Three wheelers
New registrations of motor vehicles. Number, monthly.
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Data source: Department of Motor Traffic, Monthly Economic Indicators - August 2026 (2 Oct 2026)
Macro Lab · LK.SOC.VEHREG.THREE_WHEELERS.M · CC BY 4.0
About this series
- Source Department of Motor Traffic, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit Number
- Date range Nov 2013 – Aug 2026
- Last checked 2 Oct 2026
Checks: 5 recorded for this series, listed below. Compiled by Department of Motor Traffic, read from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- New registrations of motor vehicles: Three wheelers
- Read from
- CBSL Monthly Economic Indicators (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/economic-indicators/monthly-indicators
- Notes
- Read from the Transport table of CBSL's Monthly Economic Indicators; the Department of Motor Traffic compiles the registrations. Each issue gives the latest month and the same month a year earlier; every reading is kept as a vintage. The annual series LK.SOC.VEHREG.*.A come from the Economic and Social Statistics.
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Vintages
93 vintages, the latest published 2 Oct 2026.
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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 readingApr 2021
The value moves 179% in one period, from 7 to 186, far outside its usual range.
Outlier: 7 and 186, difference −179.
LK.SOC.VEHREG.THREE_WHEELERS.M: 7.0 against about 186.0 in the months either side
Registrations near zero under the 2020-22 vehicle import ban (4-7 a month in 2021, 1,412 and 417 in July and August 2021 as stock cleared), and 9 in February 2025 as imports restarted; each month printed the same by two or three issues.
- A true readingJul 2021
The value moves 1,397% in one period, from 1,412 to 15, far outside its usual range.
Outlier: 1,412 and 15, difference 1,397.
LK.SOC.VEHREG.THREE_WHEELERS.M: 1,412.0 against about 15.0 in the months either side
Registrations near zero under the 2020-22 vehicle import ban (4-7 a month in 2021, 1,412 and 417 in July and August 2021 as stock cleared), and 9 in February 2025 as imports restarted; each month printed the same by two or three issues.
- A true readingAug 2021
The value moves 410% in one period, from 417 to 7, far outside its usual range.
Outlier: 417 and 7, difference 410.
LK.SOC.VEHREG.THREE_WHEELERS.M: 417.0 against about 7.0 in the months either side
Registrations near zero under the 2020-22 vehicle import ban (4-7 a month in 2021, 1,412 and 417 in July and August 2021 as stock cleared), and 9 in February 2025 as imports restarted; each month printed the same by two or three issues.
- A true readingSep 2021
The value moves 182% in one period, from 4 to 186, far outside its usual range.
Outlier: 4 and 186, difference −182.
LK.SOC.VEHREG.THREE_WHEELERS.M: 4.0 against about 186.0 in the months either side
Registrations near zero under the 2020-22 vehicle import ban (4-7 a month in 2021, 1,412 and 417 in July and August 2021 as stock cleared), and 9 in February 2025 as imports restarted; each month printed the same by two or three issues.
- A true readingFeb 2025
The value moves 172% in one period, from 9 to 181, far outside its usual range.
Outlier: 9 and 181, difference −172.
LK.SOC.VEHREG.THREE_WHEELERS.M: 9.0 against about 181.0 in the months either side
Registrations near zero under the 2020-22 vehicle import ban (4-7 a month in 2021, 1,412 and 417 in July and August 2021 as stock cleared), and 9 in February 2025 as imports restarted; each month printed the same by two or three issues.