 33.5 60.0 -145.8 315.2 88.0 -105.8 72.6

(millions of uS dollars) -2,243 -2,516 -3,370 -3,657 -5,981 -3,122 -4,825 -9,710 -9,409 5,757 6,347 6,883 7,640 8,111 7,085 8,626 10,559 9,774 8,000 8,863 10,253 11,296 14,091 10,207 13,451 20,269 19,183 215 38 -132 -56 -571 -97 90 452 102 1,350 1,828 2,004 2,311 2,666 3,005 3,660 4,643 5,392 -648 -650 -1,499 -1,402 -3,886 -214 -1,075 -4,615 -3,915 -205 501 204 531 -1,385 2,725 921 -1,061 151

(Per cent of gdP) (c) -10.9 -10.3 -11.9 -11.3 -14.7 -7.4 -9.7 -16.4 -15.8 27.9 26.0 24.3 23.6 19.9 16.8 17.4 17.8 16.4 38.7 36.3 36.3 34.9 34.6 24.3 27.1 34.2 32.3 6.5 7.5 7.1 7.1 6.5 7.1 7.4 7.8 9.1 -3.1 -2.7 -5.3 -4.3 -9.5 -0.5 -2.2 -7.8 -6.6 104.4 100.0 96.7 78.1 80.4 78.3 100.0 90.9 89.8 359.7 428.9 431.4 538.9 411.8 804.2 956.5 910.0 1,091.7 3,438 4,201 4,005 4,956 3,640 7,030 8,621 7,989 8,585 5.2 5.7 4.7 5.3 3.1 8.3 7.7 4.7 5.4 1,186.9 1,159.4 1,290.5 1,521.6 1,709.2 2,134.7 2,378.6 2,984.0 3,753.9 11,346 11,354 11,981 13,990 15,107 18,662 21,438 25,002 28,441 54.9 46.5 42.4 43.2 37.1 44.4 43.3 42.2 47.9 13.9 16.1 11.9 9.0 14.5 566.2 549.3 559.6 494.0 438.5 447.9 654.5 856.0 1,005.6 101.19 100.50 103.96 110.62 108.33 114.94 113.06 110.57 127.60 149.88 148.45 153.00 169.37 171.24 177.22 172.50 174.54 195.38 185.35 182.87 191.53 221.46 200.73 179.87 174.81 177.23 202.28 125.79 125.10 130.63 151.63 159.32 160.21 150.10 153.86 164.01 0.94 0.91 0.89 0.94 1.05 1.23 1.29 1.39 1.60 2.23 2.28 2.30 2.69 2.52 2.39 2.49 2.39 2.39

4 money and capital markets


(a) Provisional (b) AWDR : Average Weighted Deposit Rate Source : Central Bank of Sri Lanka

table 1.7

(a) Provisional (b) Figures since March 2003 refer to the outright sales and purchases of

Treasury bills.(c) Include CBSL securities issued on an overnight basis & term basis.

money and money rates 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012(a)

reserve money, rs. Bn.monetary aggregates, rs. Bn. Narrow Money (M1), Rs. Bn. Broad Money (M2), Rs. Bn. Broad Money (M2b), Rs. Bn. Currency, Rs. Bn. Demand Deposits, Rs. Bn. Quasi Money, Rs. Bn. % Change of : M2 M2bdomestic credit, rs. Bn. Monetary Authorities, Rs. Bn. Domestic Banking Units, Rs. Bn. Foreign Currency Banking Units, Rs. Bn.Money Multiplier : for M2 for M2bVelocity : of M2 of M2bInterest rates (year end),% Bank Rate Prime Lending Rate (Monthly) Treasury Bill Yield : Primary 3 Months Treasury Bill Yield : Primary 6 Months Treasury Bill Yield : Primary 12 Months Repo Overnight Reverse Repo Overnight Treasury Bonds Yield to Maturity Rupee Securities Rate Call Money Ratedeposit rates Commercial Banks - AWDR (b) NSB - Savings Deposits Fixed Deposits - 12 Months

call money, rs. Bn.treasury Bills, rs. Bn. Primary Market Issues Outstanding (Year End)central Bank Secondary market rs. Bn. Repurchases (Repo) Reverse Repurchases (Reverse Repo) Other Sales (b) Purchases (b) Central Bank T-Bill Holdings (Book Value) Outstanding CBSL Securities (c)Issuing of cBSl Securities CBSL Securities Overnight CBSL Securities Termtreasury Bonds, rs. Bn. Subscribed Outstanding (Year End) (d)Foreign exchange SWaP Buy Sell US $ Mn. Rs. Bn. Sell Buy US $ Mn. Rs. Bn.Foreign exchange SWaP outstanding FX SWAP US $ Mn. Rs. Bn.rupee Securities, rs. Bn. Subscribed Outstanding (Year End)commercial Papers, rs. Bn. Issued OutstandingShare market Listed Companies Trading Turnover, Rs. Bn. Non-National Transactions (Net), Rs. Bn. Market Capitalization, Rs. Bn. All Share Price Index (1985=100) Milanka Price Index (1998=1,000) S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index (2004=1,000) (e) Market Price Earning Ratio Market Dividend Yield, %

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012(a)

(d) Excludes Government Treasury bonds of Rs. 4,397 million issued to CWE in November 2003.

(e) The S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index (S&P SL20) was introduced in June 2012.

171.0 197.9 239.9 264.4 268.4 303.5 360.5 439.5 484.4 188.5 230.7 259.7 266.6 277.3 336.7 407.2 438.7 450.0 688.0 822.9 993.3 1,147.7 1,282.2 1,536.8 1,813.0 2,192.6 2,593.2 858.6 1,022.3 1,204.6 1,404.0 1,522.8 1,806.2 2,091.4 2,491.7 2,929.1 99.7 114.1 135.0 147.2 155.0 181.8 216.5 242.9 251.5 88.8 116.6 124.7 119.4 122.3 154.9 190.6 195.8 198.5 670.2 791.6 944.9 1,137.4 1,245.5 1,469.5 1,684.2 2,053.0 2,479.0 18.5 19.6 20.7 15.6 11.7 19.9 18.0 20.9 18.3 19.6 19.1 17.8 16.6 8.5 18.6 15.8 19.1 17.6 895.9 1,067.4 1,382.0 1,607.8 1,897.5 1,907.7 2,262.9 3,038.0 3,696.1 108.1 74.4 112.9 101.1 217.4 109.0 76.9 262.7 278.8 626.5 790.0 1,025.9 1,202.2 1,365.0 1,521.9 1,843.6 2,365.7 2,897.3 161.3 203.0 243.2 304.5 315.2 276.9 342.3 409.6 519.9 4.02 4.16 4.14 4.34 4.78 5.06 5.03 4.99 5.35 5.02 5.16 5.02 5.31 5.67 5.95 5.80 5.67 6.05 3.32 3.25 3.26 3.34 3.64 3.45 3.37 3.26 3.16 2.69 2.63 2.66 2.73 3.01 2.90 2.92 2.86 2.75 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 10.17 12.14 14.74 17.00 19.17 11.12 9.27 10.49 14.29 7.25 10.10 12.76 21.30 17.33 7.73 7.24 8.68 10.00 7.40 10.32 12.78 19.99 18.57 8.73 7.35 8.71 11.32 7.65 10.37 12.96 19.96 19.12 9.33 7.55 9.31 11.69 7.50 8.75 10.00 10.50 10.50 7.50 7.25 7.00 7.50 9.00 10.25 11.50 12.00 12.00 9.75 9.00 8.50 9.50 8.25 10.39 12.92 15.50 20.53 9.55 8.27 7.77 13.62 8.90 8.9011.00 10.60 11.0019.00 14.00 9.2511.00 10.5011.13 12.7515.38 16.0040.00 12.2520.00 7.759.25 7.758.35 8.509.22 9.509.85 5.31 6.24 7.60 10.31 11.63 8.01 6.23 7.24 10.10 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 8.00 9.00 11.00 15.00 15.00 9.50 8.50 8.50 12.50

1,363.5 1,057.2 1,829.5 1,921.3 1,926.8 2,040.2 996.1 2,433.8 3,179.1 469.9 485.8 627.9 817.2 779.6 821.2 1,000.1 1,164.6 1,650.0 243.8 234.2 257.7 307.0 409.0 481.4 571.8 661.0 709.3 1,625.0 2,508.8 1,015.1 1,234.2 1,014.7 1,715.3 10,722.8 14,489.8 2,721.9 1.3 60.9 134.5 172.5 904.6 851.9 0.0 141.0 797.9 6.8 37.2 61.5 110.9 26.6 70.2 13.3 18.4 2.3 8.0 0.0 78.2 38.9 58.5 41.8 143.2 36.0 2.3 167.3 163.3 78.6 95.1 165.8 1,611.8 313.9 10.1 169.3 1,153.1 214.8 229.6 310.1 401.2 488.7 701.4 508.6 603.0 847.9 643.3 751.6 886.0 1,068.5 1,299.6 1,658.6 1,827.4 2,018.8 2,412.7 333.0 2,217.0 37.7 275.5 502.0 2,147.2 98.0 0.0 57.5 243.3 10.9 0.0 245.0 97.0 303.0 1,368.0 28.0 10.8 34.4 177.9 50.4 43.7 23.6 23.3 1.9 248.4 140.6 116.7 131.5 130.0 112.3 87.7 62.0 58.4 14.5 10.9 23.5 30.1 23.8 21.5 12.3 13.5 36.9 2.8 2.3 3.4 5.0 4.4 5.8 4.3 8.1 10.6 242 239 237 235 235 231 241 272 287 59.1 114.6 105.2 105.0 110.5 142.5 570.3 546.3 213.8 1.1 6.1 5.4 11.3 14.0 -0.8 -26.3 -19.0 38.7 382.1 584.0 834.8 820.7 488.8 1,092.1 2,210.5 2,213.9 2,167.6 1,506.9 1,922.2 2,722.4 2,541.0 1,503.0 3,385.6 6,635.9 6,074.4 5,643.0 2,073.7 2,451.1 3,711.8 3,291.9 1,631.3 3,849.4 7,061.5 5,229.2 5,119.1 3,085.3 10.8 12.4 13.9 11.6 5.4 16.6 25.2 15.8 15.9 3.2 2.7 2.2 2.5 5.6 3.0 1.2 1.8 2.4

5(a) Revised. (b) Provisional.(c)Includesmainbranchesandextensionofficesonly.

