Southern - Private Bus Services - Seating Capacity
Selected Public Transport Indicators by Province. Unit as in the series name, annual.
73,122 · 2025 (+37.4% on 2024)
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Values
| Period | Value | Change, % |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73,122 | +37.4 |
| 2024 | 53,214 | +0.8 |
| 2023 | 52,794 | +99.5 |
| 2022 | 26,460 | +31.8 |
| 2021 | 20,076 | −43.0 |
| 2020 | 35,196 | −34.6 |
| 2019 | 53,802 |
Data source: National Transport Commission, Selected Public Transport Indicators by Province (31 Aug 2026)
Macro Lab · LK.SOC.TRANSPORT_PROVINCE.SOUTHERN_PRIVATE_BUS_SERVICES_SEATING_CAPACITY.A · Data: National Transport Commission. Chart and text: CC BY 4.0
Cite as: National Transport Commission, via Macro Lab, macrolab.lk/data/series/LK.SOC.TRANSPORT_PROVINCE.SOUTHERN_PRIVATE_BUS_SERVICES_SEATING_CAPACITY.A/. Spotted an error? Tell us.
About this series
- Source National Transport Commission, compiled by Macro Lab
- Date range 2019 – 2025
- Last checked 31 Aug 2026
Checks: no discrepancies recorded. Compiled by National Transport Commission, read from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
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Details
- Name in the source
- Selected Public Transport Indicators by Province: Southern - Private Bus Services - Seating Capacity
- 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 2.10. Compiled by National Transport Commission. Operated/passenger/freight kilometres and fleet by province for the same three operators as 2.6/2.7/private bus permits, compiled by the National Transport Commission from Sri Lanka Transport Board and Sri Lanka Railways data (both named in the Sources). Every 'Private Bus Services' indicator's province sum falls short of All Island (35/35 checked, off by roughly 3,000-3,200 buses/units every year) - footnote (b) on the All Island column explains it: it 'includes the data related to the inter-provincial permits issued by the National Transport Commission as well', buses not attributable to one province, so this is not an error.
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Releases and revisions
One release so far, published 31 Aug 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.