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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 (see all)
Peel police chief met Sri Lankan officer a court says 'participated' in torture
Read: Global News
2024-04-23
In 'exile', OPS hopes fishing dispute with Sri Lanka can resurrect his career
Read: Times of India
2024-04-22
Seven killed after race car slams into crowd in Sri Lanka
Read: The Sydney Morning Herald
2024-04-22
Sri Lankan Police Investigate After Race Car Crashes Into Crowd, Killing 7 and Injuring 20
Read: Time
2024-04-22
Metrics
General information
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 | 6.64 % 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 % |
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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
