Sri Lanka: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Sri Lanka — 264 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
22.18
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.06
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
3.48
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
61,386.13
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
3.05
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
1,983.34
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
65,610.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
3,627.83
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.43
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
276.93
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
0.66
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
1.27
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
7.84
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
1.64
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
8.30
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
19.89
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.08
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
91.75B
GDP (current US$)
2024
98.96B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
5.01
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
4,186.50
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
4,515.57
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
5.59
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
13,752.84
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
15,632.59
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
301.41B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
342.60B
GNI (current US$)
2024
96.50B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
3,860.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
15,240.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
84.55B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
334.07B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
22.51
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
25.53
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
3.84
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
-0.43
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
57.47
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.08
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
42.40
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
11.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2023
1.83
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2024
92.74
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
2.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
5.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2023
91.45
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2023
87.95
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
8.00
Energy (10)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
35.40
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
26.20
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
72.50
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2023
644.46
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
7.77
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
1.35B
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
49.24
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
14.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
450.48
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
23.33
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
1.06
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.24
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.98
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.15
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
8.30
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
10.32
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-18.48
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.25
Fish species, threatened
2022
135.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
30.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
10.62
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
11.12
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
5.57
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.69
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.07
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.06
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
4.72
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
32.66
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.16
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.32
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.09
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.09
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.22
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.16
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.25
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
19.96
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
45.54
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
299.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
356.24
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
3.83
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
1.46
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
3.70
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
30.80
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
133.48
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
37.17
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
1.70
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
2.37
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
14.72
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
51.82
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
18.38
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
33.45
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
33,347.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
10.10
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
15.44
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
7.16
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
74.76
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
2.64
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
3.68
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
7.80
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
10.20
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
1.95
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2023
3.93
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
97.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
97.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
99.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
0.20
International migrant stock, total
2024
40,698.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
80.75
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
74.45
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
77.67
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
0.03
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
3,132.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
18.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
19.70
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
13.90
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
10.80
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
17.40
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
91.60
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
70.60
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
119.20
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
0.17
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.08
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
0.28
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
4.80
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
55.98
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
133.79
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
5.20
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
4.60
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
5.70
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
4.00
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
5.90
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
5.30
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
6.50
Net migration
2025
-30,724.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
330.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
535.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
817.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
223.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
1,663.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
59.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
1,269.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
1,898.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
0.00
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
90.21
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
95.35
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2023
1.14
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
22.03
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
2.37M
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
20.93
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
2.46M
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
23.20
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
4.83M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
65.87
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
7.39M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
65.34
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
7.04M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
66.42
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
14.44M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
12.10
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
1.55M
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
13.73
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
1.10M
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
10.37
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
2.65M
Population growth (annual %)
2024
-0.55
Population, female
2024
11.31M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
51.62
Population, male
2024
10.60M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
48.38
Population, total
2024
21.92M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
25.10
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
20.90
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
22.90
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
20.90
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
0.90
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
1.50
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
0.70
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
2.40
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
9.78
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
147,033.00
Rural population
2024
17.47M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
79.70
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
-0.74
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.04
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
14.74
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
5.85
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
24.22
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
90.57
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
79.13
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
2.91
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
1.05
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
4.98
UHC service coverage index
2023
72.00
Urban population
2024
4.45M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
20.30
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
0.21
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
25.86
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
25.97
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
25.80
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
30.99
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
67.77
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
4.01
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (2)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (33)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
0.77
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
761.14M
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2024
1.54
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
12.77B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
11.56B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.01
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
7.87
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
74.13
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
4.14
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
2.61
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
3.17
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
3.79
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
10.32
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
1.84
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
15.54
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
10.32
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
18.84B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
16.10B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
15.21
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
44.93
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
29.14
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.43
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.43
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.91
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
21.56
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.60
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
33.51
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
21.56
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
31.95
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
1.02
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
166.05M
Real interest rate (%)
2019
7.10
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.