Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Sri Lanka
14.3% of people in Sri Lanka lived below the national poverty line in 2019. The value for 2019 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
The latest value for Sri Lanka is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Sri Lanka, 2019
14.3%
Change from 2016
−1.7percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Sri Lanka over time
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Sri Lanka
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 14.3% |
| 2016 | 16.0% |
| 2012 | 22.5% |
| 2009 | 28.4% |
| 2006 | 34.1% |
| 2002 | 46.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 16.0% in 2016, a change of −1.7 percentage points.
- Since 1990, when it was 26.1%, the figure has changed by −11.8 percentage points.