Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Sri Lanka recorded GDP per capita: 5,002 (2025), ranking 140 of 212 worldwide; Population: 21.76 million (2025), ranking 62 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 77.7 (2024), ranking 78 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: -4.76% (2025), ranking 186 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+7619%) and Inflation the largest decrease (-208%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 6 of 19 comparable series are higher and 12 are lower.
Its population of 21.76 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 108,825,231,671.2 | 2025 | +7618.8% |
| GDP per capita | 5,002.08 | 2025 | +3327.8% |
| GDP growth | 4.95% | 2025 | +29.7% |
| Population | 21,756,000 | 2025 | +125.2% |
| Population growth | -0.73% | 2025 | -130.1% |
| Urban population | 20.45% | 2025 | +16.5% |
| Inflation | -4.76% | 2025 | -208.4% |
| Life expectancy | 77.67 | 2024 | +28.2% |
| Infant mortality | 5.2 | 2024 | -90.9% |
| CO2 per capita | 1.06 | 2024 | +319.2% |
| GDP (PPP) | 371,266,789,711.25 | 2025 | +798.3% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 17,065.03 | 2025 | +575.2% |
| Labor participation | 48.52% | 2025 | -21.0% |
| Unemployment | 4.01% | 2025 | -72.7% |
| Internet users | 54.59% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | +42.2% |
| Forest area | 34% | 2023 | -9.3% |
| Education spending | 1.83% | 2023 | -44.9% |
| Health spending | 3.68% | 2023 | -10.3% |