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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 →

Life expectancy

76.1 yrs

#62 of 188

Happiness score

4.01

#134 of 147

Liberal democracy

0.61

#44 of 179

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All indicators

📈 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

Latest available period per indicator; rank is the country's position among all countries with data. Sources are credited on each indicator page.