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 22,037,000 people, it is ranked at 62º position by population of 196 countries and it has a high population density, with 336 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 2022 was 82,054 millions of euros (86,475 millions of dollars), ( 115.94% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €3,699 euros per inhabitant$3,899 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 0.78 points in 2022, leaving it in 79th place in the table of 193 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 [+]2023€78,014M
Annual GDP [+]2023$84,357M
GDP per capita [+]2023€3,540
GDP per capita [+]2023$3,828
Debt (M.€.) [+]202282,054
Debt ($M) [+]202286,475
Debt (%GDP) [+]2022115.94%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€3,699
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$3,899
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-7,235
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-7,625
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-10.22%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202213,154.0
Expenditure ($M) [+]202213,862.7
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022849.3
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2022895.0
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20238.68%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20221,271.1
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20221,338.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20229.49%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20231,279.5
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,383.5
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20237.02%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202218.59%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€593
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$625
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€38
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$40
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€56
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$59
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€58
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$63
Moody's Rating [+]12/23/2024Caa1
S&P Rating [+]04/25/2022SD
Fitch Rating [+]05/19/2022RD
Corruption Index [+]202334
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201984º
Fragile States Index [+]202488.2
RTI Raking [+]2024
Innovation Ranking [+]202489º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2022Q44.7%
Unemployed [+]2022Q4398K
NMW [+]2024$54.1
NMW [+]2024€83.9
Human Capital Ranking [+]201770º
Markets
Euro / Sri Lankan rupees [+]01/14/2019208.4879
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/16/2025299.1000
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]05/22/20253.32%
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
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]20227.4%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/20208.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202024.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2022720,000
Exports [+]2023€11,015.2M
Exports [+]2023$11,910.7M
Exports % GDP [+]202314.12%
Imports [+]2023€15,547.2M
Imports [+]2023$16,811.2M
Imports % GDP [+]202319.93%
Trade balance [+]2023€-4,532.0M
Trade balance [+]2023$-4,900.5M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-5.81%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201546º
Density [+]2023336
Global Peace Ranking [+]2024100º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20177,189.9
% Immigrant [+]20200.18%
% Emigrant [+]20208.94%
Birth Rate [+]202311.20‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20171,278.2
Crude death rate [+]20238.20‰
Fertility Rate [+]20231.97
% risk of poverty [+]201914.3%
Population [+]202322,037,000
Immigrant stock [+]202040,254
Emigrant stock [+]20201,960,025
HDI [+]20220.780
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2024122º
Life expectancy [+]202377.48
Suicides [+]20157,319
Suicide rate [+]201534.90
Number of homicides [+]2019742
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20193.31
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20230.97
Consumption GWh [+]202315,763
Generation GWh [+]202317,220
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/202416,907
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/2024672,798
Fully vaccinated [+]10/30/202214,752,827
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/2024767.21
Doses administered [+]10/30/202240,116,590