New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- For the first time in history, Sri Lankan economy surpassed the hundred billion dollar mark in 2025. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and GDP per capita reached USD 109 billion, and USD 5,003 respectively in 2025. Interestingly, Sri Lanka was an 85 billion economy way back in 2015, and it took a decade to surpass the hundred billion dollar benchmark. This suggests a decade of slow economic progress.

Economists agree that a stable policy environment is necessary for sustainable long-term economic expansion. It is believed that "frequent economic policy changes" during the 2015 - 2025 caused slow economic expansion. However this argument is valid only if we can find empirical evidence to support "periods with relatively st...