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	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	159	34.11 %	2018
Internet users - total	66	7.701 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	129	10.08	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	53	2.291 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	45	135.34	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	47	30.779 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	78	16.880 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	82	12.070 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	78	5.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	68	10.000 million US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	65	55.332 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	125	41	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	79	62	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	51	88	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	71	73	2020
Exports	84	16.322 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	71	84.016 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	139	21.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	124	8.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	101	62.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	43	29.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	41	26.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	12	10.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	89	7.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	63	30.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	87	61.70 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	51	40 %	2016
Gross national saving	56	25	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	45	32.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	21	3.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	74	24.984 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	44	4.60 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	45	4.30 %	2019
Labor force	61	8.000 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	62	27 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	33	26 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	111	47 %	2016
Population below poverty line	150	4 %	2016
Public debt	34	79.10 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	56	285.141 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	76	2.29 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	117	13078 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	78	7.959 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	154	13.80 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	116	4.83 %	2019
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	81	25.190 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	60	33540	2015
Electricity - consumption	87	12.670 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	46	52	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	32	42	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	35	6	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	90	3.998 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	90	13.660 billion	2016
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 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	88	11 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	129	15 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	78	44	2018
Land use - arable land	47	21	2018
Land use - forest	99	29	2018
Land use - other	90	27	2018
Land use - permanent crops	15	16	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	120	7	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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	176	19	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	12.80 %	2016
Geography
Area - land	121	64630 sq km	N/A
Area - total	121	65610 sq km	N/A
Area - water	109	980 sq km	N/A
Coastline	73	1340 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	73	2524 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	121	228 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	53	5700 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	78	44	2018
Land use - arable land	47	21	2018
Land use - forest	99	29	2018
Land use - other	90	27	2018
Land use - permanent crops	15	16	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	120	7	2018
Total renewable water resources	87	52.800 billion	2017
Population Density	35	356.55 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	37	2 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	116	14.58	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	84	41.20	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	87	10.48	N/A
Birth rate	122	14.01 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	46	64.60 %	2016
Current Health Expenditure	72	4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	121	6.45 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	55	17.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	93	5.80 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	93	53.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	93	36.40 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	17	98 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	71	9 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	61	7 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	53	2 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	56	2 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	96	3700	2020
Hospital bed density	29	4.20 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	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	145	8.36 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	53	81 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	76	74 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	67	78 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	88	36.00	2017
Median age - female	69	35 years	2020
Median age - male	68	32 years	N/A
Median age - total	66	34 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	36	26	2016
Net migration rate	113	1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	134	5.20 %	2016
Physicians density	104	1.00 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	57	23.044 million	2021
Population growth rate	112	0.63 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	24	97 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	117	1 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	105	1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	83	3 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	36	0.86	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.73 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	87	2.00 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	44	29	2018
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	61	17	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	52	21	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	100	1.22	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	176	19	2021
Transportation
Airports	105	18	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	39	5	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	4	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	67	11	2020
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	28	2	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	55	3	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	89	7	2020
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	N/A
Heliports	25	1	2020
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	41	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	34.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - total	71	1562 km	2016
Roadways - paved	58	16977 km	2010
Roadways - total	35	114093 km	2010
Waterways	87	160 km	N/A

*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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