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International Rankings of Sri Lanka - 2024


SOURCE: 2024 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 46 8.00 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 62 1.782 million 2020
Internet users - percent of population 52 67.00 % 2021
Internet users - total 54 14.740 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 47 12.00 2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 47 2.582 million 2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 22 143.00 2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 48 31.237 million 2022
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco 41 2.00 % of household expenditures 2018
Average household expenditures - on food 36 28.00 % of household expenditures 2018
Budget - expenditures 77 17.496 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget - revenues 90 10.623 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 78 5.50 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 137 1.083 billion US Dollars 2020
Debt - external 66 55.332 billion US Dollars 2019
Exchange rates 37 198.76 N/A
Exports 93 16.169 billion US Dollars 2022
GDP (official exchange rate) 72 84.016 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 143 21.90 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 125 8.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 103 62.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 44 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 94 61.70 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 49 39 % 2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 46 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 94 19.244 billion US Dollars 2022
Industrial production growth rate 78 5.62 % 2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 45 7.01 % 2021
Labor force 66 8.268 million US Dollars 2021
Population below poverty line 154 4 % 2016
Public debt 43 79.10 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 60 270.600 billion US Dollars 2022
Real GDP growth rate 126 3.33 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 111 12200 US Dollars 2022
Remittances 44 8 2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 117 3.137 billion US Dollars 2021
Taxes and other revenues 197 7.68 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 132 5.39 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 44 35.60 % N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 56 21.10 % N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 48 26.10 % 2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 54 5.546 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 72 18.393 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 81 23.939 million 2019
Coal - consumption 61 2.237 million metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 38 2.586 million metric tons 2020
Electricity - consumption 83 13.991 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 93 4.527 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 100 1.337 billion kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 50 0.80 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 84 64.00 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 56 32.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 62 0.70 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 55 2.30 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 138 17.268 million Btu/person 2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 58 35300 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 74 131100 bbl/day 2019
Refined petroleum products - exports 98 3871 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 72 66280 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 86 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 65 24 micrograms per cubic meter 2019
Land use - agricultural land 80 44 2018
Land use - arable land 48 21 2018
Land use - forest 101 29 2018
Land use - permanent crops 15 16 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 122 7 2018
Total renewable water resources 91 52.800 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 36 11.310 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial 51 830.000 million cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal 58 810.000 million cubic meters 2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 101 1.22 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 174 19 2023
Geography
Area - land 122 64630 sq km N/A
Area - total 125 65610 sq km N/A
Area - water 111 980 sq km N/A
Coastline 74 1340 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 81 2524 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 122 228 meters N/A
Irrigated land 52 5700 sq km 2012
Land use - agricultural land 80 44 2018
Land use - arable land 48 21 2018
Land use - forest 101 29 2018
Land use - permanent crops 15 16 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 122 7 2018
Population Density 37 360.92 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 32 2 % of GDP 2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 42 2 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 112 3 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 97 14.60 births/1,000 population 2023
Child marriage - women married by age 15 50 1 N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18 63 10 2016
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 11 21 % 2016
Contraceptive prevalence rate 43 64.60 % 2016
Current health expenditure 75 4 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 36 65 % 2023
Death rate 54 7.40 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 67 17.00 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 100 5.90 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 97 53.70 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 104 35.40 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 4 100 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 70 9 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 54 7 % of population 2020
Education expenditures 66 2 % of GDP 2019
Gross reproduction rate 67 1.05 % 2023
Infant mortality rate - female 133 6.10 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - male 134 7.50 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 134 6.80 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Life expectancy at birth - female 53 80 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male 65 74 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 63 77 years 2023
Literacy - definition 2 15 N/A
Literacy - female 54 92 % 2019
Literacy - male 40 93 % N/A
Literacy - total population 48 92 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 96 29.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 74 36 years N/A
Median age - male 78 32 years N/A
Median age - total 70 34 years 2023
Mother's mean age at first birth 41 26 2016
Net migration rate 73 1.50 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 135 5.20 % 2016
Physicians density 101 1.23 physicians/1,000 population 2020
Population 58 23.326 million 2023
Population growth rate 114 0.56 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 26 97 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 102 2 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 102 2 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 69 3 % of population N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 12 1.04 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 26 0.97 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 41 0.72 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 9 1.05 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 25 0.94 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 81 2.14 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 101 1.22 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 174 19 2023
Transportation
Airports 109 18 2024
Heliports 65 1 2024
Merchant marine - total 86 96 2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 42 436.200 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 53 1562 km 2016
Roadways - paved 39 16977 km 2010
Roadways - total 27 114093 km 2010
Waterways 101 160 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.

NOTE: The information regarding Sri Lanka on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sri Lanka 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sri Lanka 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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