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Economic Indicators for LK

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-1018	-829	-829	-1018	B
Unemployment Rate	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.7	%
Producer Price Index YoY	5	4.1	5	1.3	%
Inflation Rate YoY	8	7.3	8	6.8	%
S&P Global Manufacturing PMI	53	55	55	53
S&P Global Services PMI	65.6	61.4	65.6	58.5
GDP Growth Rate YoY	4.2	5.1	5.1	4.2	%
Tourist Arrivals YoY	-3.3	-1.7	9.65	-9.9	%
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)	16.54	16.54	49.72	2.14	%
Population, total	22037000	22037000	22181000	20859743
GDP growth (annual %)	-2.3	-2.3	8.67	-7.35	B
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)	308.29	308.29	308.29	106.72
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)	22.17	22.17	28.36	21.63	B
GDP (current US$)	84356860421.13	84356860421.13	94493871200.79	67753284043.93	B
Labor force, total	8713397	8713397	8789412	8032979
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)	20.53	20.53	21.82	15.46	B
Current account balance (% of GDP)	1.85	1.85	1.85	-6.81	B
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	1.97	1.97	2.21	1.97	%
Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education)	5.37	5.37	8.52	3.86	%
New businesses registered (number)	17447	17447	18105	5788
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)	4.53	4.53	5.36	3.88	%
Physicians (per 1,000 people)	1.19	1.19	1.21	0.75
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%)	97.99	97.99	112.6	90.44
Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1)	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.58
Armed forces personnel, total	317000	317000	317000	223100
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)	4.02	4.02	4.02	3.54
Real interest rate (%)	7.1	7.1	7.1	2.55	%
Time required to start a business (days)	8	8	11	8
Time required to build a warehouse (days)	86	86	176	86
Lending interest rate (%)	11.24	11.24	13.28	6.96	%
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)	73.51	73.51	73.51	66.75	B