International Rankings of Sri Lanka 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Sri Lanka, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Sri Lanka, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	116	7.33	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	61	1.666 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	159	34.11 %	2018
Internet users - total	66	7.701 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	129	10.08	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	53	2.291 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	45	135.34	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	47	30.779 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	78	16.880 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	82	12.070 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	78	5.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	125	41.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	79	61.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	51	88.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	71	73.3	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	71	84.016 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	139	21.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	124	8.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	101	62 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	43	29.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	41	26.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	12	10.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	89	7.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	63	30.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	87	61.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	45	32.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	21	3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	44	4.6 %	2017
Labor force	61	8.000 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	62	27 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	33	26 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	111	47 %	2016
Population below poverty line	150	4.1	2016
Public debt	12	79.1 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	56	285.141 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	96	13078 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	154	13.8 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	81	25.190 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	60	33540	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	87	12.670 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	46	52	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	32	42	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	35	6	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	90	3.998 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	90	13.660 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	74	116000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	96	3871 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	71	66280 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	84	34210 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	79	23.36 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	88	10.95 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	129	15.25 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	78	43.5	2018
Land use - arable land	47	20.7	2018
Land use - forest	99	29.4	2018
Land use - other	90	27.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	15	15.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	120	7	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	89	0.06 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	88	52.800 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	35	11.310 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	56	831.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	57	805.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	100	1.22	2025
Urbanization - urban population	176	18.9	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	66	2.632 million tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	58	336588 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	54	12.8 %	2016
Geography
Area - land	121	64630 sq km	0
Area - total	121	65610 sq km	0
Area - water	65	980122 sq km	0
Coastline	72	1340 km	0
Elevation - highest point	75	2524 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	121	228 meters	0
Irrigated land	53	5700 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	78	43.5	2018
Land use - arable land	47	20.7	2018
Land use - forest	99	29.4	2018
Land use - other	90	27.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	15	15.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	120	7	2018
Total renewable water resources	87	52.800 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	116	14.58 %	6401
Age structure - 25-54 years	84	41.2 %	9101
Age structure - 55-64 years	87	10.48 %	8056
Birth rate	122	14.01 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	46	64.6 %	2016
Current Health Expenditure	72	3.8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	121	6.45 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	55	17.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	93	5.8 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	93	53.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	93	36.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	17	98.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	71	8.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	61	7.4 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	53	1.9 % of population	0
Education expenditures	56	2.1 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	96	3700	2020
Hospital bed density	29	4.2 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	140	7.34 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	143	9.35 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	145	8.36 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	53	81.33 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	76	74.31 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	67	77.75 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	88	36	2017
Median age - female	69	35.1 years	2020
Median age - male	68	32.3 years	0
Median age - total	66	33.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	36	25.6	2016
Net migration rate	113	1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	134	5.2 %	2016
Physicians density	104	1 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	57	23.044 million	2021
Population growth rate	112	0.63 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	24	97.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	117	0.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	105	1.1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	83	2.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	36	0.86	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.73 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	87	2 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	44	29.4	2018
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	61	16.6	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	52	21.1	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	100	1.22	2025
Urbanization - urban population	176	18.9	2021
Transportation
Airports	105	18	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	39	5	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	4	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	67	11	2020
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	28	2	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	55	3	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	89	7	2020
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	0
Heliports	25	1	2020
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	32	436.200 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	59	5.882 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	74	34	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - total	81	1562 km	2016
Roadways - paved	59	16977 km	2010
Roadways - total	35	114093 km	2010
Waterways	87	160 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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