Sri Lanka Frontera

Panorama económico e industrial

Sri Lanka is a developing mixed economy in South Asia with a GDP of approximately $99 billion (2024), driven primarily by services (approximately 59%), industry (27%), and agriculture (7.5%). Key export earners include textiles and apparel, tea and spices, IT/BPO services, rubber products, and gems and jewellery, with remittances from overseas workers also a major foreign-exchange source. The country experienced a severe economic and debt crisis in 2022 but undertook an IMF-supported restructuring programme and returned to positive GDP growth of 5.0% in FY2024 and FY2025. Tourism is a significant and recovering sector, while telecommunications and banking are well-developed relative to regional peers. Inflation fell sharply from crisis-era highs to approximately 1.6% by early 2026 following tight monetary policy.

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Macro

PIB nominal, USD	$98.96B
Crecimiento del PIB real, anual	5.0%
Inflación anual	1.6%
Población personas	21.8M
PIB per cápita USD	$4,187
Capitalización bursátil total cotizado, USD	$19.00B
Cap. bursátil / PIB	19.2%
Desempleo	4.4%
Empresas cotizadas	286
Bolsa	Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE)

Año de los datos: 2024. Fuentes: World Bank (GDP, GDP per capita 2024), IMF World Economic Outlook 2024, Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka, Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) – cse.lk, Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC), Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Wikipedia – Economy of Sri Lanka, Wikipedia – List of Sri Lankan public corporations by market capitalisation, Trading Economics, Focus Economics, Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI).

Bolsa local y acceso

Bolsa	Colombo Stock Exchange
Código	CSE
Sitio web	www.cse.lk
Moneda	LKR

Acceso a brókers locales

Foreign investors may trade CSE-listed securities through licensed stockbrokers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC). The CSE operates a Central Depository System (CDS) requiring a CDS account. Foreign ownership limits apply to certain sectors including banking and plantations. Repatriation of capital and earnings is generally permitted for eligible foreign investments. No major global retail brokers provide direct CSE access; investors typically use local licensed brokers or access Sri Lanka exposure via regional or frontier-market ETFs listed in the US.

Brókers globales con acceso a mercados extranjeros

• Interactive Brokers — Direct access to 90+ markets worldwide, including many emerging exchanges.
• Saxo Bank — Multi-market access across Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
• Charles Schwab (Global) — Foreign ordinary shares on select markets; US-listed ADRs and ETFs.
• Fidelity International Trading — International stock trading on a number of developed and emerging markets.

Listado solo a efectos informativos — no constituye recomendación. Los mercados disponibles, las comisiones y los requisitos de incorporación varían según el bróker y el país de residencia.

Reubicación y residencia

Acceso para inversores extranjeros

Foreign nationals may apply for a Resident Guest visa or BOI investor visa. Sri Lanka requires all foreign nationals to obtain visas; an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) is available for short stays from most nationalities. Long-term residents cannot vote or own freehold land (apartments in condominiums above the 4th floor are an exception under the Apartment Ownership Law). The cost of living is moderate by regional standards. Healthcare infrastructure varies significantly between Colombo and rural areas.