Climate Change in Sri Lanka

1,227 indicators covering climate change for Sri Lanka.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Food Retail — Emissions 361.84 kt 2023 up 156.4% 76th
Food Retail — Emissions 0.0103 kt 2023 up 141.4% 97th
Food Retail — Emissions 0.0055 kt 2023 up 217.0% 76th
Food Retail — Emissions 0.0103 kt 2023 up 139.5% 112th
Food Retail — Emissions 0.0055 kt 2023 up 223.5% 89th
Food Retail — Emissions 361.84 kt 2023 up 156.4% 89th
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0.2878 kt 2023 up 141.4% 113th
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1.45 kt 2023 up 217.0% 91st
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 2.8% 82nd
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 3.2% 82nd
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 0 t per US$ of GDP 2023 up 2.7% 82nd
Food Retail — Energy Use 5,963 TJ 2023 up 47.2% 84th
Food Retail — Energy Use 5,963 TJ 2023 up 47.2% 76th
Millet — Crop residues 93,804 kg 2050 58th
Millet — Crop residues 0.0018 kt 2050 58th
Millet — Crop residues 0.0015 kt 2050 58th
Millet — Crop residues 0.0003 kt 2050 58th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.6% 96th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.2% 65th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.1% 95th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% 65th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.3% 95th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.2% 65th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content), per capita 0.0894 kg per person 2023 down 0.2% 95th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre 31.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 8.3% 65th
Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires 4,117 tonnes 2026 down 54.3% 95th
Raw milk of goats — Emissions intensity 2.18 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 1.8% 58th
Raw milk of goats — Emissions (CO2eq) 34.76 kt 2023 down 24.2% 67th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 1.4% 85th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 2.1% 85th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 2.3% 85th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content), per unit of GDP 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 down 2.2% 85th
Food Packaging — Emissions 0 kt 2016 134th
Food Packaging — Emissions 0 kt 2016 118th
Food Packaging — Emissions 0.2189 kt 2016 down 36.4% 139th
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0.0002 kt 2016 down 50.0% 140th
Food Packaging — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.0005 kt 2016 down 37.5% 138th
Electricity — Energy use in agriculture 7.56 TJ 2023 134th
Electricity — Emissions 0.9284 kt 2023 131st
Electricity — Emissions 0.0025 kt 2023 134th
Electricity — Emissions 0 kt 2023 128th
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions 10.47 kt 2023 up 0.4% 96th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 12.95 billion cubic meters 2022 unchanged 40th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 24.5% 2022 unchanged 53rd
Access to electricity, urban, Percent of urban population 100 2022 up 2.8% 1st
Potatoes — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 46.6% 117th
Potatoes — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 47.7% 104th
Potatoes — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 42.1% 84th
Potatoes — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 50.2% 120th
Potatoes — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 51.2% 109th
Potatoes — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 45.9% 87th
Potatoes — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 50.7% 120th
Potatoes — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 51.7% 109th
Potatoes — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 46.5% 88th
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per capita 0.0046 kg per person 2023 down 50.1% 122nd
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per unit of GDP 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 down 51.0% 108th
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre 1.63 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 45.8% 87th
Annual change in GDP and CO₂ emissions 5.0% 2025 up 17.8% 55th
Annual change in GDP, population and CO₂ emissions -0.7% 2025 down 179.7% 205th
Temperature anomalies vs. latitude 0.3556 °C 2025 up 340.3% 158th