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Sri Lanka — statistics

All indicators in the section for Sri Lanka — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

337 indicators Region: South Asia Subregion: Southern Asia Income group: Lower middle income ISO: LKA
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 21.76M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 77.7 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 1.95 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 10.1 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 7.8 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % -0.73 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 20.5 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 4.45M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 79.5 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 356.2 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 12.5 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 21.7 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 51.9 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -30,724 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 51.63 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 10.52M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 11.23M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 4.72M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 14.32M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 2.71M 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 74.45 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 80.75 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 14.7 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 64.6 2016 UN DESA
Rural population people 17.31M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 59 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 0.1 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 5,700 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.1 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 200 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 14,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 800 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 0 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 0 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 13.9 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 5.2 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 5.9 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 18 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 14.7 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 74.8 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 15.4 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 7.2 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 19.7 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 2,513 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 91.6 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 4.8 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 0.17 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 66.7 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 133.8 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 56 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 109B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 5,002 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 4.95 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 371B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 17,065 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 4,670 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % -4.76 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 3.69 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 25.4 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 17.1 2025 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 8.4 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 54.6 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 67.5 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 6.7 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 29.6 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 99 2024 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 5 2024 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 15,655 2024 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 1.2 2024 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 96.58B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 4,439 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 5.73 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.173 2024 IMF
Gross national income US$ 107B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 27.69B 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 18.63B 2025 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 9.1B 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 59.45B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 73.44B 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 7.34B 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 32.26B 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 27.6 2024 World Bank
Consumer price index index 292.34 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % -1.5 2024 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 4,516 2024 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 364B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 88.214 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 100.8 2024 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 9.88 2023 World Bank
Government revenue % 11.07 2023 World Bank
Government expense % 18.04 2023 World Bank
Budget balance % -5.4 2024 IMF
External debt US$ 56.83B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 4.74M 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 3,804 2023 FAO
Food production index index 99.2 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 125.1 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 48.61 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 22.18 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.0623 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 153.9 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 30,069 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 1.37M 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 1.25M 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 95.7 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 34 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 21,035 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 3.7 2025 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 24.52 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 22.7 2023 WHO
Land area km² 61,860 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 65,610 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 53 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 2,380 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 13 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 44.7 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 3.83 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 48.8 2021 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.236 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 10.2 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.032 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Graphite production t 3,300 2024 USGS
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 3.87M 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 24,228 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 278.5 2023 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 7.78M 2024 UNCTAD
Rail lines km 1,562 2019 World Bank
Rail passenger traffic M pax-km 7,407 2015 World Bank
Rail freight traffic M t-km 127 2015 World Bank
Logistics performance index score 2.8 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 54.59 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 132.5 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 8.47 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 6.85 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 449 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 14.06 2024 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 971M 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 30.62M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 1.96M 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.776 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.951 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.367 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 32 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.6 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

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