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Sri Lanka worker remittances up 27-pct to USD 673.4mn in November 2025

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s official remittances rose 27 percent to 673.4 million dollars in November 2025, while the total in the first 11 months reached 7.2 billion dollars rising 20.7 percent from a year ago, central bank data showed. The island nation has already surpassed the 2017 record high remittances of USD 7.16 billion in the first 11 months this year with more inflows from Sri Lankan expatriates expected in the festive December of the year. The worker remittances hit a six-year high in 2024 after a record number from the island nation’s labour force left the country searching for…

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