Sri Lanka Analytics

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.

LANGUAGES

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

Mother Tongue : Sinhalese

Literacy Rate (%) : 92.30

Details

Country Capital	:	Colombo
GDP Per capita	:	3,342
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	125^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	76
Unemployment Rate	:	4
Number of Internet Users	:	14,740,000
Internet Users Rank	:	49^th/195
Area	:	62,705
Area Rank	:	120^th/195
Total Population	:	21,773
Total Population Rank	:	59^th/195

Continent: Asia

Cities with > 100K popln: 6

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Sri Lanka Highlights

Sri Lanka is the 59^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.

Better than World Average-

1. Sri Lanka is the 18^th highest ranked in Total Military Force out of 195 countries in the world. This implies that the country is facing higher threats compared to other countries or may imply that the size or population of the country is higher.
2. 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.

Worse than World Average-

1. Sri Lanka is the 71^st worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) out of 195 countries in the world. This implies that this country is a developing country.
2. The average Potatoes prod. of the 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.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Sri Lanka is the 94^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.

Sri Lanka Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Sinhalese	# People	72,231	1	1127
2	Sinhalese as a % of total Sinhalese speakers	% People	0	1	1126
3	Tamil	# People	459,389	2	1125
4	Tamil as a % of total Tamil speakers	% People	0	2	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Malay	# People	162,307	6	1234
2	Malay as a % of total Malay speakers	% People	0	6	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	85	1	1127
2	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	41	12	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	59	186	1235
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1232
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1235
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1234
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1231
6	Urban Population (2021)	# People	22,563,215	102	1233
7	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	89	1230
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 than World Average-
1	Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members)	Count	1	1	1128
2	Buddhist Population	# People	1,912,220	6	1126
3	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	41	1127
Below than World Average-
1	# Olympic Medals	Count	126	102	1234
2	Christian Population	# People	11,763,461	102	1231
3	Islamic Population	# People	9,744,062	66	1230
4	Hindu Population	# People	6,158,261	6	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	9	1	1130
2	Tree density .	Density	8	1	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Tons	0	114	1232
2	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	115	1230
3	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	101	1233
4	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	104	1232
5	Number of Trees	Count	9,751,992,148	83	1230
6	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Tons	0	76	1230
7	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	77	1231
8	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	72	1232
9	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	57	1234
10	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Tons	2	56	1233
11	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Tons	0	54	1235
12	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	54	1233
13	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	23	1234
14	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Tons	0	23	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	5	1129
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	6	1127
3	Hindu Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	2	10	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	129	1230
2	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	102	1230
3	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	77	1235
4	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	64	1233
5	Hindu Pop./Total Hindu Pop.%	% People	0	6	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	0	12	1127
2	Total Military Force	# People	122,909	18	1127
3	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	18	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	64	1234
2	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	65	1233
3	Police Officers	# People	138,224	32	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	49	20	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	175	1231
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	1	141	1233
3	Births	# People (In Thousands)	688	72	1230
4	Male Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,393	60	1230
5	Total Population (2021)	# People (In Thousands)	40,345	59	1235
6	Female Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,160	57	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	36	1128
Below than World Average-
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	44	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	42	1125
2	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	55	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		52	133	1233
2	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,253	125	1234
3	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		45	125	1233
4	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	89	1231
5	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	7,895	92	1232
6	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	182,282	84	1232
7	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	81	1233
8	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	184,833	82	1230
9	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	80	1233
10	GDP (Billions USD) 2022	$ Billions	531	75	1231
11	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	69	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	71	51	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	113	1234
2	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	14,339	82	1230
3	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	73	1232
4	Total No. of Doctors	# People	73,975	60	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	67	1127
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	24	70	1125
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	24	70	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Unemployment Rate.	% People	13	128	1230
2	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	55	125	1234
3	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	55	125	1232
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	24	120	1235
5	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	117	1232
6	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	75	108	1233
7	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	99	1233
8	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	19,636,200	59	1230
9	Employment in Services	# People	9,747,273	58	1234
10	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,233,463	52	1231
11	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	14,402,736	52	1235
12	Formal Jobs	# People	10,227,722	50	1233
13	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,648,234	46	1235
14	Labour Force Participation	# People	11,624,528	43	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	117	1130
Below than World Average-
1	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	31	1	1233
2	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	127	1233
3	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	123	1234
4	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	117	1233
5	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	109	1235
6	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	32	1	1233
7	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	97	1230
8	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	75	1231
9	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	72	1232
10	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	61	1234
11	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,125,548	54	1235
12	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	53	1233
13	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	41	1230
14	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	37	1233
15	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	21	1233
16	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	11	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	66	118	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	172	1231
2	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	16	151	1230
3	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	14	137	1235
4	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	35	120	1234
5	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	35	119	1235
6	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	26	118	1231
7	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	30	109	1233
8	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	95	1234
9	Twitter users	# People	3,179,254	96	1233
10	LinkedIn users	# People	6,064,509	55	1231
11	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	55	1235
12	Facebook users	# People	7,174,483	52	1231
13	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	52	1231
14	Internet Users	# People	25,030,008	49	1231

Sri Lanka Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	Sinhalese	64.27 %
2	Tamil	18.22 %
3	Malay	0.23 %

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