table 1.9Financial Institutions

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011(a) 2012(b)

central Bank Assets, Rs. Bn. International Reserves Credit to Government Credit to Financial Institutions Currency in Circulation, Rs. Bn. Deposits, Rs. Bn.commercial Banks No. of Banks Branches (c) Assets, Rs. Bn. Loans, Rs. Bn. Investments, Rs. Bn. Capital, Rs. Bn. Deposits, Rs. Bn.Finance companies (d) Assets, Rs. Bn. Investments Loans and Advances Deposits, Rs. Bn.Selected other Institutions - assets, rs. Bn. Rural Banks (e) Licensed Specialised Banks (f) Unit Trustsemployees Provident Fund, rs. Bn.employees trust Fund, rs. Bn.

government Finance 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012(a)

revenue and grants Revenue Grantstotal expenditure and Net lending Current Expenditure Capital Expenditure and Net Lending Current Account Surplus (+) / Deficit (-)Overall Budget Surplus (+) / Deficit (-)total Financing Foreign Domestic Privatization Proceedsoutstanding government debt

revenue and grants Revenue Grantsexpenditure and Net lending Current Expenditure Capital Expenditure and Net LendingCurrent Account Surplus (+) / Deficit (-)Overall Budget Surplus (+) / Deficit (-)outstanding government debt Domestic Debt Foreign Debt debt Service Payments Interest Payments


(a) Provisional. Sources : Ministry of Finance and Planning Central Bank of Sri Lanka

(Billion of rupees) 320.2 412.4 507.9 595.6 686.5 725.6 834.2 949.9 1,003.9 311.5 379.7 477.8 565.1 655.3 699.6 817.3 934.8 987.8 8.7 32.6 30.1 30.5 31.2 25.9 16.9 15.1 16.1 476.9 584.8 713.6 841.6 996.1 1,201.9 1,280.2 1,400.1 1,492.9 389.7 443.4 548.0 622.8 743.7 879.6 937.1 1,006.6 1,094.2 87.2 141.4 165.7 218.8 252.4 322.4 343.1 393.5 398.6 -78.2 -63.6 -70.1 -57.7 -88.5 -179.9 -119.8 -71.9 -106.4 -156.8 -172.4 -205.7 -246.0 -309.6 -476.4 -446.0 -450.2 -489.0 156.8 172.4 205.7 246.0 309.6 476.4 446.0 450.2 489.0 37.1 47.8 41.9 100.9 -4.6 230.8 243.8 219.0 286.5 117.2 123.6 163.8 145.1 314.3 245.6 202.2 231.2 202.5 2.4 1.0 2,139.5 2,222.3 2,582.6 3,041.7 3,589.0 4,161.4 4,590.2 5,133.4 6,000.1 (as a percentage of gdP) 15.3 16.8 17.3 16.6 15.6 15.0 14.9 14.5 13.2 14.9 15.5 16.3 15.8 14.9 14.5 14.6 14.3 13.0 0.4 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 22.8 23.8 24.3 23.5 22.6 24.9 22.9 21.4 19.7 18.6 18.1 18.6 17.4 16.9 18.2 16.7 15.4 14.4 4.2 5.8 5.6 6.1 5.7 6.7 6.1 6.0 5.3 -3.7 -2.6 -2.4 -1.6 -2.0 -3.7 -2.1 -1.1 -1.4 -7.5 -7.0 -7.0 -6.9 -7.0 -9.9 -8.0 -6.9 -6.4 102.3 90.6 87.9 85.0 81.4 86.2 81.9 78.5 79.1 54.7 51.6 50.3 47.9 48.5 49.7 45.8 42.9 42.6 47.6 39.0 37.5 37.1 32.8 36.5 36.1 35.6 36.5 14.4 14.1 15.1 14.0 13.4 17.1 14.6 13.7 13.4 5.7 4.9 5.1 5.1 4.8 6.4 6.3 5.5 5.4

(d) Table has beenmodifieddue to the consolidationbetweenRegisteredFinance Companies and Specialised Leasing Companies

20042006 - Data pertaining to the Registered Finance Companies 20072011 - Data pertaining to the Registered Finance Companies and Specialised Leasing Companies

414.0 440.6 492.8 561.9 598.4 821.9 985.4 1,141.7 1,284.4 284.6 334.3 360.6 440.3 345.0 685.7 862.5 838.6 965.9 108.7 74.7 114.3 102.5 218.6 111.3 80.0 264.5 279.5 0.0 2.5 2.5 2.1 1.6 1.1 2.5 2.3 1.8 115.9 132.4 157.2 173.4 186.1 217.4 255.7 293.2 318.1 189.0 204.1 214.7 239.9 260.9 361.9 465.0 646.6 736.4 22 22 23 23 22 22 22 24 24 1,352 1,627 1,736 1,933 2,070 2,213 2,368 2,605 2,717 1,028.1 1,275.5 1,560.0 1,790.7 1,947.9 2,230.4 2,566.7 3,157.7 3,757.4 528.7 672.6 880.9 1,030.7 1,146.4 1,137.4 1,454.6 1,905.7 2,305.6 118.3 145.5 176.9 211.2 249.7 476.5 538.5 517.0 648.7 77.2 110.9 136.8 168.5 183.2 191.0 237.8 313.3 375.9 792.5 945.6 1,121.4 1,307.4 1,410.6 1,672.9 1,955.0 2,361.2 2,798.2 66.2 87.5 113.1 238.1 285.6 297.3 387.9 489.9 596.6 7.1 8.0 9.1 15.3 20.4 26.0 47.0 25.8 33.8 46.6 62.3 80.1 173.7 201.8 196.2 265.5 388.4 471.7 38.4 47.1 58.8 78.2 103.5 119.8 146.1 186.0 254.1 17.5 23.2 27.6 31.6 36.4 41.6 54.7 67.6 76.9* 296.6 295.1 328.8 382.1 437.6 506.7 576.0 673.7 742.5 4.2 4.4 5.3 6.3 6.8 10.0 22.2 22.7 31.1 379.4 418.0 490.4 562.4 655.4 772.0 899.7 1,018.0 1,144.0 51.8 58.6 66.8 78.7 92.4 107.3 125.9 142.4 158.4

(e) Registered with Department of Labour.(f) Excluding Rural Banks. * As at end September 2012.

6 gdP domestic expenditure and Savings (at current Prices) (Per cent of gdP)

Balance of Payments Fiscal operations (Per cent of gdP) (Per cent of gdP)

Population Growth, %

Key SocIo-ecoNomIc INdIcatorSM

illion

18.0

20.0

19.5

19.0

18.5

20.5

21.0

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Per

cent

GDP GrowthInflation (CCPI Change)

Money Supply (M2b) GrowthUnemployment Rate

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Rs.

Billi

on

GDP

Services

Industry

Agriculture

Savings - Investment Gap

Consumption

Investment

Domestic Savings

Per c

ent

-15.0

5.0

25.0

45.0

65.0

85.0

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Current Account Balance

Overall Balance

ExportsImports

Per

cen

t

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Current AccountBudget DeficitRevenueCurrent ExpenditureCapital Expenditure and Net Lending

Per

cen

t

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Population Selected macroeconomic IndicatorsPe

r cen

t

0.9

1.1

1.3

1.5

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

7 money Supply Selected Interest rates (Per cent of gdP)

Social Indicators Selected Socio-economic Indicators Selected asian countries 2012

gdP Per capita/gdP Per capita PPP (2011) World gdP growth Selected regions Selected regions

Key SocIo-ecoNomIc INdIcatorS

CurrencyReserve Money (M0)Narrow Money (M2)

Broad Money (M2b)

Per

cen

t

0

10

20

30

40

50

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Treasury Bill Yeild - 3 MonthsPrime Lending

Average Weighted Deposit Rate (Com. Banks)LIBOR - US$ - 3 Months

Per c

ent

0

5

10

15

20

25

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Telephones, per 1,000 PersonsHospital Beds, per 10,000 PersonsDoctors, per 100,000 Persons

Num

ber

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

SriLanka

Pakistan India Bangla-desh

Philip-pines

Indonesia Thai-land

Malaysia

Literacy Rate, %(20052010)Life Expectancy, Years(2012)

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

SriLanka

Pakistan India Bangla-desh

Philip-pines

Indo-nesia

Thai-land

Malaysia

GDP Per Capita (2011)GDP Per Capita PPP (2011)

US

$

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

Deve-lopingAsia

Emer-ging &

DevelopingEconomies

MiddleEast

& NorthAfrica

SriLanka

World

GDP Growth, % 2010GDP Growth, % 2011

Per c

ent

LatinAmericanand the

Caribean

AdvancedEcono-mies

Centraland

EasternEurope

0

2

4

6

8

10

8Key SocIo-ecoNomIc INdIcatorS table 1.10

(a) Provisional(b) Includes mobile broadband connections(c) Estimates

Infrastructure 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012(a)

electricity Available Capacity, MW Generation, GWh

telecommunication Telephones - Wireline Telephones Cellular Phones Wireless Local Loop Public Pay Phones (No. of Booths) Telephone Density (Telephones per 1,000 persons, including cellular phones) Internet and E-mail Subscribers

Port Services (colombo) Vessels Arrived Cargo Discharged, MT 000 Cargo Loaded, MT 000 Container Throughput, TEU 000

transportation Road Kilometerage (A & B Class) New Registration of Motor Vehicles, No. S L T B / Regional Bus Companies Buses Operated (Daily Average) Passenger Kilometers, Mn. Private Operator Buses Sri Lanka Railways Passenger Kilometers, Mn. Freight Ton Kilometers, Mn. SriLankan Air Lines Passengers, 000 Freight, MT 000

2,378 2,411 2,434 2,444 2,645 2,684 2,817 3,148 3,312 8,159 8,769 9,389 9,814 9,901 9,882 10,714 11,528 11,800

860,468 919,040 909,894 931,737 933,536 872,120 896,710 941,780 999,354 2,211,158 3,361,775 5,412,496 7,983,489 11,082,508 14,264,442 17,267,407 18,319,447 20,324,070 130,771 324,953 974,184 1,810,322 2,512,875 2,563,838 2,637,865 2,666,612 2,450,037 6,095 6,285 7,561 8,526 7,417 7,378 6,958 6,458 6,983 165 234 367 536 719 866 1,007 1,051 1,170 93,300 115,000 130,000 202,348 234,000 240,000 502,000(b) 844,749(b) 1,365,655(b)

