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Key facts

  • Currency: Sri Lankan rupee
  • Capital city: Colombo
  • Region: Southern Asia
  • Continent: Asia
  • Land area: 61,860 km²
  • Population: 22,181,000
  • Political Leader: Gotabaya Rajapaksa (President)

Latest news

Dali crew was preparing for 27-day voyage to Sri Lanka

Read: Times of India

2024-03-27

Sri Lanka PM says China to develop strategic Hambantota port, Colombo airport

Read: SCMP

2024-03-27

Sri Lanka PM says China to develop strategic infrastructure

Read: Dawn

2024-03-27

Tamil Nadu: 3 Rajiv Gandhi killers will be deported to Sri Lanka in a week

Read: Times of India

2024-03-26

3 Rajiv Gandhi killers will be deported to Sri Lanka in a week

Read: Times of India

2024-03-26

Dali Ship That Hit Key Bridge Was Destined for Sri Lanka

Read: The New York Times

2024-03-26

Shakib Al Hasan recalled for second Sri Lanka Test

Read: Times of India

2024-03-26

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 73.51 % of GDP
Expense 17.48 % of GDP
GDP 74,403,600,000.00 current US$
Inflation 49.72 annual %
Self-employed 42.15 % of total employment
Tax revenue 7.38 % of GDP
Unemployment 6.18 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 39.65 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 28,120.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 3.43 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 21,846.30 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 33.71 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 45.28 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 17.82 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 3.19 % of total
Net energy imports 50.27 % of energy use
Fertility rate 1.99 births per woman
Forest area 21,098 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 50.55 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 4,415.31 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 28.80 years
Methane emissions 8,377.67 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 3,157.20 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 11,498,234
Male Population 10,682,766
Renewable energy consumption 49.32 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 61,386.10 km²
Rural population 17,960,843
Urban land area 3,627.83 km²
Urban population 4,220,157
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 2.37 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 14.02 per 1,000 people
Death rate 7.36 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 151.06 current US$
Health expenditure 4.07 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 4.15 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 76 years
Suicide mortality rate 14.00 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 100.00 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 12,000
Individuals using the Internet 44.45 % of population
Net migration -77,495
Press freedom 1.97


Politics

Armed forces personnel 317,000
Democracy score 6.19
Democracy type Flawed democracy
Military expenditure 1.43 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 5.33 %


Visualizations

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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

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