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Sri Lanka AI Report

Date: May 25, 2026

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 (%)

The Average Literacy Rate (%) of 195 countries in the world is 86. Sri Lanka is the 117^th highest ranked country out of 195 countries. 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 66^th worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) . This implies that this country is a developing country.

The Average Potatoes prod. of 195 countries in the world is 2,504,846. Sri Lanka is the 81^st worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This is indicative of less focus on the production of potatoes, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

Sri Lanka is the 90^th worst ranked in Urban Population (2021) out of all the 195 countries.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.

Out of 195 countries in the world, Sri Lanka is the 118^th worst ranked in Total No. of Pharmacists . 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	1,760,650	1	1129
2	Sinhalese as a % of total Sinhalese speakers	% People	0	1	1129
3	Tamil as a % of total Tamil speakers	% People	0	2	1125
Below World Average
1	Malay	# People	2,434,606	6	1235
2	Malay as a % of total Malay speakers	% People	0	6	1234
3	Tamil	# People	14,930,166	2	1232

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	1128
Below World Average
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	186	1234
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	11	94	1231
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1235
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	7	73	1235
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1235
6	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,603,754	106	1233
7	# Cities>100000	# Cities	27	89	1231
8	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	86	1231
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	31	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members)	Count	1	1	1128
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	5	1130
3	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	6	1129
4	Hindu Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	2	10	1129
5	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	41	1127
Below World Average
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	128	1231
2	# Olympic Medals	Count	146	104	1233
3	Christian Population	# People	16,917,912	101	1231
4	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	100	1233
5	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	77	1230
6	Islamic Population	# People	10,091,996	66	1231
7	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	65	1232
8	Hindu Population	# People	52,631,217	6	1232
9	Buddhist Population	# People	21,931,470	6	1230
10	Hindu Pop./Total Hindu Pop.%	% People	0	6	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	INDs via Chennai Airport (%)	% People	5	1	1127
2	FTAs in India via Chennai (%)	% People	5	2	1130
3	INDs via Hyderabad Airport (%)	% People	3	4	1129
4	INDs via Bengaluru Airport (%)	% People	5	4	1126
5	FTAs in India	# People	51,254	7	1125
6	INDs for Leisure (%)	% People	46	8	1130
7	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	16	1128
8	INDs from India	# People	158,494	16	1126
9	FTAs in India for Leisure (%)	% People	42	39	1129
10	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	43	1127
11	FTAs in India for Business (%)	% People	18	51	1127
12	FTAs in India via Bengaluru (%)	% People	6	71	1127
Below World Average
1	INDs - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	22	184	1235
2	INDs via Delhi Airport (%)	% People	38	186	1234
3	FTAs in India via Delhi (%)	% People	46	184	1235
4	FTAs in India via Mumbai (%)	% People	23	169	1233
5	INDs via Mumbai Airport (%)	% People	33	161	1230
6	INDs for Business (%)	% People	25	156	1234
7	FTAs in India via Cochin (%)	% People	3	109	1230
8	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		51	143	1230
9	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		48	141	1230
10	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,044	130	1233
11	INDs via Cochin Airport (%)	% People	3	86	1233
12	FTAs in India via Hyderabad (%)	% People	3	75	1231
13	FTAs in India for Education (%)	% People	5	82	1230
14	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,199	111	1230
15	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	102	1233
16	INDs via Trivandrum Airport (%)	% People	1	44	1230
17	FTAs in India for Medical (%)	% People	12	83	1232
18	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,288	96	1230
19	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	89	1230
20	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	173,515	90	1235
21	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	86	1231
22	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	180,704	86	1232
23	GDP (Billions USD)	$ Billions	600	83	1232
24	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	77	1235
25	FTAs in India - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	14	69	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	26	1127
Below World Average
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	170	1230
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	122	1235
3	Total Births	# People	677,551	70	1230
4	Total Population	# People	42,357,833	60	1234
5	Male Population	# People	21,291,067	60	1235
6	Female Population	# People	21,066,765	60	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	31	1125
Below World Average
1	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	65	1231
2	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	17	66	1235
3	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	36	1231
4	Total Military Force	# People	362,682	36	1232
5	Police Officers	# People	138,224	32	1231

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	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	50	1128
Below World Average
1	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	113	1235
2	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	78	1234
3	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	73	1231
4	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	62	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Tree density.	Density	22,685	51	1127
Below World Average
1	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	119	1233
2	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	114	1235
3	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	119	1231
4	Tree density .	Density	828	116	1231
5	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,504,846	115	1230
6	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	115	1234
7	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	101	1233
8	Forest Area.	Area	21,595,147	104	1233
9	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	104	1230
10	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	104	1232
11	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	93	1230
12	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	95	1234
13	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	76	1230
14	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	81	1231
15	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	85	1230
16	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	76	1230
17	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	79	1234
18	Onion prod.	Tons	819,042	77	1235
19	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,572,369	72	1230
20	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	65	1233
21	Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production)	Percent	0	64	1230
22	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	59	1233
23	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	20,929,075	57	1230
24	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	56	1234
25	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	54	1231
26	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	878,129	54	1231
27	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	52	1230
28	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	52	1234
29	Rice prod.	Tons	6,920,442	23	1235
30	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	23	1230
31	Buffalo Milk Production (% of Total Buffalo Milk Production)	Percent	4	10	1233
32	Buffalo Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	7,516,792	10	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	66	1130
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	71	1127
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	71	1126
Below World Average
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	130	1232
2	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	57	126	1230
3	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	126	1231
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	123	1231
5	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	107	1231
6	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	59	102	1231
7	Unemployment Rate.	% People	6	76	1235
8	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,641,663	59	1235
9	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	58	1233
10	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	57	1233
11	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	53	1232
12	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	52	1233
13	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	49	1232
14	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	49	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	34	95	1126
Below World Average
1	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	172	1233
2	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	145	1235
3	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	141	1233
4	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	12	140	1234
5	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	134	1235
6	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	29	132	1233
7	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	27	116	1232
8	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	34	109	1234
9	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	37	96	1231
10	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total X (Twitter) Users	% People	0	83	1230
11	X (Twitter) users	# People	1,789,045	90	1232
12	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	78	1230
13	Instagram Users	Absolute	10,458,072	80	1234
14	Internet Users	# People	28,543,790	55	1231
15	LinkedIn users	# People	7,145,162	54	1232
16	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	54	1232
17	Facebook users	# People	11,706,915	45	1235
18	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	45	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	117	1127
Below World Average
1	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	117	1231
2	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	109	1230
3	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	75	1230
4	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	127	1233
5	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	123	1233
6	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	97	1233
7	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	41	1235
8	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	28	1235
9	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	53	1230
10	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	71	1230
11	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	3,831,465	73	1233
12	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	80,879	72	1231
13	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	1,420,982	61	1232
14	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	112,672	59	1233
15	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	55	1235
16	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	3,225,437	42	1233
17	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	201,153	37	1230
18	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	21	1233
19	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	11	1232

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	:	78
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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