3,688 3,929 4,228 4,326 4,424 4,114 3,910 4,124 3,870 19,688 21,540 24,085 26,110 28,086 27,214 34,307 36,642 36,721 11,611 12,932 15,342 17,392 19,874 19,159 24,461 25,373 24,949 2,221 2,455 3,079 3,381 3,687 3,464 4,137 4,263 4,187

11,661 11,661 11,773 11,902 11,902 11,919 12,019 12,019 12,165 223,842 229,669 300,522 297,892 265,199 204,075 359,243 525,421 397,295 4,050 3,828 3,801 4,127 4,247 4,482 4,441 4,365 4,314 14,537 12,670 12,871 14,694 15,080 15,131 16,274 17,996 19,509 16,727 16,842 17,522 17,731 18,665 18,665 19,805 19,699 20,444 4,684 4,358 4,311 4,769 4,669 4,568 4,353 4,574 5,039 134 135 138 133 121 113 163 154 160(c) 2,413 2,808 3,122 3,211 2,970 2,255 2,808 3,010 4,164 78.6 90.0 98.1 97.7 87.4 69.1 83.1 90.4 97.8

9rainfall and rainy days Hydro catchment areas 2003 2012 Station 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

mean temperature 2003 2012Degrees Celsius

meteorological Station 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

n.a. - Not available Source : Department of Meteorology

clImate table 2.1

table 2.2

n.a. Not available Source : Department of Meteorology

Anuradhapura 28.5 28.3 28.6 28.4 28.2 28.1 28.6 28.5 28.3 28.6Badulla 24.5 24.5 24.8 24.4 23.8 23.1 23.5 23.5 23.2 23.5Bandarawela 21.3 21.2 21.2 20.8 20.8 20.7 21.1 21.1 20.7 21.0Batticaloa 28.2 28.4 28.8 28.5 28.1 28.2 28.6 28.5 28.2 28.5Colombo 28.1 28.0 27.9 27.7 27.8 27.5 27.9 28.0 27.9 28.0Galle 27.5 27.4 27.5 27.3 27.2 27.2 27.5 27.4 27.3 27.3Hambantota 27.8 27.8 28.0 27.8 27.6 27.6 27.8 24.1 28.0 28.0Jaffna 28.2 27.9 28.2 28.6 28.2 28.1 28.5 28.4 28.2 28.5Katugastota 25.0 24.9 24.7 24.5 24.8 24.9 25.2 25.2 24.9 25.1Katunayake 27.9 27.8 27.8 27.7 27.9 27.6 27.9 27.9 27.8 27.8Kurunegala 27.8 27.8 27.8 27.5 27.4 27.3 27.3 27.3 26.9 27.7Maha Illuppallama 27.8 27.7 27.9 27.5 27.3 27.3 27.8 27.7 27.7 27.9Mannar 28.6 28.4 28.5 28.6 28.6 28.3 28.3 28.3 28.0 28.3Nuwara Eliya 16.5 16.3 16.4 16.1 16.1 16.2 15.9 16.5 16.5 16.1Pottuvil 28.7 n.a. 28.8 28.5 28.1 28.1 28.6 28.6 28.2 28.6Puttalam 28.2 28.0 28.2 27.8 27.8 27.7 27.9 28.0 27.8 30.6Ratmalana 28.2 28.2 28.1 28.1 28.1 27.9 28.3 28.4 28.2 28.3Ratnapura 27.5 27.4 27.5 27.2 27.4 27.1 27.3 27.5 27.4 27.6Trincomalee 29.0 28.5 28.9 29.1 27.2 28.6 29.1 28.0 29.9 29.2Vavuniya 28.5 28.3 28.1 28.0 28.1 28.0 28.3 28.4 28.0 28.4

annual rainfall, millimetresCanyon 3,173.7 3,834.9 4,076.5 3,491.1 3,728.6 3,244.6 4,206.4 4,419.3 3,283.4 2,753.1Castlereigh 3,892.2 3,190.1 3,297.2 3,098.0 3,049.4 2,751.7 3,631.2 3,920.0 2,412.8 2,169.3Kothmale Power Station 1,593.4 2,129.1 1,980.2 2,493.8 2,104.0 2,073.5 1,989.9 2,969.9 1,974.4 1,054.4Laxapana 4,301.5 4,549.1 3,744.6 3,901.3 4,231.4 3,764.9 4,091.0 5,010.8 4,009.7 3,215.8Maussakele 2,459.3 2,631.6 2,837.8 2,623.2 2,762.4 2,461.4 3,398.4 3,240.7 2,273.9 2,237.8Norton 4,244.7 4,371.2 4,630.5 3,953.4 4,461.4 3,638.4 3,704.3 5,199.3 3,829.6 3,186.8Samanala Power Station 3,611.0 4,498.6 4,322.1 4,482.8 4,200.4 4,803.8 4,476.6 5,513.7 4,159.4 3,444.9Wimalasurendra Power Station 4,265.2 n.a. 4,625.0 3,943.4 4,449.8 3,613.1 2,842.9 4,388.4 3,793.0 2,871.8

annual rainy daysCanyon 212 225 206 198 186 212 214 220 208 196Castlereigh 208 203 197 183 185 198 198 206 182 158Kothmale Power Station 172 162 156 172 143 166 133 168 159 74Laxapana 205 225 197 196 194 218 224 218 204 179Maussakele 177 197 184 172 160 170 183 201 189 178Norton 207 218 209 200 201 230 183 218 208 181Samanala Power Station 166 199 197 194 191 213 202 201 191 189Wimalasurendra Power Station 204 n.a. 210 200 200 217 162 174 206 168

10

rainfall and rainy days Selected Stations 2003 2012

meteorological Station 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

clImate table 2.3

Source : Department of Meteorology

annual rainfall, millimetresAnuradhapura 1,192.3 1,444.3 1,099.0 1,324.4 1,380.9 1,485.5 1,075.1 1,665.4 1,815.9 1,878.1 Badulla 1,532.1 1,982.0 1,683.4 2,370.1 1,632.7 1,864.3 1,582.9 2,176.0 2,525.1 1,516.2 Bandarawela 1,498.0 1,590.8 1,615.5 2,080.8 1,638.0 2,103.6 1,319.5 1,687.7 1,947.5 1,895.5 Batticaloa 1,858.5 2,594.7 1,372.9 1,306.3 1,570.2 1,987.3 2,056.0 1,760.6 3,581.3 1,786.4 Colombo 2,030.0 1,958.1 2,814.0 2,722.9 2,085.8 2,622.1 2,134.4 3,369.9 1,774.2 2,464.6 Galle 1,894.3 2,252.3 1,879.7 2,552.9 3,091.2 2,776.8 2,303.5 3,049.1 2,308.5 2,367.2 Hambantota 1,272.7 1,164.7 977.9 1,333.5 1,017.8 1,139.8 880.6 875.2 1,014.8 1,294.4 Jaffna 1,328.4 1,868.9 1,235.3 159.1 1,168.3 1,811.8 1,270.9 1,496.6 1,470.7 943.2 Katugastota 1,502.2 1,565.3 1,783.6 2,120.7 1,827.6 1,848.6 1,944.0 2,665.6 1,776.6 1,990.9 Katunayake 1,790.9 1,672.0 2,396.0 2,594.8 1,659.9 2,516.1 1,690.9 2,585.6 1,446.1 1,945.2 Kurunegala 1,228.2 1,998.3 2,006.0 2,316.1 1,618.4 2,404.8 2,050.8 2,434.3 1,958.0 1,961.9 Maha Illuppallama 1,137.2 1,383.9 1,134.4 1,529.0 1,494.2 1,545.7 1,010.7 1,600.9 1,706.4 1,486.0 Mannar 1,130.5 1,152.8 1,190.8 938.8 642.8 1,219.2 964.5 1,074.9 1,203.2 923.5 Nuwara Eliya 1,373.8 1,741.1 1,347.1 2,555.3 1,674.7 1,587.0 1,639.9 2,181.4 1,699.6 1,771.1 Pottuvil 1,918.9 1,300.3 381.0 1,607.2 1,368.5 1,727.5 1,473.1 1,224.9 2,196.8 1,400.2 Puttalam 1,280.0 1,219.9 990.0 1,520.8 918.3 1,341.7 956.9 1,333.9 826.3 1,141.2 Ratmalana 2,247.1 2,108.5 3,207.1 3,082.3 2,084.4 2,967.2 2,476.2 3,404.9 2,042.9 2,272.3 Ratnapura 4,021.2 3,741.6 3,404.8 3,735.6 3,104.5 3,883.5 3,394.2 4,561.1 3,430.0 3,380.3 Trincomalee 1,424.8 1,926.1 1,791.6 77.6 483.2 1,844.5 1,888.9 1,419.5 2,906.5 1,810.4 Vavuniya 1,370.7 1,411.2 1,167.2 1,028.2 1,504.3 1,224.3 1,369.0 1,359.6 1,869.2 1,559.3

annual rainy daysAnuradhapura 108 114 87 93 88 112 87 103 104 92Badulla 141 153 136 181 138 168 158 148 350 135Bandarawela 145 154 155 177 150 180 162 146 167 135Batticaloa 103 113 103 92 96 112 95 94 117 85Colombo 162 162 163 173 154 184 179 158 161 167Galle 195 184 172 212 189 182 191 193 177 162Hambantota 104 104 82 133 101 109 122 104 108 111Jaffna . 76 96 69 19 73 91 59 84 95 69Katugastota 172 168 179 188 167 170 186 174 175 146Katunayake 149 142 160 166 137 156 164 159 151 151Kurunegala 130 148 150 169 140 158 159 158 148 141Maha Illuppallama 94 115 87 114 90 134 103 114 111 98Mannar . 86 80 65 68 56 82 69 70 86 65Nuwara Eliya 179 206 188 219 189 198 204 204 198 167Pottuvil 91 93 49 90 101 110 99 83 108 86Puttalam 101 102 92 114 81 116 110 106 102 96Ratmalana 188 170 178 181 165 206 186 181 173 181Ratnapura 223 229 211 243 199 243 227 233 219 207Trincomalee 111 118 87 15 33 104 104 105 130 86Vavuniya 110 109 89 92 90 86 82 103 114 85

