Posted by Editor on January 10, 2026 – 7:49 pm
Sri Lanka recorded the best migrant employee remittances in its 40 12 months overseas employment historical past in 2025, with inflows reaching US {dollars} 8.07 billion, a 22.8 p.c enhance in comparison with 2024, based on the Sri Lanka Bureau of Overseas Employment.
The Bureau mentioned Sri Lanka obtained migrant employee remittances amounting to US {dollars} 8.076 billion from January to December 2025. That is equal to round Rs. 2,432 billion and marks a major rise from the US {dollars} 6,575 million obtained in 2024.
The best ever month-to-month migrant remittance influx was additionally recorded in December 2025, when remittances reached US {dollars} 879.1 million. This surpassed the earlier file of US {dollars} 812.7 million, which was recorded in December 2020.
The Bureau famous that these positive aspects had been achieved according to a coverage choice taken by the present authorities to ship properly skilled and expert staff abroad.
On account of these measures, greater than 310,000 Sri Lankans left the nation for overseas employment through the previous 12 months.
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