ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s official remittances rose 43.2 percent to a record monthly high of US$879.1 million in December 2025, while the total in the last year also reached an all time peak of US$ 8,076.2 million from a year ago, central bank data showed. Last month’s remittances surpassed the island nation’s previous monthly peak remittances of US$812.7 million hit in December 2020. The country’s previous annual record high remittances were US$7,164 million hit in 2017. The record worker remittances come after a higher number of the island nation’s labour force left the country searching for foreign jobs amid Sri…
Sri Lanka worker remittances up 43.2-pct to record high in December 2025
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