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meteorological Station

Humidity 2011 2012Percentage

Jan Feb mar apr may Jun Jul aug Sep oct Nov dec

d N d N d N d N d N d N d N d N d N d N d N d N

D Day Source : Department of MeteorologyN Nightn.a. Not available

clImate table 2.4

year 2011Anuradhapura 82 94 76 93 64 90 68 91 65 89 65 87 72 85 62 84 59 86 71 92 77 94 77 93Badulla 87 95 83 95 75 93 73 93 73 92 61 81 63 80 62 80 63 85 76 94 82 93 82 92Bandarawela 84 93 79 94 74 89 73 91 71 87 59 74 62 73 63 79 66 78 81 94 81 92 82 92Batticaloa 86 90 83 89 78 88 73 88 72 86 61 78 64 78 67 82 69 82 76 89 79 90 79 87Colombo 73 86 74 86 71 86 76 89 76 85 77 87 77 86 77 85 75 83 75 88 74 90 71 87Galle 79 88 81 89 77 89 81 89 83 88 85 90 85 91 83 87 81 86 80 87 80 91 78 89Hambantota 79 90 80 90 76 90 79 90 80 90 75 89 76 88 77 89 79 89 78 90 79 90 78 89Jaffna 76 86 72 86 65 87 71 87 75 83 71 82 71 79 73 83 71 83 77 90 80 91 77 88Katugastota 82 95 77 95 67 94 76 95 74 94 73 90 74 86 74 89 74 94 74 94 77 95 77 94Katunayake 73 90 73 89 70 90 76 91 76 87 78 86 77 86 77 86 75 87 75 91 74 93 72 91Kurunegala 76 88 71 86 64 85 71 90 72 87 73 85 69 82 70 83 72 85 69 88 71 89 71 86Maha Illuppallama 85 93 77 91 67 88 72 90 70 87 66 83 66 83 64 82 62 81 69 89 77 92 78 92Monaragala 77 89 75 89 72 89 72 91 69 89 57 83 61 83 57 79 62 86 73 91 77 91 77 90Mannar 82 87 78 85 72 85 76 87 76 83 75 83 76 84 77 84 77 84 81 88 82 89 82 88Nuwara Eliya 83 87 77 86 74 83 75 90 80 94 79 90 85 91 86 93 81 89 83 95 83 93 80 87Polonnaruwa 85 98 78 98 69 95 70 95 61 84 58 74 61 77 56 76 51 72 73 97 80 98 79 97Pottuvil 83 94 81 92 77 90 73 88 72 87 65 82 66 80 68 82 70 83 75 88 78 89 80 86Puttalam 81 94 79 94 73 92 75 91 73 86 75 86 74 85 73 85 72 84 75 89 78 94 76 94Ratmalana 73 88 74 86 68 86 73 89 73 84 76 85 77 86 75 84 73 83 72 88 73 91 71 88Ratnapura 79 95 77 95 75 96 80 97 79 95 77 92 79 91 80 94 78 95 77 96 79 96 77 95Trincomalee n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.Vavuniya 85 95 81 93 69 91 72 92 71 90 66 87 66 86 68 86 63 85 77 92 83 95 81 95

year 2012Anuradhapura 68 91 71 91 61 89 70 91 65 88 61 86 63 85 57 84 59 85 73 91 77 92 82 94Badulla 76 91 78 93 65 89 76 94 60 85 58 77 60 81 60 79 62 83 75 91 81 95 84 95Bandarawela 77 94 73 88 61 85 78 90 60 77 58 72 59 71 61 73 64 75 79 89 83 95 83 91Batticaloa 76 84 79 87 72 86 71 86 67 82 61 74 60 76 61 75 68 82 76 87 79 90 82 89Colombo 67 84 70 87 70 87 77 91 73 81 77 85 77 84 77 88 78 88 77 91 74 90 75 90Galle 76 87 79 89 74 86 79 87 80 85 85 89 84 89 84 87 84 88 80 89 80 91 79 90Hambantota 71 86 74 87 71 87 77 89 80 89 81 92 73 88 80 89 80 89 80 91 81 92 79 90Jaffna 70 89 68 86 64 85 69 84 73 80 71 81 67 83 70 82 70 82 79 89 73 88 77 90Katugastota 69 92 69 91 61 93 75 96 66 91 72 87 73 88 72 91 71 91 77 96 78 99 79 95Katunayake 65 88 66 87 69 90 76 93 73 84 79 86 76 84 78 89 78 90 77 94 75 92 74 91Kurunegala 60 81 64 85 61 86 73 90 67 82 72 87 72 85 69 85 69 84 75 91 76 91 76 90Maha Illuppallama 69 90 73 91 64 92 72 91 66 84 64 83 62 82 58 80 57 79 73 91 77 93 82 94Monaragala 68 86 70 88 64 86 73 91 60 81 54 76 56 79 51 73 56 79 71 88 75 89 77 89Mannar 73 85 72 86 69 87 73 86 76 82 77 84 76 85 76 84 76 85 81 88 78 87 84 91Nuwara Eliya 72 87 73 81 58 74 81 93 68 79 81 90 81 89 82 91 81 89 84 93 83 92 81 85Polonnaruwa 73 97 78 97 69 98 68 96 54 77 55 70 56 73 54 71 53 74 72 92 80 97 84 97Pottuvil 73 88 78 91 71 85 74 88 65 81 61 78 65 77 67 78 71 82 78 89 77 91 81 93Puttalam 71 93 68 93 69 92 73 89 70 82 72 83 71 83 70 83 69 82 76 91 76 93 80 94Ratmalana 66 85 69 88 67 88 74 89 69 79 75 85 73 83 76 87 75 88 74 91 71 90 73 90Ratnapura 66 90 71 92 69 94 79 97 72 92 79 92 76 89 78 93 79 95 79 96 79 96 79 96Trincomalee n.a. n.a. 76 84 72 86 70 86 57 78 55 76 56 78 54 77 60 80 81 91 81 89 84 89Vavuniya 75 n.a. 74 n.a. 65 90 70 91 67 87 65 85 65 85 61 83 62 n.a. 77 93 79 n.a. 84 n.a.

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1981 census 2001 census (a) 2012 census (b)

district No. 000 Per cent No. 000 Per cent No. 000

total urban rural estate urban rural estate total urban rural estate urban rural estate total

table 3.2Population by religion and ethnicity census years

By religion (%) By ethnicity (%)

Bud- Hindu Islam chris- other Sinha- Sri Indian moor Burg- malays others dhist tian lese lankan tamils hers tamils

totalPopulation

000census

year

(a) Census of Population and Housing - 2001 which is covered 18 districts. (b) Provisional.(c) Although in the 1981 Census, Jaffna and Kilinochchi comprised one district, the disaggregated population data for the two districts have been provided

for 1981 as well, to be consistent with the present district structure.

Source : Department of Census and Statistics

Colombo 1,699.2 1,264.3 426.0 9.0 74.4 25.1 0.5 2,251.3 1,229.6 1,014.4 7.3 54.6 45.1 0.3 2,309.8Gampaha 1,390.9 388.3 1,000.5 2.0 27.9 71.9 0.1 2,063.7 300.9 1,762.0 0.7 14.6 85.4 0.0 2,294.6Kalutara 829.7 178.1 607.1 44.5 21.5 73.2 5.4 1,066.2 113.2 915.5 37.6 10.6 85.9 3.5 1,217.3Kandy 1,048.3 145.1 786.8 116.4 13.8 75.1 11.1 1,279.0 156.0 1,030.2 92.9 12.2 80.5 7.3 1,369.9Matale 357.4 38.1 288.7 30.5 10.7 80.8 8.5 441.3 36.1 383.5 21.8 8.2 86.9 4.9 482.2Nuwara Eliya 603.6 37.3 239.5 326.8 6.2 39.7 54.1 703.6 43.1 283.7 376.9 6.1 40.3 53.6 706.6Galle 814.5 166.4 627.3 20.9 20.4 77.0 2.6 990.5 109.9 863.3 17.3 11.1 87.2 1.7 1,058.8Matara 643.8 71.2 552.5 20.1 11.1 85.8 3.1 761.4 64.4 676.5 20.5 8.5 88.9 2.7 809.3Hambantota 424.3 41.4 381.4 1.5 9.8 89.9 0.4 526.4 21.6 503.4 1.4 4.1 95.6 0.3 596.6Jaffna (c) 738.8 255.2 483.6 0.0 34.5 65.5 0.0 490.6 583.0Mannar 106.2 13.9 91.6 0.7 13.1 86.2 0.7 151.6 99.1Vavuniya 95.4 18.5 76.9 0.0 19.4 80.6 0.0 149.8 171.5Mullativu 77.2 7.2 69.9 0.1 9.3 90.6 0.1 121.7 91.9Kilinochchi (c) 91.8 15.3 76.4 0.0 16.7 83.3 0.0 127.3 112.9Batticaloa 330.3 79.4 250.7 0.2 24.0 75.9 0.1 486.4 525.1Ampara 389.0 53.3 335.7 0.0 13.7 86.3 0.0 593.0 112.5 480.5 19.0 81.0 648.1Trincomalee 255.9 82.7 169.4 3.8 32.3 66.2 1.5 340.2 378.2Kurunegala 1,211.8 43.5 1,157.4 10.9 3.6 95.5 0.9 1,460.2 34.7 1,418.9 6.6 2.4 97.2 0.5 1,610.3Puttalam 492.5 61.7 427.8 3.0 12.5 86.9 0.6 709.7 65.3 642.2 2.2 9.2 90.5 0.3 759.8Anuradhapura 587.9 41.4 545.0 1.5 7.0 92.7 0.3 745.7 53.2 691.6 1.0 7.1 92.7 0.1 856.2Polonnaruwa 261.6 20.5 239.2 1.9 7.8 91.4 0.7 359.0 358.7 0.3 99.9 0.1 403.3Badulla 641.0 51.6 428.1 161.3 8.0 66.8 25.2 780.0 51.5 567.2 161.3 6.6 72.7 20.7 811.8Monaragala 273.6 6.0 259.0 8.6 2.2 94.7 3.1 397.4 388.2 9.1 97.7 2.3 448.1Ratnapura 797.1 59.2 630.3 107.6 7.4 79.1 13.5 1,015.8 58.2 855.2 102.4 5.7 84.2 10.1 1,082.3Kegalle 684.9 52.8 570.0 62.2 7.7 83.2 9.1 785.5 17.1 712.9 55.5 2.2 90.8 7.1 836.6total 14,846.8 3,192.5 10,720.8 933.5 21.5 72.2 6.3 18,797.3 20,263.7

1881 2,759.7 61.5 21.5 7.2 9.7 0.1 66.9 24.9 6.7 0.6 0.3 0.51891 3,007.8 62.4 20.5 7.0 10.0 ... 67.9 24.1 6.6 0.7 0.3 0.51901 3,566.0 60.1 23.2 6.9 9.8 0.1 65.4 26.7 6.4 0.7 0.3 0.61911 4,106.4 60.3 22.8 6.9 10.0 ... 66.1 12.9 12.9 6.5 0.7 0.3 0.61921 4,498.6 61.6 21.8 6.7 9.9 ... 67.1 11.5 13.4 6.3 0.7 0.3 0.81931 5,306.9 61.6 22.0 6.7 9.8 ... 65.4 11.3 15.4 6.1 0.6 0.3 0.81946 6,657.3 64.5 19.8 6.6 9.1 ... 69.4 11.0 11.7 6.1 0.6 0.3 0.71953 8,097.9 64.3 19.9 6.7 8.9 0.1 69.4 10.9 12.0 6.3 0.6 0.3 0.51963 10,582.0 66.2 18.5 6.8 8.4 0.1 71.0 11.0 10.6 6.4 0.4 0.3 0.21971 12,689.9 67.3 17.6 7.1 7.9 0.1 72.0 11.2 9.3 6.7 0.4 0.3 0.11981 14,846.8 69.3 15.5 7.5 7.6 0.1 73.9 12.7 5.5 7.1 0.3 0.3 0.22001 (a) 18,797.3 76.7 7.8 8.5 7.0 ... 82.0 4.3 5.1 7.9 0.2 0.3 0.22012 (b) 20,263.7 70.2 12.6 9.7 7.4 ... 74.9 11.2 4.2 9.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

PoPulatIoN aNd laBour Force table 3.1Population by district and Sector 1981, 2001 and 2012

Negligible Source : Department of Census and Statistics(a) Only for 18 districts, which census has been conducted.(b) Provisional.

