Sri Lanka

South Asia · Lower middle income · Capital: Colombo

$4,516GDP per capita · 2024

Long-run GDP per capita

Real GDP per capita in 2011 international dollars, 1820–2022. Maddison Project Database 2023.

Economic events

Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.

Demographics

Life expectancy

77.7 · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Population

21.9M · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Population growth

-0.6% · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Urban population

20.3% · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Environment

CO₂ per capita

1.1 · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

External

Current account balance

1.2% · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Current account balance (IMF)

1.2% · 2024

IMF · IMF terms

Government

Central government debt

73.5% · 2015

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Government gross debt

100.8% · 2024

IMF · IMF terms

Labour

Unemployment

4.0% · 2025

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Unemployment rate (IMF)

4.4% · 2024

IMF · IMF terms

Output & growth

GDP

$99B · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

GDP (IMF)

$99B · 2024

IMF · IMF terms

GDP (PPP)

Int’l$ 343.1B · 2024

IMF · IMF terms

GDP growth

5.0% · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

GDP per capita

$4,516 · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

GDP per capita (IMF)

$4,516 · 2024

IMF · IMF terms

GNI per capita

$3,860 · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Real GDP growth

5.0% · 2024

IMF · IMF terms

Prices

Inflation (CPI)

-0.4% · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Inflation (avg CPI)

1.2% · 2024

IMF · IMF terms

Society

Income inequality (Gini)

37.7 · 2019

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Internet users

54.6% · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Trade

Exports

19.9% · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Imports

22.5% · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0

Trade

42.4% · 2024

World Bank · CC BY 4.0