Society profile
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: 33 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.
Demography
Population, total 21.8 MWorld Bank2025
Population aged 0-14 21.7%World Bank2025
Population aged 15-64 65.8%World Bank2025
Population aged 65+ 12.5%World Bank2025
Female share of population 51.6%World Bank2025
Urban population 20.5%World Bank2025
Fertility rate 2.0World Bank2024
Adolescent fertility rate 14.7World Bank2024
Life expectancy at birth 77.7yearsWorld Bank2024
Infant mortality 5.2‰World Bank2024
Net migration -30 724World Bank2025
Education
Adult literacy rate 92.7%World Bank2024
Secondary school enrolment 88.0%World Bank2023
Tertiary enrolment 20.7%World Bank2023
Education spending 1.8%World Bank2023
Income
GDP per capita, PPP $17 065$World Bank2025
GNI per capita, PPP $16 750$World Bank2025
Gini index 37.7World Bank2019
Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 2.7%World Bank2019
Income share held by richest 10% 30.8%World Bank2019
Health
Connectivity
Individuals using the internet 54.6%World Bank2024
Mobile subscriptions 132.5per 100World Bank2024
Access to electricity 100.0%World Bank2024
Environment
Gender Roles
Employment
Unemployment rate 4.0%World Bank2025
Youth unemployment rate 18.6%World Bank2025
Female labour force participation 31.0%World Bank2025
Male labour force participation 67.8%World Bank2025
Self-employed share 42.1%World Bank2025
Safety
Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.