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Cost Indices for Construction. Index, quarterly.

Data source: Construction Industry Development Authority, Cost Indices for Construction (31 Aug 2026)

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About this series

  • Source Construction Industry Development Authority, compiled by Macro Lab
  • Unit Index
  • Base year 1990
  • Date range 2012 Q1 – 2025 Q4
  • Last checked 31 Aug 2026

Checks: 1 recorded for this series, listed below. Compiled by Construction Industry Development Authority, read from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

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Name in the warehouse
Cost Indices for Construction: All Housing
Base year
1990
Read from
CBSL Economic and Social Statistics (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
Source page
https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/economic-and-social-statistics-of-sri-lanka
Notes
CBSL Economic and Social Statistics, table 3.16. Compiled by Construction Industry Development Authority. Quarterly construction cost indices (1990=100) for Modern Housing, Semi Permanent Housing, All Housing, Non-Residential Building, All Civil Works and All Construction, 2012 Q1 - 2025 Q4. No annual companion figure is published in this table or found elsewhere in the warehouse to check the quarters against.

Source documents

Cost Indices for ConstructionCBSL · 31 Aug 2026 · 56 values

Vintages

One vintage so far, published 31 Aug 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.

Source discrepancies

What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.

  • A true reading2022 Q2

    The value moves 34% in one period, from 1,138 to 1,522, far outside its usual range.

    Outlier: 1,137.8 and 1,522, difference 33.8.

    moves 34% from 2022-01-01, 24 deviations outside this series' own normal; check the source

    The construction cost index jumps 34-51% in 2022 Q2 across all five building types: the rupee was floated in March 2022 and cement, steel and fuel prices rose sharply that quarter. The level holds afterwards.