Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Sri Lanka
11.5% of people in Sri Lanka lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2019. The value for 2019 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1985.
The latest value for Sri Lanka is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Sri Lanka, 2019
11.5%
Change from 2016
−2.6percentage points
World, 2024
18.2%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Sri Lanka over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | – | 20.5% |
| 2021 | – | 21.4% |
| 2020 | – | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 11.5% | – |
| 2018 | – | 22.3% |
| 2017 | – | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 14.1% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | – | 26.3% |
| 2014 | – | 27.9% |
| 2013 | – | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 20.1% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | – | 33.6% |
| 2010 | – | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 24.2% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | – | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 30.2% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | – | 43.7% |
| 2004 | – | 45.4% |
| 2003 | – | 47.2% |
| 2002 | 42.5% | 48.6% |
| 2001 | – | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 14.1% in 2016, a change of −2.6 percentage points.
- Since 1985, when it was 52.3%, the figure has changed by −40.8 percentage points.