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International Rankings of Sri Lanka - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 45 8.00 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 60 1.782 million 2020
Internet users - percent of population 62 35.00 % 2020
Internet users - total 72 7.672 million 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 43 12.00 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 48 2.608 million 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 22 144.00 2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 46 30.779 million 2019
Economy
Budget - expenditures 76 16.880 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 80 12.070 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 74 5.50 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 64 10.000 million US Dollars 2019
Debt - external 63 55.332 billion US Dollars 2019
Exports 81 19.410 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP (official exchange rate) 70 84.016 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 133 21.90 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 119 8.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 98 62.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 42 29.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 39 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 85 7.80 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 59 30.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 83 61.70 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 49 40 % 2016
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 73 24.560 billion US Dollars 2019
Industrial production growth rate 43 4.60 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 44 4.30 % 2019
Labor force 60 8.000 million US Dollars 2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 58 27 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 32 26 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services 105 47 % 2016
Population below poverty line 145 4 % 2016
Public debt 34 79.10 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 54 274.800 billion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP growth rate 72 2.29 % 2019
Real GDP per capita 97 12500 US Dollars 2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 76 7.959 billion US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 147 13.80 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 108 4.83 % 2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 40 28.10 2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 61 17.10 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 48 21.00 N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 51 5.546 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 71 18.393 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 79 23.939 million 2019
Coal - consumption 58 2.237 million metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 37 2.586 million metric tons 2020
Electricity - consumption 81 13.991 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 91 4.527 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 98 1.337 billion kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 50 0.80 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 76 64.00 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 55 32.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 59 0.70 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 52 2.30 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 133 17.268 million Btu/person 2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 56 35300 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 73 131100 bbl/day 2019
Refined petroleum products - exports 94 3871 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 70 66280 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 82 34210 bbl/day 2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 77 23 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 86 11 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 126 15 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 75 44 2018
Land use - arable land 45 21 2018
Land use - forest 91 29 2018
Land use - other 85 27 2018
Land use - permanent crops 13 16 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 113 7 2018
Total renewable water resources 86 52.800 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 34 11.310 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 54 831.000 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 56 805.000 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 98 1.22 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 166 19 2023
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 52 12.80 % 2016
Geography
Area - land 118 64630 sq km N/A
Area - total 118 65610 sq km N/A
Area - water 107 980 sq km N/A
Coastline 67 1340 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 72 2524 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 119 228 meters N/A
Irrigated land 50 5700 sq km 2012
Land use - agricultural land 75 44 2018
Land use - arable land 45 21 2018
Land use - forest 91 29 2018
Land use - other 85 27 2018
Land use - permanent crops 13 16 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 113 7 2018
Population Density 33 358.77 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 33 2 % of GDP 2022
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 109 14.58 N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years 79 41.20 N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years 82 10.48 N/A
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 39 2 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 108 3 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 120 13.80 births/1,000 population 2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 16 21 % 2016
Contraceptive prevalence rate 42 64.60 % 2016
Current health expenditure 69 4 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 110 6.49 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 63 17.00 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 96 5.90 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 92 53.70 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 99 35.40 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 4 100 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 66 9 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 52 7 % of population 2020
Education expenditures 64 2 % of GDP 2019
Hospital bed density 31 4.20 beds/1,000 population 2017
Infant mortality rate - female 134 7.18 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 137 9.18 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 138 8.20 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 51 82 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 75 75 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 60 78 years N/A
Literacy - female 50 92 % 2019
Literacy - male 41 93 % N/A
Literacy - total population 48 92 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 87 36.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 67 35 years 2020
Median age - male 67 32 years N/A
Median age - total 62 34 years N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth 40 26 2016
Net migration rate 112 1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 129 5.20 % 2016
Physicians density 98 1.23 physicians/1,000 population 2020
Population 56 23.188 million 2022
Population growth rate 103 0.61 % 2022
Sanitation facility access - improved 26 97 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 96 2 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 97 2 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 67 3 % of population N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 9 14 years 2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 6 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 19 1.04 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 24 0.97 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 35 0.86 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 36 0.61 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 9 1.04 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 22 0.95 male(s)/female N/A
Tobacco use - female 85 3 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 29 41 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 57 22 % 2020
Total fertility rate 83 1.98 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 98 1.22 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 166 19 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 40 28.10 2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 61 17.10 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 48 21.00 N/A
Transportation
Airports 105 18 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 39 5 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 39 4 2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 24 2 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total 65 11 N/A
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 87 7 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 65 2 2021
Heliports 22 1 2021
Merchant marine - total 86 90 N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 40 436.200 million 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 58 5.882 million 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 72 34.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 25 3 2020
Railways - total 72 1562 km 2016
Roadways - paved 57 16977 km 2010
Roadways - total 36 114093 km 2010
Waterways 96 160 km 2012

*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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