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Sri Lanka

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🌍Population
2024

21.9M

60th of 217 countries

💰GDP per Capita
2025

$5,002

119th of 186 countries

❤️Life Expectancy
2024

77.7 yrs

78th of 217 countries

🌫️Emissions per Capita
2024

1.06 t

140th of 203 countries

📉Unemployment
2025

4.0%

115th of 182 countries

🔥Inflation
2025

-4.8%

169th of 169 countries

⚖️Inequality
2019

30.8%

18th of 78 countries

🛡️Military Spending
2025

1.3%

93rd of 150 countries

🏥Healthcare
2023

$134

136th of 191 countries

🌐Internet Users
2024

54.6%

142nd of 182 countries

⚡Electricity Access
2024

100.0%

1st of 215 countries

🎓Human Development
2022

0.780

78th of 193 countries

🏚️Poverty
2019

2.7%

24th of 78 countries

👶Fertility Rate
2024

1.95

107th of 217 countries

🏙️Urbanization
2024

20.3%

212th of 217 countries

😮‍💨Air Pollution
2023

22.7 µg/m³

68th of 200 countries

🏛️Gov. Debt
2015

73.5%

11th of 51 countries

✈️Tourism
2020

540,000

80th of 132 countries

🍼Child Mortality
2024

5.9 / 1k

147th of 196 countries

📚Literacy Rate
2024

92.7%

18th of 29 countries

🌲Forest Area
2024

34.4%

98th of 209 countries

👴Aging Population
2025

12.5%

82nd of 217 countries

🌏Foreign Investment
2025

1.0%

137th of 184 countries

🚢Trade
2025

41.8%

116th of 138 countries

♻️Renewables
2021

7.8%

88th of 208 countries

🎒Education
2023

1.8%

110th of 122 countries

💸Remittances
2025

7.6%

26th of 131 countries

📱Mobile
2024

132.5

43rd of 151 countries

🍩Obesity
2022

38.8%

145th of 196 countries

🔫Homicide Rate
2019

3.3 / 100k

55th of 133 countries

👩‍⚖️Women in Parliament
2025

9.8%

165th of 184 countries

🏭Total Emissions
2024

37 Mt

98th of 203 countries

🔍Corruption
2023

40.1

120th of 205 countries

Data from World Bank Open Data

Global rankings · Sri Lanka

  • ›Sri Lanka records -4.8% in inflation rate (2025), ranking 169th out of 169 countries — in the bottom 1% globally.
  • ›Sri Lanka records 20.3% in urban population (2024), ranking 212th out of 217 countries — in the bottom 2% globally.
  • ›Sri Lanka records 1.8% in education spending (2023), ranking 110th out of 122 countries — in the bottom 10% globally.
  • ›Sri Lanka records 9.8% in women in parliament (2025), ranking 165th out of 184 countries — in the bottom 10% globally.
  • ›Sri Lanka's trade openness is 41.8% (2025), ranking 116th out of 138 countries — below the global average.

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