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Construction & Building Materials Intelligence

Construction’s share of GDP and its real growth, from the DCS estimates published by the Central Bank. Contractor counts by district were not in that table.

Construction, real growth

19.4%

Central Bank of Sri Lanka · 2024 · percent

Share of GDP

7%

Central Bank of Sri Lanka · 2024 · percent

Value added, current prices

Rs. 1.6 tn

Central Bank of Sri Lanka · 2024 · LKR million

Industry establishments, 2013 listing

260,880

Department of Census and Statistics · 2013-10 · establishments

Business discovery

A national register, once a licensed source is loaded.

Industry intelligence

Published economic figures, each with a source and period.

Geographic intelligence

Provinces, districts and, later, DS and GN divisions.

Opportunity intelligence

Only projects named in a public document.

Predictive intelligence

Not in this release. No model output is shown.

Activity by district

Data coming soon

No official district breakdown for this sector was loaded. The national figures above are the ones that were published.

Jaffna, Northern ProvinceKilinochchi, Northern ProvinceMannar, Northern ProvinceMullaittivu, Northern ProvinceVavuniya, Northern ProvinceGalle, Southern ProvinceHambantota, Southern ProvinceMatara, Southern ProvinceAmpara, Eastern ProvinceAnuradhapura, North Central ProvinceBadulla, Uva ProvinceBatticaloa, Eastern ProvinceMonaragala, Uva ProvincePolonnaruwa, North Central ProvinceColombo, Western ProvinceGampaha, Western ProvinceKalutara, Western ProvinceKegalla, Sabaragamuwa ProvinceKurunegala, North Western ProvincePuttalam, North Western ProvinceRatnapura, Sabaragamuwa ProvinceKandy, Central ProvinceMatale, Central ProvinceNuwara Eliya, Central ProvinceTrincomalee, Eastern Province
District shapes. Simplified display geometry, not a legal boundary. Map credits

Key insights

Construction value added, constant 2015 prices

Central Bank of Sri Lanka · 2022 · LKR million. Each bar is a published figure, not an index.

2022: Rs. 927,319 mn.2023: Rs. 734,821 mn.2024: Rs. 877,339 mn.

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