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PoPulatIoN aNd laBour Force table 3.3Population by district, religion and ethnicity 2012 census(a)

(a) Provisional Source : Department of Census and Statistics

Colombo 2,309.8 70.7 7.9 11.8 6.8 2.8 0.1 76.7 10.0 1.2 10.5 1.6Gampaha 2,294.6 71.5 2.3 5.0 19.3 1.9 0.1 90.6 3.5 0.5 4.2 1.2Kalutara 1,217.3 83.5 3.3 9.4 3.1 0.7 0.0 86.7 2.0 1.9 9.2 0.1Kandy 1,369.9 73.4 9.8 14.3 1.6 0.9 0.0 74.3 5.2 6.1 14.0 0.5Matale 482.2 79.5 9.1 9.3 1.6 0.4 0.0 80.7 5.1 4.9 9.1 0.2Nuwara Eliya 706.6 39.1 51.1 3.0 4.6 2.0 0.1 39.6 4.5 53.2 2.5 0.3Galle 1,058.8 94.0 1.5 3.7 0.4 0.5 0.0 94.3 1.4 0.5 3.6 0.0Matara 809.3 94.2 2.0 3.2 0.3 0.4 0.0 94.3 1.1 1.5 3.1 0.0Hambantota 596.6 96.8 0.2 2.5 0.2 0.3 0.1 97.1 0.4 0.0 1.1 1.5Jaffna 583.4 0.4 82.9 0.4 12.9 3.3 0.1 0.6 98.9 0.1 0.4 0.0Mannar 99.1 2.1 23.7 16.7 52.7 4.7 0.0 2.0 81.3 0.4 16.2 0.0Vavuniya 171.5 9.7 69.6 7.2 8.7 4.6 0.2 10.0 82.4 0.8 6.8 0.0Mullativu 91.9 8.9 75.7 2.2 9.5 3.5 0.2 9.6 86.0 2.4 1.9 0.0Killinochchi 112.9 0.8 82.5 0.6 10.6 5.4 0.0 0.9 97.0 1.5 0.6 0.0Batticaloa 525.1 1.1 64.6 25.5 4.7 4.1 0.0 1.2 72.6 0.2 25.5 0.5Ampara 648.1 38.6 15.8 43.6 1.1 0.8 0.0 38.7 17.4 0.0 43.6 0.2Trincomalee 378.2 26.1 25.9 42.1 3.9 1.9 0.0 27.0 30.6 1.7 40.4 0.3Kurunegala 1,610.3 88.6 0.9 7.3 2.6 0.6 0.0 91.4 1.2 0.2 7.1 0.2Puttalam 759.8 43.2 3.8 20.0 31.2 1.6 0.2 73.6 6.3 0.3 19.3 0.5Anuradhapura 856.2 90.2 0.4 8.3 0.7 0.4 0.0 90.9 0.6 0.1 8.2 0.2Polonnaruwa 403.3 89.7 1.7 7.5 0.7 0.3 0.0 90.6 1.8 0.3 7.2 0.0Badulla 811.8 72.6 19.4 5.8 1.4 0.7 0.0 73.1 2.5 18.4 5.7 0.4Monaragala 448.1 94.5 2.8 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 94.6 2.2 1.0 2.1 0.0Ratnapura 1,082.3 86.8 9.3 2.3 1.0 0.6 0.0 87.1 5.1 5.8 2.0 0.1Kegalle 836.6 84.6 6.5 7.2 1.0 0.7 0.0 85.6 2.4 5.0 6.9 0.2total 20,263.7 70.2 12.6 9.7 6.1 1.3 0.0 74.9 11.2 4.2 9.2 0.5

Source : Registrar Generals DepartmentM MaleF Female(a) Provisional

table 3.4Population by age group 2001 and 2004 2011

Thousands

2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 (a) 2010 (a) 2011 (a) age groups m F m F m F m F m F m F m F m F m F

0 4 814 783 843 810 852 819 861 828 867 837 876 846 883 855 892 863 901 873 5 9 842 812 867 836 876 845 886 855 892 864 901 873 913 886 922 895 932 90410 14 861 830 893 858 903 868 913 877 919 887 928 896 934 907 943 916 953 92515 19 927 897 959 932 969 942 979 952 986 963 997 973 1,005 979 1,015 988 1,025 99920 24 889 878 917 910 927 919 937 929 943 940 953 950 964 958 974 968 984 97825 29 730 755 759 780 767 788 775 797 781 806 789 814 792 824 799 832 808 84130 34 711 727 731 750 739 758 747 766 752 775 760 783 771 793 779 801 787 80935 39 693 708 716 729 723 737 731 745 736 753 744 761 751 773 758 780 766 78840 44 646 651 671 674 678 681 685 688 690 696 697 703 700 711 707 718 715 72545 49 562 576 585 598 591 604 598 611 602 618 608 624 609 628 615 635 622 64150 54 505 519 519 533 525 539 531 545 534 551 540 557 548 567 554 572 559 57855 59 356 387 372 398 377 403 381 407 383 412 387 416 386 422 390 427 394 43160 64 271 283 277 293 280 296 283 299 285 303 288 305 294 309 297 312 300 31565 69 206 236 216 249 218 251 221 254 222 257 224 260 223 257 225 260 228 26370 74 159 179 163 185 165 187 167 189 168 191 170 193 172 196 174 198 176 20075 & over 187 217 190 222 192 225 194 227 196 230 198 232 203 237 205 239 207 242

Total 9,359 9,438 9,678 9,757 9,782 9,862 9,889 9,969 9,956 10,083 10,060 10,186 10,148 10,302 10,249 10,404 10,357 10,512

total Population 18,797 19,435 19,644 19,858 20,039 20,246 20,450 20,653 20,869

District Population000

Population by Religion , % Population by Ethnicity , %

Buddhist Hindu Islam Roman CatholicOther

Christian Other Sinhalese Sri

Lankan Tamils

Indian Tamils

Sri Lanka Moor Other

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PoPulatIoN aNd laBour Force table 3.5mid year Population By Province and district 2001 and 2004 2012

Thousands

Province / district 2001(a) 2004(b)(c) 2005(b)(c) 2006(b)(c) 2007(b)(c) 2008(b)(d) 2009(b)(d) 2010(b)(d) 2011(b)(d) 2012(d)(e)

(a) Based on Census of Population and Housing - 2001 (b) Historical inter-censal series of population estimates. (c) Revised based on Statistics on Vital Events 20002010

published by Registrar Generals Department in January 2011. (d) Provisional (e) Based on Census of Population and Housing carried out in 2012,

covering the entire island.

Western 5,381 5,545 5,611 5,669 5,729 5,758 5,814 5,865 5,919 5,836 Colombo 2,251 2,359 2,402 2,438 2,473 2,488 2,521 2,553 2,584 2,316 Gampaha 2,064 2,096 2,109 2,123 2,138 2,152 2,165 2,177 2,191 2,300 Kalutara 1,066 1,090 1,100 1,108 1,118 1,118 1,128 1,135 1,144 1,220central 2,424 2,515 2,546 2,576 2,608 2,628 2,660 2,689 2,719 2,569 Kandy 1,279 1,332 1,349 1,368 1,387 1,396 1,415 1,431 1,447 1,375 Matale 441 458 465 470 476 483 490 497 504 484 Nuwara Eliya 704 725 732 738 745 749 755 761 768 710Southern 2,278 2,349 2,367 2,392 2,419 2,443 2,470 2,494 2,519 2,472 Galle 991 1,020 1,030 1,040 1,052 1,063 1,074 1,084 1,096 1,061 Matara 761 789 795 804 813 822 831 839 847 812 Hambantota 526 540 542 548 554 558 565 571 576 599Northern 1,041 1,087 1,097 1,111 1,123 1,172 1,187 1,193 1,203 1,063 Jaffna 491 508 515 520 524 603 607 611 617 585 Kilinochchi 127 135 137 140 143 150 154 156 160 114 Mannar 152 156 157 159 160 102 103 104 105 100 Vavuniya 150 157 161 163 164 167 169 174 177 172 Mullaitivu 121 131 127 129 132 150 154 148 144 92eastern 1,419 1,486 1,502 1,525 1,493 1,515 1,539 1,561 1,584 1,558 Batticaloa 486 511 516 523 523 530 537 543 550 527 Ampara 593 616 622 632 615 624 634 644 654 651 Trincomalee 340 359 364 370 355 361 368 374 380 380North Western 2,170 2,227 2,247 2,266 2,288 2,295 2,320 2,342 2,366 2,379 Kurunegala 1,460 1,494 1,506 1,517 1,530 1,535 1,550 1,563 1,577 1,616 Puttalam 710 733 741 749 758 760 770 779 789 763North central 1,104 1,143 1,159 1,172 1,195 1,209 1,225 1,240 1,255 1,263 Anuradhapura 745 772 782 790 800 809 820 830 840 859 Polonnaruwa 359 371 377 382 395 400 405 410 415 404uva 1,178 1,230 1,247 1,263 1,281 1,291 1,309 1,326 1,342 1,265 Badulla 780 819 831 842 855 861 874 886 897 815 Monaragala 398 411 416 421 426 430 435 440 445 450Sabaragamuwa 1,802 1,853 1,868 1,884 1,903 1,906 1,926 1,943 1,962 1,925 Ratnapura 1,016 1,056 1,068 1,082 1,095 1,099 1,113 1,125 1,139 1,086 Kegalle 786 797 800 802 808 807 813 818 823 839total 18,797 19,435 19,644 19,858 20,039 20,217 20,450 20,653 20,869 20,328

