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🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
LKA LK Rs රු Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Every statistic we track for Sri Lanka — 91 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
76.1 yrs
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📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 81.7% | #57/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Account Ownership | 81.7% | #56/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Branches | 17.3 | #49/153 | 2024 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 42.2% | #81/140 | 2024 |
| Digital Payments Usage | 47.3% | #62/97 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #207/237 | 2023 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 10,705 | #92/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 5.8% | #12/184 | 2019 |
| Income per Person | 7,260 | #99/183 | 2018 |
| Income per Person | 7,260 | #99/183 | 2018 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 17.6 | #82/130 | 2023 |
| Listed Companies | 284 | #24/70 | 2024 |
| Made a Digital Payment | 37.4% | #72/144 | 2017 |
| Mobile Money Account | 3% | #78/80 | 2024 |
| Stock Market Capitalisation | 19.6% | #50/70 | 2024 |
| Stocks Traded | 1.5% | #41/69 | 2024 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 254,748,598,293 | #61/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 2 | #107/217 | 2024 |
| Internally Displaced People | 4,099 | #38/38 | 2025 |
| Median Age | 33.6 | #114/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 21.4 | #55/229 | 2013 |
| Population Density | 372.4 | #37/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 148,369 | #24/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 20.3% | #208/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 100% | #109/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 54.6% | #142/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 151.7 | #25/209 | 2022 |
| Read News Online | 39.9% | #38/75 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 10.2% | #171/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 2.5 | #140/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 0.6 | #153/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 4.4% | #141/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 35.6% | #120/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 5.3 | #141/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 76.1 | #62/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 77.3 | #46/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 14 | #34/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 21.3% | #78/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 7.4% | #64/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 72 | #99/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Adult Literacy | 92.7% | #19/31 | 2023 |
| Education Spending (QoG) | 1.8% | #101/112 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 10.3 | #62/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 1.1 | #140/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 467 | #122/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 55.2% | #61/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #69/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #33/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | -0.4 | #111/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 32 | #123/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 32 | #120/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.6 | #39/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.6 | #41/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #33/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 2 | #64/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 54 | #111/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #36/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #98/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | -0.3 | #116/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #28/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.6 | #44/179 | 2025 |
| Military Spending | 1.3% | #94/150 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.5 | #34/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0.3 | #126/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 35.2 | #144/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #44/179 | 2025 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | -0.1 | #101/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 40.8 | #132/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 1.6 | #138/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 11.5 | #108/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 90.3% | #45/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 51.7% | #51/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 1.6 | #81/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 26.5% | #68/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 2.3% | #111/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 4.2 | #79/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 52.5 | #72/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 4.9 | #88/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 66.4% | #79/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 4 | #134/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.9 | #86/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.5 | #86/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #66/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.6 | #80/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.1 | #122/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.1 | #96/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.8 | #91/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 87.3% | #39/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 86.5% | #40/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Science | 79.9% | #46/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 69.9% | #63/143 | 2018 |
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