Sri Lanka's manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) was 2.17 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 16.14% from 1.87 trillion in 2015 (1.51% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.17 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 2.09 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.87 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 2.25 trillion | 2021 |
| Lowest | 119.54 billion | 1961 |
| Average since 2016 | 2.06 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 119.54 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Sri Lanka's manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) rose 6.2% on 2024 (from 2.05 trillion to 2.17 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.7% and a typical year strayed about 4.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 15.5% in 1968 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.7% in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Sri Lanka had the 28th highest value of the 136 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Sri Lanka in the 2025 ranking
- Thailand — 24th of 136: 2.83 trillion
- Mongolia — 25th of 136: 2.6 trillion
- Senegal — 26th of 136: 2.48 trillion
- Kazakhstan — 28th of 136: 2.1 trillion
- Rwanda — 29th of 136: 1.79 trillion
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 30th of 136: 1.63 trillion
What this measures
Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 65 values
| Year | Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,173,155,943,985 |
| 2024 | 2,045,690,229,927 |
| 2023 | 1,900,282,189,610 |
| 2022 | 1,962,453,395,286 |
| 2021 | 2,247,150,916,100 |
| 2020 | 2,092,317,066,000 |
| 2019 | 2,147,375,687,200 |
| 2018 | 2,104,686,818,400 |
| 2017 | 2,027,911,633,300 |
| 2016 | 1,935,258,847,600 |
Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — 8.43 trillion (2025)
- Bhutan — 10.07 billion (2024)
- India — 47.84 trillion (2025)
- Maldives — 1.83 billion (2025)
- Nepal — 129.25 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$9.1 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 2.74 trillion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$6.84 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) — 929.67 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.36% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$18.63 billion (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 5.61 trillion (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 17.12% (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sri Lanka's manufacturing, value added (constant LCU)?
- 2.17 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1961?
- It is up 1,718% from 119.54 billion in 1961 (4.64% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2.25 trillion in 2021 and the lowest 119.54 billion in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank?
- 28th highest of 136 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) unusual for Sri Lanka?
- In 2025, Sri Lanka's manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) rose 6.2% on 2024 (from 2.05 trillion to 2.17 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.7% and a typical year strayed about 4.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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