Source : Registrar Generals Department

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Population density 2001 and 2012 Province / district total area Inland Waters Forests land area(a) Population, 000 density, Persons per Sq. km. Sq. km. Sq. km. Sq. km. Sq. km. 2001(b) 2012(c)(d) 2001(b) 2012(c)(d)

(a) Total land area excluding inland waters. Sources : SurveyorGeneralsOffice(b) Census of Population and Housing - 2001 which is covered 18 districts. Registrar Generals Department(c) Census of Population and Housing carried out in 2012 which is covered the entire island. Department of Census and Statistics(d) Provisional(e) Estimates

PoPulatIoN aNd laBour Force table 3.6

table 3.7vital Statistics 2001 and 2004 2012

Item 2001(a)(b) 2004(b) 2005(b) 2006(b) 2007(b) 2008(c) 2009(c) 2010(c) 2011(c) 2012(c)(d)

Sources : Department of Census and Statistics Registrar Generals Department

(a) Based on Census of Population and Housing - 2001(b) Revised based on Statistics on Vital Events 20002011 published

by Registrar Generals Department in January 2011.(c) Provisional(d) Based on Census of Population and Housing carried out in 2012. n.a. Not available

Mid Year Population, 000 0 14 years 15 54 years 55 years & overPopulation Growth Rate, %Crude Birth Rate per 1,000Crude Death Rate per 1,000Rate of Natural Increase per 1,000In-Migration, 000Out-Migration, 000Net Migration Rate per 1,000 Density of Population, (Persons per Sq. km.)Infant Mortality per 1,000 Live Births

Western 3,684 91 195 3,593 5,381 5,822 1,498 1,620 Colombo 699 23 15 676 2,251 2,310 3,330 3,417 Gampaha 1,387 46 14 1,341 2,064 2,295 1,539 1,711 Kalutara 1,598 22 166 1,576 1,066 1,217 677 772central 5,674 99 1,402 5,575 2,424 2,559 435 461 Kandy 1,940 23 317 1,917 1,279 1,370 667 715 Matale 1,993 41 599 1,952 441 482 226 247 Nuwara Eliya 1,741 35 486 1,706 704 707 412 414Southern 5,544 161 932 5,383 2,278 2,465 423 459 Galle 1,652 35 236 1,617 990 1,059 613 655 Matara 1,283 13 187 1,270 761 809 600 637 Hambantota 2,609 113 509 2,496 526 597 211 239Northern 8,884 594 3,946 8,290 1,041 (e) 1,059 126 (e) 128 Jaffna 1,025 96 3 929 491 (e) 583 528 (e) 628 Kilinochchi 1,279 74 351 1,205 127 (e) 113 106 (e) 94 Mannar 1,996 116 1,024 1,880 152 (e) 99 81 (e) 53 Vavuniya 1,967 106 889 1,861 150 (e) 172 81 (e) 92 Mullaitivu 2,617 202 1,679 2,415 122 (e) 92 50 (e) 38eastern 9,996 635 3,030 9,361 1,419 (e) 1,552 152 (e) 166 Batticaloa 2,854 244 517 2,610 486 (e) 525 186 (e) 201 Ampara 4,415 193 1,696 4,222 593 648 140 153 Trincomalee 2,727 198 817 2,529 340 (e) 378 135 (e) 150North Western 7,888 382 1,002 7,506 2,169 2,370 289 316 Kurunegala 4,816 192 185 4,624 1,460 1,610 316 348 Puttalam 3,072 190 817 2,882 710 760 246 264North central 10,472 731 3,326 9,741 1,105 1,260 113 129 Anuradhapura 7,179 515 1,979 6,664 746 856 112 128 Polonnaruwa 3,293 216 1,347 3,077 359 403 117 131uva 8,500 165 2,000 8,335 1,178 1,260 141 151 Badulla 2,861 34 683 2,827 780 812 276 287 Monaragala 5,639 131 1,317 5,508 397 448 72 81Sabaragamuwa 4,968 47 765 4,921 1,802 1,919 366 390 Ratnapura 3,275 39 648 3,236 1,016 1,082 314 334 Kegalle 1,693 8 117 1,685 786 837 466 497all Island 65,610 2,905 16,598 62,705 18,797 20,264 300 323

18,797 19,435 19,644 19,858 20,039 20,217 20,450 20,653 20,869 20,328 4,942 5,107 5,163 5,220 5,266 5,315 5,378 5,431 5,488 n.a. 11,374 11,763 11,887 12,016 12,126 12,230 12,373 12,495 12,625 n.a. 2,481 2,565 2,594 2,622 2,647 2,672 2,699 2,727 2,756 n.a. 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 n.a. 19.1 18.8 18.9 18.8 19.3 18.8 18.4 17.6 17.4 17.5 6.0 5.9 6.7 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.2 5.9 6.0 13.0 12.7 11.6 12.9 13.2 13.0 12.6 11.4 11.5 n.a. 882 1,463 1,391 1,440 1,530 1,644 1,645 2,106 2,433 2,496 898 1,487 1,421 1,470 1,565 1,688 1,673 2,129 2,479 2,548 -0.9 -1.2 -1.5 -1.5 -1.8 -2.1 -1.7 -1.1 -2.2 -2.6 300 310 314 317 319 322 326 329 333 324 12.6 9.8 11.2 10.0 8.5 9.0 9.4 n.a. n.a. n.a.

16

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ates

and

death

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dist

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2005

2

011

distr

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Per 1

,000

Perso

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2005

20

06

2007

20

08(a)

20

09(a)

20

10(a)

20

11(a)

PoPu

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table

3.8

(a) Pr

ovisi

onal

Sour

ce : R

egist

rar G

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ls D

epart

ment

(b) D

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abno

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situa

tion i

n Nort

hern

Prov

ince p

ast de

aths w

ere re

gister

ed in

Mull

aitivu

distr

ict in

2010

.

Colom

bo

26.7

8.4

25.4

9.2

24.8

8.4

23.5

7.6

22.9

8.3

22.1

8.3

21.2

8.2Ga

mpah

a 14

.0 5.2

13

.2 5.0

13

.6 5.0

12

.9 5.0

11

.6 4.6

12

.4 5.3

12

.5 5.2

Kalut

ara

15.3

5.9

15.6

5.9

16.3

6.0

15.6

6.1

15.6

6.1

14.4

6.0

14.8

6.0Ka

ndy

22.5

6.5

22.5

6.9

22.1

7.1

22.1

6.9

22.1

7.4

20.2

7.8

20.3

7.3M

atale

19.7

5.1

19.9

5.2

20.1

5.4

21.8

5.6

21.3

5.3

20.0

5.4

20.8

5.4Nu

wara

Eliya

14

.1 5.1

15

.3 5.0

14

.8 5.2

14

.6 5.1

14

.3 5.2

12

.7 5.0

13

.5 4.6

Galle

18

.2 10

.2 19

.5 7.0

19

.4 7.1

19

.6 7.4

19

.3 7.2

17

.7 6.9

19

.0 7.1

Mata

ra 17

.9 7.4

18

.4 5.8

17

.9 5.8

17

.8 6.2

17

.8 6.3

16

.8 5.6

14

.5 5.8

Hamb

antot

a 15

.1 9.1

15

.5 4.5

16

.8 4.5

17

.0 4.7

17

.2 4.7

15

.3 4.6

15

.8 4.7

Jaffna

20

.7 9.1

17

.7 7.6

16

.6 8.1

12

.5 5.9

12

.1 5.5

15

.8 6.2

16

.1 6.3

Kilin

ochc

hi 21

.4 4.6

25

.6 3.8

29

.9 4.3

32

.8 4.2

31

.9 4.1

22

.8 3.2

20

.7 2.1

Man

nar

13.2

2.1

10.4

2.3

10.7

2.4

13.5

2.8

13.4

2.8

13.5

3.1

14.1

3.3Va

vuniy

a 20

.1 4.5

19

.6 5.4

19

.8 7.2

18

.2 5.9

17

.7 5.5

38

.7 6.8

23

.7 5.0

Mull

aitivu

14

.5 29

.0 20

.6 3.7

26

.7 3.6

27

.4 3.2

26

.4 3.4

9.6

59

.0 (b)

7.5

13

.8Ba

tticalo

a 21

.1 11

.0 23

.1 4.0

24

.5 4.3

23

.5 4.3

22

.3 4.3

21

.5 4.2

17

.7 5.1

Ampa

ra 22

.9 9.3

22

.7 4.9

22

.7 5.3

21

.7 4.8

20

.7 4.6

19

.6 4.3

22

.0 4.3

Trinc

omale

e 22

.4 5.3

22

.3 4.1

26

.4 4.7

26

.3 4.4

25

.1 4.3

22

.7 3.6

23

.8 3.7

Kurun

egala

18

.2 6.1

16

.9 6.3

17

.5 6.3

17

.2 6.4

17

.3 6.2

16

.8 6.2

16

.1 6.2

Putta

lam

17.8

4.7

16.7

4.6

20.1

4.8

19.7

5.0

19.4

4.8

17.9

4.7

18.3

4.7An

uradh

apura

19

.2 5.1

19

.6 5.5

20

.6 5.4

20

.1 5.5

20

.1 5.7

19

.4 5.5

18

.9 5.7

Polon

naruw

a 20

.1 4.6

19

.6 4.3

19

.1 4.6

18

.6 5.0

18

.4 4.7

18

.2 4.5

18

.1 4.4

Badu

lla

21.4

5.6

19.5

5.2

22.5

5.5

20.9

5.6

20.7

5.3

19.8

5.3

18.4

5.4M

onara

gala

15.1

3.4

15.5

3.5

16.5

3.6

16.7

3.3

16.4

3.5

15.1

3.7

16.0

3.8Ra

tnapu

ra 17

.8 5.1

19

.7 5.3

18

.6 5.1

18

.5 5.4

19

.1 5.7

17

.7 4.4

18

.7 5.1

Kega

lle

11.1

5.8

13.7

5.6

14.9

5.9

14.4

6.3

13.9

6.0

13.4

5.6

12.6

5.7

Sri l

anka

18

.9 6.7

18

.8 5.9

19

.3 5.9

18

.8 5.9

18

.4 5.9

17

.6 6.2

17

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crud

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crud

ecr

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crud

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crud

ecr

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crud

ecr

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Birth

death

Birth

death

Birth

death

Birth

death

Birth

death

Birth

death

Birth

death

rate

rate

rate

rate

rate

rate

rate

rate

rate

rate

rate

rate

rate

rate

17

PoPulatIoN aNd laBour Force table 3.9labour Force 2004 2012

Item 2004(a) 2005(b) 2006(c) 2007(c) 2008(d) 2009(d) 2010(d) 2011(b) 2012(b)

(a) Excluding Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts.(b) Data covers the entire island.(c) Excluding Northern and Eastern provinces.(d) Data includes the Northern province.

n.a. Not available


Household Population 000 (Aged 10 and above)Labour Force 000 Employed 000 Unemployed 000

labour Force Participation rates, % By age groups 15 19 20 24 25 29 30 34 35 39 40 44 45 49 50 54 55 59 60 & above All Ages (10 Years & above)

By Sector and Sexurban Male Female Totalrural Male Female Totalall Island Male Female Total

Labour Force : Number of persons who were employed or unemployed during the reference week.Labour Force Participation Rate : Labour force expected as a percentage of population age 10 years and over.Employed :Personswhoareengagedinsomekindofworkforpayorprofitorfamilygainduringthereferenceweek.

