Country profile · LKA
Sri Lanka
Region · South Asia Population · 23M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 0.5%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 29 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 1.97
- Expected years of schooling
- 13.1 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 22%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 40% / 3%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.38
- Urban population
- 20%
- Employment in agriculture
- 26%
- Internet use
- 51%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.03%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 3.3 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 14.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 41%
- Women married before age 18
- 10%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 3.90
Religion
- Buddhism70%
- Hinduism13%
- Islam10%
- Christianity7%
Major cities
- Colombo
- Kandy
Common hazards
- Economic shocks
Common migration destinations
- Saudi Arabia
- the United Arab Emirates
- Australia