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Sri Lanka — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Sri Lanka, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5,002
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +3327.8% since 1960
GDP per capita for Sri Lanka was 5,002 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 119 in 1963 (about 41.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.59% per year.
Sri Lanka ranks 140 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 66%. The median for South Asia is 4,493, so Sri Lanka sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 23%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5,002
First (1960)
146
Change
+3327.8%
Highest
5,002
in 2025
Lowest
119
in 1963
Average
1,359
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.59%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,002.08 |
| 2024 | 4,545.36 |
| 2023 | 3,815.42 |
| 2022 | 3,342.64 |
| 2021 | 3,996.96 |
| 2020 | 3,847.6 |
| 2019 | 4,081.95 |
| 2018 | 4,358.56 |
| 2017 | 4,398.89 |
| 2016 | 4,149.19 |
| 2015 | 4,057.72 |
| 2014 | 3,972.04 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.