Sri Lanka: Poverty ratio

The latest value from 2019 is 14.3 percent, a decline from 16 percent in 2016. In comparison, the world average is 19.54 percent, based on data from 62 countries. Historically, the average for Sri Lanka from 2002 to 2019 is 27.02 percent. The minimum value, 14.3 percent, was reached in 2019 while the maximum of 46.8 percent was recorded in 2002. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.