Sri Lanka Frontier

Gambaran umum ekonomi & industri

Sri Lanka is a lower-middle-income island economy in South Asia, with a nominal GDP of approximately $99 billion in 2024, recovering strongly after a severe debt crisis and sovereign default in 2022. The economy is driven by services including tourism, finance, and logistics, as well as manufacturing, tea and rubber exports, and remittances from overseas workers. Real GDP rebounded by 5 percent in 2024 following two consecutive years of contraction, supported by an IMF-backed adjustment program and successful external debt restructuring completed in late 2024. The Colombo Stock Exchange lists close to 290 companies spanning banking, diversified conglomerates, consumer goods, plantations, and telecommunications. Key structural challenges include a high public debt burden, external vulnerability, and ongoing fiscal consolidation under IMF programme conditionality.

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Makro

GDP nominal, USD	$98.96B
Pertumbuhan GDP riil, tahunan	5.0%
Inflasi tahunan	0.5%
Populasi orang	22.2M
GDP per kapita USD	$4,516
Kapitalisasi pasar total tercatat, USD	$30.94B
Kapitalisasi pasar / GDP	31.3%
Pengangguran	4.5%
Perusahaan terdaftar	286
Bursa	Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE)

Tahun data: 2024. Sumber: IMF World Economic Outlook April 2026, World Bank World Development Indicators 2024, Colombo Stock Exchange official statistics, MSCI Market Classification Framework June 2025, MSCI Sri Lanka Index Factsheet, SSE Initiative CSE profile, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Wikipedia List of Sri Lankan public corporations by market capitalisation. Individual figures may cover different reference periods — for example a fiscal year, or an estimate for the current year — and the overview above states these where known.

Bursa lokal & akses

Bursa	Colombo Stock Exchange
Kode	CSE
Situs web	www.cse.lk
Mata uang	LKR

Akses broker lokal

Foreign investors may trade on the Colombo Stock Exchange by opening a Securities Investment Account (SIA) through a licensed stockbroker and a Inward Investment Account (IIA) through a commercial bank for currency conversion. A number of domestic licensed stockbrokers offer online trading platforms; international access is typically arranged via global custodians or frontier-market specialist brokers. Repatriation of capital and income is generally permitted subject to exchange control regulations administered by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

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• 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.

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Relokasi & residensi

Akses investor asing

Sri Lanka does not operate a formal golden visa or residency-by-investment programme as of 2025. Foreign nationals may obtain long-stay visas or residence permits through employment, business activity, or retirement categories administered by the Department of Immigration and Emigration, but no structured investment threshold automatically confers residency or citizenship rights.