Unemployed : Persons who are seeking and available for work, but had no employment during the reference period.

16,593 16,871 14,834 15,048 16,320 16,578 16,862 17,910 17,915 8,061 8,141 7,599 7,489 8,082 8,074 8,108 8,555 8,465 7,394 7,518 7,105 7,042 7,648 7,602 7,707 8,137 8,129 667 623 493 447 434 471 401 358 336 23.2 21.4 23.6 19.2 19.7 19.0 17.2 16.3 14.8 64.4 62.3 63.1 62.5 61.6 58.8 55.9 54.5 54.7 68.6 68.0 66.2 66.3 66.0 66.7 64.2 66.1 64.6 68.9 69.7 72.2 69.2 68.1 68.2 67.2 67.5 65.8 52.9 51.3 55.9 55.6 54.8 53.6 53.8 53.1 52.7 48.6 48.3 51.0 50.1 49.5 48.8 48.1 47.8 47.2 65.7 n.a. 66.7 65.5 65.8 63.4 63.6 63.0 63.4 26.1 n.a. 26.2 26.7 27.8 26.3 23.8 25.6 26.4 44.9 45.5 45.3 45.0 45.9 43.7 42.0 43.4 43.7 66.9 n.a. 68.4 68.1 68.0 67.0 67.7 66.8 67.5 32.4 n.a. 37.1 34.3 33.9 33.8 32.3 32.0 30.6 49.2 48.7 52.1 50.4 50.0 49.4 49.0 48.4 48.0 66.7 67.1 68.1 67.8 67.8 66.6 67.1 66.2 66.8 31.5 30.9 35.7 33.4 33.2 33.0 31.2 31.2 29.9 48.6 48.3 51.2 49.8 49.5 48.8 48.1 47.8 47.2

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PoPulatIoN aNd laBour Force table 3.10employment 2003 2012

Item 2003(a) 2004(b) 2005(c) 2006(d) 2007(d) 2008(a) 2009(a) 2010(a) 2011(c) 2012(c)

Percentage

By Industrial category Agriculture Manufacturing Construction Trade & Hotels Transport, Storage & Communication Insurance & Real Estate Personal Services

Total By occupational groups SeniorOfficialsandManagers

Professionals Technicians & Associate Professionals Clerks Sales & Service Workers and Proprietors Skilled Agricultural and Fishery Workers Craft & Related Workers Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers Elementary Occupations NotIdentified

Total

By employment Status Public Employees Private Employees Employers Own Account Workers Unpaid Family Workers

Total

(a) Data excludes the Northern Province.(b) Data excludes both Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts.(c) Data covers the entire island.(d) Data excludes both Northern and Eastern Provinces.(e) Data includes Mining & Quarrying, Electricity, Gas & Water sub sector also.


34.0 33.5 30.7 32.2 31.3 32.6 32.6 32.7 33.0 31.0 16.5 17.7 18.4 19.2 18.9 18.5 17.8 17.1 16.9 17.7 5.3 5.2 7.2 7.4 7.7 7.7 7.4 7.1 7.2 8.4 14.1 13.9 13.9 15.3 14.9 14.3 14.7 15.5 15.0 14.0 5.2 5.6 6.5 6.1 6.5 5.9 5.9 6.3 6.2 8.1 2.8 2.4 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.5 22.1(e) 21.7(e) 20.2(e) 16.8(e) 17.6(e) 17.9(e) 18.8(e) 17.9(e) 18.1(e) 17.4(e)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.8 5.1 5.5 6.3 5.3 5.2 5.9 6.0 5.6 6.2 6.4 4.8 5.1 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.7 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.4 13.7 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.2 14.4 14.7 14.9 15.4 14.6 23.4 20.3 20.8 22.4 21.4 22.2 22.5 22.3 23.1 21.5 15.4 14.9 16.2 17.0 17.1 16.4 15.5 15.7 15.9 17.0 6.0 6.2 7.1 7.1 8.0 7.3 7.0 7.3 7.2 8.6 24.7 27.3 23.4 22.2 22.4 21.9 22.6 22.6 20.6 19.6 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.5

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 13.5 13.0 13.3 13.4 13.8 15.2 15.5 14.3 14.4 15.1 44.4 46.4 46.1 42.1 42.7 41.2 42.1 41.2 40.5 41.3 2.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.9 2.8 29.6 28.3 29.7 30.8 30.4 30.2 29.2 31.5 31.5 31.9 9.9 9.4 7.9 10.5 10.3 10.4 10.6 10.4 10.8 8.9

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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PoPulatIoN aNd laBour Force table 3.11unemployment 2003 2012

Item 2003(a) 2004(b) 2005(c) 2006(d) 2007(d) 2008(a) 2009(a) 2010(a) 2011(c) 2012(c)

By age group Percentage distribution 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 39 Above 40 Total % of labour Force 15 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 and above TotalBy level of education Percentage distribution No Schooling Grade 0 - 4 (1 - 5 years) Grade 5 - 10 (6 -11 years) G.C.E. (O/L) G.C.E. (A/L) and above Total % of labour Force No Schooling Grade 0 - 4 (1 - 5 years) Grade 5 - 9 (6 -10 years) G.C.E. (O/L) G.C.E. (A/L) and above TotalBy Sex, % of labour Force Male Female Total

... - Negligible Unemployment Rate : The number of unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force.Unemployed : Persons who are seeking and available for work, but had no employment during the reference period.(a) Including Eastern Province but excluding Northern Province.(b) Excluding Millaitivu and Kilinochchi districts.(c) All districts included.(d) Excluding Northern and Eastern Provinces.


19.9 18.1 19.5 17.5 15.7 15.9 14.5 14.8 n.a. n.a. 45.8 45.9 44.8 39.3 41.2 38.4 37.5 38.7 n.a. n.a. 17.2 17.4 16.4 21.5 19.7 20.9 21.3 21.2 n.a. n.a. 11.6 11.7 12.2 11.9 13.1 13.7 15.1 14.7 n.a. n.a. 5.6 6.8 7.1 9.8 10.4 11.2 11.6 10.6 n.a. n.a. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 n.a. n.a. 30.3 28.3 30.8 23.1 21.6 20.8 20.9 20.3 15.5 18.9 19.4 19.2 17.2 15.9 15.0 13.7 15.4 13.8 12.3 11.3 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.1 2.7 2.5 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.8 8.4 8.3 7.7 6.5 6.0 5.4 5.8 4.9 4.2 4.0 4.8 5.4 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.3 2.7 n.a. n.a. 40.2 36.6 37.2 41.9 41.0 41.2 39.9 34.9 n.a. n.a. 26.1 26.2 28.6 26.6 22.0 22.8 23.1 22.7 n.a. n.a. 28.9 31.7 29.7 26.9 32.6 31.8 32.7 39.7 n.a. n.a. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 n.a. n.a. 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.3 7.4 6.9 6.3 5.8 5.2 4.5 5.0 3.6 3.3 3.2 13.0 12.3 11.5 9.9 8.2 7.8 8.5 6.9 5.2 6.0 16.5 16.8 13.8 11.6 11.8 10.5 11.2 11.6 9.0 7.5 8.4 8.3 7.7 6.5 6.0 5.4 5.8 4.9 4.2 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.5 4.7 4.3 3.7 4.3 3.5 2.7 2.8 13.2 12.8 11.9 9.7 9.0 8.4 8.6 7.7 7.0 6.2 8.4 8.3 7.7 6.5 6.0 5.4 5.8 4.9 4.2 4.0

20

Public Sector employment 2010 2012(a)

(a) Re-categorizedinaccordancewiththedefinitionsgiveninthePublicAdministration Circular No. 06/2006 issued on 25th April 2006. (b) Provisional.

