Industrial Activity Growth in October 2025

Growth in industrial activity slowed significantly in October 2025, marking a 14-month low of 0.4%.

Factors Affecting Industrial Growth

• Electricity Sector:
  • Contracted by 6.9% compared to a previous growth of 2% in October of the previous year.
• Consumer Non-Durables Sector:
  • Contracted by 4.4%, a decline from 2.8% growth in the prior year.
• Manufacturing Sector:
  • Grew at a nearly two-year low rate of 1.8%, down from 4.4% in the previous year.
• Mining and Quarrying Sector:
  • Contracted by 1.8%, continuing a trend observed in six out of the last seven months.
• Infrastructure and Construction Goods Sector:
  • Grew by 7.1%, up from 4.7% in the previous year, though lower than the double-digit growth seen in the July-September 2025 quarter.

Index of Industrial Production (IIP)

• The data was released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
• The IIP growth was lower than the last recorded low in August 2024, which was 0%.