Sri Lanka sees spurt in economic activities as shown by PMI for October

Sri Lanka is seeing a spurt in the economic activities across both manufacturing and services sectors in October 2025 on upcoming festive demand backed by solid macroeconomic conditions and rising tourist arrivals.

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The manufacturing sector reported a Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of 61.0 for October, up from 55.4 index points in September, signalling continued but accelerated expansion in manufacturing activities.

The services PMI recorded an index value of 66.0 for October, rising from 58.7 in September, reflecting faster expansion in the activities.

In PMI, an activity is split between an expansion and a contraction at the index level of 50.0.