Service level 2010 2011 2012(b)

PoPulatIoN aNd laBour Force table 3.12

government Institutions Senior Level (d) Tertiary Level (e) Secondary level (f) Primary Level (g) total

Semi-government Institutions Senior Level (d) Tertiary Level (e) Secondary level (f) Primary Level (g) total

Public Sector (total) Senior Level (d) Tertiary Level (e) Secondary level (f) Primary Level (g) total

government Institutions Senior Level (d) Tertiary Level (e) Secondary level (f) Primary Level (g) total

Semi-government Institutions Senior Level (d) Tertiary Level (e) Secondary level (f) Primary Level (g) total

Public Sector (total) Senior Level (d) Tertiary Level (e) Secondary level (f) Primary Level (g) total

regular other (c) total regular other (c) total regular other (c) total

Source : Central Bank of Sri Lanka

306,178 32,219 338,397 39,534 3,006 42,540 41,521 3,725 45,246 212,700 29,551 242,251 210,411 28,398 238,809 422,870 61,100 483,970 450,979 54,577 505,556 452,909 65,566 518,475 96,478 50,729 147,207 135,203 55,039 190,242 129,822 60,685 190,507 825,526 144,048 969,574 838,416 142,173 980,589 834,663 158,374 993,037 34,646 3,649 38,295 13,119 1,233 14,352 13,556 1,123 14,679 27,070 2,495 29,565 26,898 2,564 29,462 101,504 9,072 110,576 93,777 9,813 103,590 93,802 9,978 103,780 85,433 15,713 101,146 86,414 15,278 101,692 87,441 15,916 103,357 221,583 28,434 250,017 220,380 28,819 249,199 221,697 29,581 251,278 340,824 35,868 376,692 52,653 4,239 56,892 55,077 4,848 59,925 239,770 32,046 271,816 237,309 30,962 268,271 524,374 70,172 594,546 544,756 64,390 609,146 546,711 75,544 622,255 181,911 66,442 248,353 221,617 70,317 291,934 217,263 76,601 293,864 1,047,109 172,482 1,219,591 1,058,796 170,992 1,229,788 1,056,360 187,955 1,244,315

Percentage 37.1 22.4 34.9 4.7 2.1 4.3 5.0 2.4 4.6 25.4 20.8 24.7 25.2 17.9 24.0 51.2 42.4 49.9 53.8 38.4 51.6 54.3 41.4 52.2 11.7 35.2 15.2 16.1 38.7 19.4 15.6 38.3 19.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 15.6 12.8 15.3 6.0 4.3 5.8 6.1 3.8 5.8 12.3 8.7 11.9 12.1 8.7 11.7 45.8 31.9 44.2 42.6 34.1 41.6 42.3 33.7 41.3 38.6 55.3 40.5 39.2 53.0 40.8 39.4 53.8 41.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 32.5 20.8 30.9 5.0 2.5 4.6 5.2 2.6 4.8 22.6 18.7 22.1 22.5 16.5 21.6 50.1 40.7 48.7 51.5 37.7 49.5 51.8 40.2 50.0 17.4 38.5 20.4 20.9 41.1 23.7 20.6 40.8 23.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

(c) Employees on contract and casual basis.(d) RepresentsExecutives/SeniorExecutives;Judicial/LawOfficersandMedicalOfficers.

(e) RepresentsField/OfficebasedOfficers;Supra/SpecialClassManagementAssistants;SriLankaPrincipalsService;PoliceInspectors/ChiefInspectorsandsimilar posts in other Regulatory Services; Special Grades of Nurses/Professions Supplimentary to Medicine Services and Para-Medical Services; and Medical Practitioners.

(f) RepresentsManagementAssistant(TechnicalandNon-Technical);AssociateOfficers;SriLankaTeachersService;PoliceConstables/Sergeants/SergeantMajor/Sub-Inspectors and similar posts in other Regulatory Services; Supervisory Management Assistants; and Nurses/ PSM Services and Para-Medical Services except the Special Grades of these services.

(g) Represents primary level un-skilled, semi-skilled and skilled employees.

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(a) Provisionaln.a. Not available

PoPulatIoN aNd laBour Force table 3.13migration for Foreign employment 2004 2012

category \ year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012(a)

total migration for employment (No.) Male (No.) % Female (No.) %

Average No. of Migrant travellers for employment per day

Migration for employment as a % of all departures

Migrant Employment by skills (%) Professional Middle level Clerical & related Skilled Labour Unskilled Labour Housemaids

Estimated stock of foreign employment

Foreign employment as a % of total labour force

Foreign employment as a % of total number employed

Migrant remittances (Rs. Mn.) Middle-East Other Middle-East as % of total As a % of Export earnings

214,709 231,290 201,948 218,459 250,499 247,126 267,507 262,961 279,482 80,699 93,896 90,170 103,476 128,232 119,381 148,001 136,307 142,331 37.6 40.6 44.7 47.4 51.2 48.3 55.0 52.0 50.9 134,010 137,394 111,778 114,983 122,267 127,745 119,506 126,654 137,151 62.4 59.4 55.3 52.6 48.8 51.7 45.0 48.0 49.1

588 634 553 599 686 677 733 720 766

31.6 31.4 n.a. n.a. n.a. 14.9 12.6 10.7 10.9

0.9 0.6 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.5 3.1 3.5 3.3 1.8 3.5 2.6 2.6 2.3 3.3 3.1 3.6 3.9 2.1 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.8 5.7 21.4 20.2 22.3 24.6 25.9 27.2 28.5 27.4 24.9 20.1 18.1 20.3 23.9 24.0 20.3 22.6 24.1 22.3 51.5 54.3 49.4 46.9 43.1 46.0 42.1 40.9 42.3

1,068,776 1,221,763 1,447,707 1,642,455 1,792,368 1,831,358 1,932,245(a) n.a. n.a.

13.3 16.7 19.1 21.9 22.2 22.7 23.8(a) n.a. n.a.

14.5 17.2 20.4 23.3 23.4 24.1 25.1(a) n.a. n.a.

87,871 111,179 128,282 160,502 189,039 229,298 279,688 335,201 428,593 70,420 84,077 96,381 116,226 127,079 153,503 185,683 233,902 335,387 55.5 56.8 57.1 58.0 59.8 59.9 60.1 58.9 56.1 27.1 30.6 31.4 32.7 36.0 47.0 47.8 48.7 43.9

Sources : Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment Department of Immigration and Emigration

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oN a

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aBou

r Fo

rce

table

3.14

depa

rture

s for

For

eign e

mploy

ment

by c

ount

ry 2

004

20

12co

untry

\ ye

ar

Sour

ce : S

ri La

nka B

ureau

of Fo

reign

Emp

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nt

midd

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stern

cou

ntrie

s

Bahra

in

Jorda

n

Kuwa

it

Lebo

nan

Om

an

Quata

r

Saud

i Arab

ia

UAE

Sout

h eas

t asia

n cou

ntrie

s

Brun

ei

Hong

Kon

g

Mala

ysia

Sin

gapo

re

South

Kore

a eu

rope

an c

ount

ries

Cy

prus

Gr

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Ita

ly ot

her c

ount

ries

M

aldive

s

Mau

ritius

Se

yche

lles

Un

ited S

tates

Ot

her

total

20

04

2005

20

06

2007

20

08

2009

20

10

2011

20

12(a)

No

. %

No

. %

No

. %

No

. %

No

. %

No

. %

No

. %

No

. %

No

. %

3,827

1.7

8 3,7

51

1.62

4,400

2.1

8 4,9

75

2.28

4,650

1.8

6 5,9

25

2.40

7,052

2.6

4 5,4

23

2.06

4,483

1.6

0

8,907

4.1

5 8,2

76

3.58

8,136

4.0

3 8,4

40

3.86

10,36

2 4.1

4 9,0

30

3.65

9,425

3.5

2 13

,112

4.99

10,35

0 3.7

0

36,78

2 17

.13

36,15

7 15

.63

34,69

7 17

.18

41,02

8 18

.78

46,94

1 18

.74

42,37

7 17

.15

48,10

8 17

.98

50,62

4 19

.25

43,80

4 15

.67

17,85

2 8.3

1 16

,402

7.09

6,889

3.4

1 6,9

39

3.18

4,969

1.9

8 5,9

05

2.39

6,064

2.2

7 5,1

53

1.96

3,863

1.3

8

3,474

1.6

2 3,5

62

1.54

4,273

2.1

2 3,9

12

1.79

4,747

1.9

0 5,3

29

2.16

6,367

2.3

8 5,3

79

2.05

4,805

1.7

2

30,01

5 13

.98

35,95

3 15

.54

31,45

8 15

.58

38,94

3 17

.83

39,47

6 15

.76

43,88

8 17

.76

54,67

6 20

.44

52,74

3 20

.06

56,92

5 20

.37

71,29

7 33

.21

76,21

0 32

.95

61,42

4 30

.42

60,48

9 27

.69

67,44

3 26

.92

77,78

8 31

.48

70,83

0 26

.48

68,55

2 26

.07

97,39

8 34

.85

32,89

0 15

.32

36,37

1 15

.73

33,79

7 16

.74

39,01

8 17

.86

51,17

4 20

.43

39,60

3 16

.03

42,31

0 15

.82

39,32

0 14

.95

37,54

2 13

.43

5

0.00

4 0.0

0 5

0.00

6 0.0

0 11

0.0

0 16

0.0

1 13

0.0

0 12

0.0

0 11

0.0

0

163

0.08

171

0.07

256

0.13

316

0.14

299

0.12

352

0.14

306

0.11

366

0.14

403

0.14

24

1 0.1

1 1,1

68

0.50

3,584

1.7

7 1,0

43

0.48

1,293

0.5

2 1,0

50

0.42

3,693

1.3

8 2,4

59

0.94

2,671

0.9

6

990

0.46

1,017

0.4

4 95

4 0.4

7 94

7 0.4

3 1,0

79

0.43

1,026

0.4

2 1,0

42

0.39

1,078

0.4

1 96

1 0.3

4

1,304

0.6

1 4,8

50

2.10

3,653

1.8

1 2,6

80

1.23

6,995

2.7

9 3,9

93

1.62

5,261

1.9

7 7,4

06

2.82

5,568

1.9

9

3,1

38

1.46

2,234

0.9

7 2,3

46

1.16

3,004

1.3

8 2,8

29

1.13

2,931

1.1

9 2,7

72

1.04

3,036

1.1

5 2,8

44

1.02

85

0.0

4 25

0.0

1 18

0.0

1 61

0.0

3 12

5 0.0

5 13

9 0.0

6 11

1 0.0

4 91

0.0

3 43

0.0

2

16

0.01

64

0.03

7 0.0

0 25

0.0

1 17

0.0

1 22

0.0

1 15

0.0

1 15

0.0

1 5

0.00

2,5

32

1.18

2,738

1.1

8 3,4

67

1.72

3,915

1.7

9 4,2

28

1.69

3,902

1.5

8 4,1

78

1.56

4,194

1.5

9 3,9

50

1.41

35

3 0.1

6 1,0

57

0.46

891

0.44

947

0.43

357

0.14

654

0.26

329

0.12

361

0.14

273

0.10

52

0.0

2 59

6 0.2

6 37

8 0.1

9 32

6 0.1

5 89

0 0.3

6 62

2 0.2

5 17

4 0.0

7 17

8 0.0

7 29

4 0.1

1

5 0.0

0 1

0.00

4 0.0

0 1

0.00

2 0.0

0 11

0.0

0 4

0.00

10

0.00

6 0.0

0

781

0.36

683

0.30

1,311

0.6

5 1,4

44

0.66

2,612

1.0

4 2,5

63

1.04

4,777

1.7

9 3,4

49

1.31

3,283

1.1

7

214,7

09 1

00.00

23

1,290

100

.00

201,9

48 1

00.00

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