Industry share of GDP in Sri Lanka

Industry, including construction, produced 25.4% of GDP in Sri Lanka in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1974.

Measure: Industry, including construction, as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Sri Lanka, 2025 25.4% % of GDP
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 25.5%
World, 2025 25.0% Official aggregate

Industry share of GDP in Sri Lanka over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Industry, including construction, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Sri LankaWorld
2025 25.4% 25.0%
2024 25.5% 25.4%
2023 25.7% 26.2%
2022 29.8% 27.2%
2021 30.0% 27.0%
2020 28.2% 25.9%
2019 29.2% 26.6%
2018 30.1% 27.2%
2017 31.1% 26.7%
2016 30.5% 26.2%
2015 29.5% 26.8%
2014 30.5% 27.7%
2013 30.8% 27.9%
2012 31.0% 28.2%
2011 29.1% 28.2%
2010 27.8% 27.6%
2009 29.7% 26.6%
2008 29.4% 28.2%
2007 29.9% 27.8%
2006 30.6% 27.7%
2005 30.2% 27.2%
2004 28.6% 26.8%
2003 28.4% 26.4%
2002 28.0% 26.4%
2001 26.8% 26.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 25.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 29.5%, the figure has changed by −4.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 25.0%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.IND.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Sri Lanka
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices