Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka, is a country located at Southern Asia, it has an area of 65,610 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Sri Lanka, with a population of 22,156,000 people, it is ranked at 59º position by population of 196 countries and it has a high population density, with 338 people per km2.

It's capital is Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte and its currency is Sri Lankan rupees

Sri Lanka is holding the 80 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 76,867 millions of euros (90,974 millions of dollars), ( 102.74% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €3,469 euros per inhabitant$4,106 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Sri Lanka, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.782 points in 2021, leaving it in 73th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Sri Lanka are business, you must know it's in the 99th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Sri Lanka, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte: Monthly Temp.
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte: Monthly Rainfall
Sri Lanka Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€70,659M
Annual GDP [+]2022$74,404M
GDP per capita [+]2022€3,189
GDP per capita [+]2022$3,358
Debt (M.€.) [+]202176,867
Debt ($M) [+]202190,974
Debt (%GDP) [+]2021102.74%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€3,469
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$4,106
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-8,748
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-10,354
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-11.69%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202114,970.7
Expenditure ($M) [+]202117,718.2
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20191,534.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20191,718.0
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20199.90%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20171,368.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20171,544.9
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20178.47%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20221,010.7
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20221,064.3
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20228.57%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202120.01%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€676
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$800
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2019€70
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2019$79
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€61
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$68
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€46
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$48
Moody's Rating [+]04/18/2022Ca
S&P Rating [+]04/25/2022SD
Fitch Rating [+]05/19/2022RD
Corruption Index [+]202236
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201984º
Fragile States Index [+]201884.9
RTI Raking [+]2022
Innovation Ranking [+]201888º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2020Q45.0%
Unemployed [+]2020Q4423K
NMW [+]2022$39.8
NMW [+]2022€60.0
Human Capital Ranking [+]201770º
Markets
Euro / Sri Lankan rupees [+]01/14/2019208.4879
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/08/2024307.0500
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/15/20246.41%
Business
Doing Business [+]202099º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20198,100
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20190.44
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201570.09
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]01/01/20208.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202024.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20191,913,702
Exports [+]2021€10,570.5M
Exports [+]2021$12,501.7M
Exports % GDP [+]202114.13%
Imports [+]2021€17,449.4M
Imports [+]2021$20,637.4M
Imports % GDP [+]202123.32%
Trade balance [+]2021€-6,878.9M
Trade balance [+]2021$-8,135.7M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-9.19%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201546º
Density [+]2021338
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023107º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20177,189.9
% Immigrant [+]20200.18%
% Emigrant [+]20208.94%
Birth Rate [+]202114.02‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20171,278.2
Crude death rate [+]20217.36‰
Fertility Rate [+]20211.99
% risk of poverty [+]201914.3%
Population [+]202122,156,000
Immigrant stock [+]202040,254
Emigrant stock [+]20201,960,025
HDI [+]20210.782
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023115º
Life expectancy [+]202176.40
Suicides [+]20157,319
Suicide rate [+]201534.90
Number of homicides [+]2019742
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20193.43
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20211.13
Consumption GWh [+]202114,856
Generation GWh [+]202116,352
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/202416,897
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/2024672,748
Fully vaccinated [+]10/30/202214,752,827
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/2024762.64
Doses administered [+]10/30/202240,116,590