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Sri Lanka AI Report

Date: November 29, 2025

Sri Lanka is a mid-size country with 0.3% of the world's population. Sri Lanka is a democratic, republic country. It has 8 world heritage sites.

Sri Lanka is the 60^th ranked country in population and 120^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world. Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Literacy Rate (%)

Out of 195 countries in the world, Sri Lanka is the 117^th highest ranked in Literacy Rate (%) . This indicates that there is a better educational infrastructure in this country as compared to other countries.

GDP Per Capita (USD)

Potatoes prod.

Urban Population (2021)

Out of 195 countries in the world, Sri Lanka is the 68^th worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) . This implies that this country is a developing country.

Out of 195 countries in the world, Sri Lanka is the 81^st worst ranked in Potatoes prod. . This is indicative of less focus on the production of potatoes, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

Out of 195 countries in the world, Sri Lanka is the 90^th worst ranked in Urban Population (2021) . This may indicate that there is poor economic development or may imply that the formal economy of the country is less compared to other countries.

The Average Total No. of Pharmacists of 195 countries in the world is 19,528. Sri Lanka is the 118^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Sinhalese	# People	72,231	1	1129
2	Sinhalese as a % of total Sinhalese speakers	% People	0	1	1127
3	Tamil	# People	459,389	2	1128
4	Tamil as a % of total Tamil speakers	% People	0	2	1127
Below World Average
1	Malay	# People	162,307	6	1233
2	Malay as a % of total Malay speakers	% People	0	6	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	1	1125
2	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	10	1125
Below World Average
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	186	1235
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1231
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1235
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1234
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1233
6	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	106	1235
7	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	89	1234
8	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	86	1234
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	31	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members)	Count	1	1	1125
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	5	1128
3	Buddhist Population	# People	1,911,974	6	1126
4	Hindu Pop./Total Hindu Pop.%	% People	0	6	1129
5	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	6	1125
6	Hindu Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	2	10	1125
7	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	41	1130
Below World Average
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	128	1234
2	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	104	1234
3	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	101	1230
4	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	100	1230
5	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	77	1233
6	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	66	1230
7	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	65	1233
8	Hindu Population	# People	6,207,784	6	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	18	1126
2	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	42	1129
Below World Average
1	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		53	148	1231
2	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		46	135	1233
3	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	6,447	128	1234
4	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	111	1232
5	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	98	1230
6	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	98	1235
7	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	91	1232
8	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	91	1232
9	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	84	1232
10	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	85	1234
11	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	84	1230
12	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	80	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	26	1129
Below World Average
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	170	1233
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	124	1232
3	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	70	1230
4	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	60	1233
5	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	60	1235
6	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	60	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	31	1127
Below World Average
1	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	65	1235
2	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	66	1234
3	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	36	1234
4	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	36	1233
5	Police Officers	# People	138,224	32	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	36	1127
Below World Average
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	44	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Tree density.	Density	22,685	51	1130
Below World Average
1	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	119	1232
2	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	114	1230
3	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	119	1234
4	Tree density .	Density	828	116	1231
5	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	115	1235
6	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	101	1231
7	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	104	1234
8	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	104	1232
9	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	104	1232
10	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	93	1233
11	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	95	1233
12	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	76	1234
13	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	81	1234
14	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	85	1230
15	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	83	1234
16	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	76	1230
17	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	79	1233
18	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	77	1234
19	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	72	1230
20	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	65	1235
21	Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production)	Percent	0	64	1233
22	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	59	1231
23	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	57	1234
24	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	56	1232
25	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	54	1231
26	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	54	1232
27	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	52	1235
28	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	52	1230
29	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	23	1232
30	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	23	1235
31	Buffalo Milk Production (% of Total Buffalo Milk Production)	Percent	4	10	1231
32	Buffalo Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	7,516,792	10	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	61	1127
Below World Average
1	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	113	1234
2	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	78	1231
3	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	73	1233
4	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	62	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	66	1128
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	71	1127
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	71	1130
Below World Average
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	130	1233
2	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	126	1235
3	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	126	1233
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	123	1234
5	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	107	1233
6	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	102	1232
7	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	76	1233
8	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	59	1231
9	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	58	1230
10	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	57	1234
11	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	53	1233
12	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	52	1230
13	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	49	1232
14	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	49	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	95	1128
2	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	31	95	1128
Below World Average
1	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	172	1234
2	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	145	1231
3	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	12	140	1234
4	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	139	1232
5	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	128	1235
6	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	16	120	1232
7	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	24	119	1235
8	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	32	110	1232
9	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	90	1230
10	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	99	1234
11	Twitter users	# People	2,908,615	98	1235
12	Instagram Users	Absolute	3,609,530	74	1232
13	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	72	1230
14	Internet Users	# People	28,115,900	55	1232
15	LinkedIn users	# People	6,652,451	55	1234
16	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	55	1231
17	Facebook users	# People	6,739,260	47	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	117	1130
Below World Average
1	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	127	1231
2	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	123	1235
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	117	1231
4	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	109	1232
5	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	97	1232
6	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	75	1233
7	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	72	1235
8	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	71	1231
9	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	61	1230
10	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	55	1233
11	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	53	1232
12	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	41	1235
13	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	37	1230
14	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	28	1231
15	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	21	1233
16	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	11	1230

Language

Official Language:
1. Sinhalese : 13,994,237
2. Tamil : 3,967,000

Mother Tongue : Sinhalese

Literacy Rate (%) : 92.30

Basic Details

Country Capital	:	Colombo
GDP Per Capita	:	3,698
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	128^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	77
Unemployment Rate	:	4
Number of Internet Users	:	11,544,561
Internet Users Rank	:	55^th/195
Area	:	62,705
Area Rank	:	120^th/195
Total Population	:	23,229
Total Population Rank	:	60^th/195

Continent: Asia

Cities with > 100K popln: 6

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Colombo	686,461
2	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia	223,304
3	Kandy	115,948
4	Moratuwa	188,403
5	Negombo	129,103
6	Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte	123,480

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