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Sri Lanka AI Report

Date: January 27, 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)

HIV Infections (Per 1000)

Pharmacists (Per 10,000)

Potatoes prod.

The Average GDP Per Capita (USD) of 195 countries in the world is 18,051. Sri Lanka is the 68^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that this country is a developing country.

The Average HIV Infections (Per 1000) of 195 countries in the world is 0. Sri Lanka is the 68^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies a poorer healthcare infrastructure in the country or lesser health awareness among people compared to other countries.

The Average Pharmacists (Per 10,000) of 195 countries in the world is 4. Sri Lanka is the 78^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.

The Average Potatoes prod. of 195 countries in the world is 2,538,925. 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.

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Sinhalese	# People	72,231	1	1126
2	Sinhalese as a % of total Sinhalese speakers	% People	0	1	1126
3	Tamil	# People	459,389	2	1130
4	Tamil as a % of total Tamil speakers	% People	0	2	1125
Below World Average
1	Malay	# People	162,307	6	1232
2	Malay as a % of total Malay speakers	% People	0	6	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	1	1130
2	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	10	1129
Below World Average
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	186	1233
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1233
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1235
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1235
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1231
6	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	106	1230
7	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	89	1230
8	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	86	1235
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	1130
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	5	1129
3	Buddhist Population	# People	1,911,974	6	1129
4	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	6	1125
5	Hindu Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	2	10	1125
6	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	41	1128
Below World Average
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	128	1233
2	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	104	1230
3	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	101	1233
4	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	100	1233
5	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	77	1230
6	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	66	1232
7	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	65	1235
8	Hindu Population	# People	6,207,784	6	1232
9	Hindu Pop./Total Hindu Pop.%	% People	0	6	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Number of Trees	Count	1,242,331,089	1	1125
2	Tree density.	Density	22,685	51	1127
Below World Average
1	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	119	1235
2	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	114	1235
3	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	119	1232
4	Tree density .	Density	828	116	1232
5	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	115	1235
6	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	101	1234
7	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	104	1235
8	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	104	1233
9	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	104	1234
10	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	93	1232
11	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	95	1230
12	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	76	1231
13	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	81	1231
14	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	85	1232
15	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	76	1231
16	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	79	1231
17	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	77	1233
18	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	72	1233
19	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	65	1235
20	Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production)	Percent	0	64	1231
21	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	59	1230
22	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	57	1232
23	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	56	1234
24	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	54	1233
25	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	54	1232
26	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	52	1234
27	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	52	1233
28	Rice prod.	Tons	6,981,685	23	1234
29	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	23	1230
30	Buffalo Milk Production (% of Total Buffalo Milk Production)	Percent	4	10	1234
31	Buffalo Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	7,516,792	10	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	18	1129
2	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	42	1128
Below World Average
1	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		53	148	1232
2	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		46	135	1231
3	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,051	128	1230
4	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	111	1230
5	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	98	1232
6	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	98	1235
7	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	91	1234
8	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	91	1234
9	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	84	1233
10	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	85	1232
11	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	83	1233
12	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	80	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	312	25	1129
2	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	26	1126
3	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	26	1130
Below World Average
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	170	1233
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	124	1235
3	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	70	1230
4	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	60	1235
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	1129
Below World Average
1	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	65	1230
2	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	66	1232
3	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	36	1230
4	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	36	1230
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	1126
Below World Average
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	44	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	50	1129
Below World Average
1	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	119	1230
2	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	118	1232
3	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	113	1230
4	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	46	113	1234
5	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	20	110	1235
6	#Dentists	# People	13,328	86	1230
7	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	78	1230
8	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	73	1234
9	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	69	1230
10	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	164,032	69	1233
11	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	62	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	66	1127
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	71	1130
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	71	1128
4	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	2023)"	0	102	1127
Below World Average
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	130	1233
2	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	126	1232
3	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	126	1235
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	123	1231
5	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	107	1232
6	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	76	1231
7	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	59	1234
8	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	58	1231
9	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	57	1233
10	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	53	1230
11	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	52	1235
12	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	49	1232
13	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	34	95	1126
Below World Average
1	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	172	1232
2	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	145	1234
3	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Population	% People	8	142	1234
4	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	8	141	1235
5	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	39	138	1231
6	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	31	136	1235
7	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	27	116	1233
8	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	33	110	1230
9	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total X (Twitter) Users	% People	0	90	1230
10	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	99	1231
11	X (Twitter) users	# People	1,957,360	94	1233
12	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	80	1234
13	Instagram Users	Absolute	10,458,072	80	1234
14	Internet Users	# People	28,115,900	55	1233
15	LinkedIn users	# People	6,861,863	55	1234
16	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	55	1235
17	Facebook users	# People	7,098,427	47	1232
18	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	47	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 Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	127	1230
2	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	123	1234
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	117	1235
4	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	109	1233
5	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	97	1232
6	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	75	1235
7	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	73	1234
8	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	72	1235
9	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	71	1230
10	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	61	1235
11	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	59	1231
12	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	55	1230
13	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	53	1230
14	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	42	1232
15	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	41	1234
16	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	37	1233
17	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	28	1231
18	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	21	1231
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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