Flag of lk

Sri Lanka Business Confidence

Sri Lanka's business confidence hit a record high of 130 points in Q2 2025. This is an increase of 10.2% from 118 points in Q1 2025. Lower interest rates and a stable exchange rate contributed to this rise. Improvements were seen across agriculture, industry and services sectors. Sri Lanka's record low business confidence was 20 points in Q2 2020 and record high was 130 points in Q2 2025.

Quarterly Historical Data (2015-2025)

(in points)
Quarter Business Confidence (points)
Q2 2025 130
Q1 2025 118
Q4 2024 128
Q3 2024 108
Q2 2024 102
Q1 2024 99
Q4 2023 93
Q3 2023 81
Q2 2023 74
Q1 2023 63
Q4 2022 34
Q3 2022 35
Q2 2022 28
Q1 2022 53
Q4 2021 100
Q3 2021 71
Q2 2021 68
Q1 2021 88
Q4 2020 57
Q3 2020 57
Q2 2020 20
Q1 2020 33
Q4 2019 78
Q3 2019 64
Q2 2019 63
Q1 2019 74
Q4 2018 61
Q3 2018 66
Q2 2018 78
Q1 2018 87
Q4 2017 97
Q3 2017 95
Q2 2017 85
Q1 2017 95
Q4 2016 102
Q3 2016 102
Q2 2016 86
Q1 2016 105
Q4 2015 122
Q3 2015 111
Sri Lanka Business Confidence : Definition
Sri Lanka business confidence measures the overall outlook of businesses on the nation's economy. Calculated by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka using survey data on expectations for sales, production and employment, it reflects the net optimism or pessimism among firms.