Sri Lanka’s economy suffered its worst fall in 2022, with the GDP contracting 7.8 percent as the further quarter economic growth clocked in at negative 12.4 percent.

This was against a 3.5 percent economic growth recorded in 2021.

2022 also marked the third annual contraction in recent times after 2019 and 2020.

According to the Department of Census and Statistics, all three major economic activities of agriculture, industry and services suffered contractions.

The industry sector suffered the worst contraction of 16 percent followed by agriculture 4.6 percent and services 2 percent. In 2021, agriculture grew by 0.9 percent, industries by 5.7 percent and services by 3.5 percent.