Sri Lankans views of the country’s direction improved dramatically in SLOTS polling for September 2024. In the weeks leading up to the Presidential election, a net 43% of the public thought the country was heading in the wrong direction. This reversed after the election, with a net 5% of Sri Lankans saying that the country was headed in the right direction in the last ten days of the month, the highest level since SLOTS started tracking this in April 2022.

All three of IHP’s Consumer Confidence indices dropped marginally in August 2024 compared to the previous month.

The latest SLOTS polling for July 2024 shows that 72% of Sri Lankans continue to say that the country is heading in the wrong direction, while only 8% believe it is on the right track.

All three of IHP’s Consumer Confidence indices increased in June 2024.

The latest SLOTS polling for June 2024 shows that four in five (79%) Sri Lankans continue to say that the country is heading in the wrong direction, while only 4% said it was on the right track.

The latest SLOTS polling estimates show 80% of Sri Lankan adults say that the country is heading in the wrong direction in May 2024

All three of IHP’s Consumer Confidence indices changed slightly in May 2024.

Three out of four Sri Lankan adults (75%) say that the country is heading in the wrong direction in the latest IHP Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) polling in April 2024.