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Sri Lanka 2026 Q1 GDP expands 5.1-pct on industry, service boost
Growth was led by the industrial sector, which expanded 7.2 percent
Summary
The services sector grew by 3.4 percent. Insurance activities surged 22.0 percent, IT/BPM services expanded 16.1 percent, and financial services rose 12.8 percent. Agriculture rebounded to a 1.1 percent growth from a 1.3 percent contraction last year, despite a 5.8 percent drop in paddy.
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People
- Sri Lanka Economy Grows
- Sri Lanka 2026 Q1
- Cyclone Ditwah
Organisations
- Department of Census and Statistics2
- National Accounts Estimates
- Gross Domestic Product
- Colombo/Jun15/2026
- Agriculture
- Industry
- IT/BPM
- DCS
Places
- paddy
- Gulf
Keywords
- industrial
- navigating
- lingering
- expanded
- expands
- impacts
- service
- boost
- gdp
- pct
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