GDP per capita in US dollars in Sri Lanka

GDP per person in Sri Lanka was US$5,002 in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: GDP per capita in US dollars Unit: Current US dollars per person Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Sri Lanka, 2025 US$5,002 Current US dollars per person
Change from 2024 +10.0% 2024: US$4,545 per person
World, 2025 US$14,406 per person Official aggregate
Position in 2025 119th of 186 See the full ranking

GDP per capita in US dollars in Sri Lanka over time

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Current US dollars per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

GDP per capita in US dollars (current US dollars per person), 2001 to 2025
Period Sri LankaWorld
2025 US$5,002 per person US$14,406 per person
2024 US$4,545 per person US$13,717 per person
2023 US$3,815 per person US$13,314 per person
2022 US$3,343 per person US$12,876 per person
2021 US$3,997 per person US$12,473 per person
2020 US$3,848 per person US$10,999 per person
2019 US$4,082 per person US$11,418 per person
2018 US$4,359 per person US$11,345 per person
2017 US$4,399 per person US$10,784 per person
2016 US$4,149 per person US$10,239 per person
2015 US$4,058 per person US$10,192 per person
2014 US$3,972 per person US$10,912 per person
2013 US$3,739 per person US$10,759 per person
2012 US$3,328 per person US$10,598 per person
2011 US$3,225 per person US$10,497 per person
2010 US$2,808 per person US$9,555 per person
2009 US$2,027 per person US$8,827 per person
2008 US$1,974 per person US$9,426 per person
2007 US$1,579 per person US$8,685 per person
2006 US$1,389 per person US$7,803 per person
2005 US$1,207 per person US$7,291 per person
2004 US$1,029 per person US$6,818 per person
2003 US$946 per person US$6,130 per person
2002 US$835 per person US$5,539 per person
2001 US$804 per person US$5,404 per person

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +10.0% from US$4,545 per person in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was US$4,058 per person, the figure has changed by +23.3%.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Sri Lanka has the 119th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was US$14,406 per person.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Sri Lanka
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices