Environment in Sri Lanka 2,349 indicators covering environment for Sri Lanka. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.24 Percentage change 2025 down 56.5% 12th Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change 2025 down 56.4% 11th Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 10th Standard Deviation 0.207 °C 2025 unchanged 219th Temperature change 0.849 °C 2025 down 0.2% 210th Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.2 % change on previous year 2024 up 111.6% 57th Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 5.0% 111th Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 8.7% 161st Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 5.36 % change on previous year 2024 down 89.0% 18th Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 0.2% 141st Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 14.2% 137th Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 5.16 % change on previous year 2024 up 86.9% 25th Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 8.2% 53rd Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 23.8% 97th Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year 2024 down 5.5% 113th Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.3% 69th Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 14.8% 103rd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 5.29 % change on previous year 2024 up 496.2% 14th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 12.7% 135th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 28.9% 152nd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 10.43 % change on previous year 2024 down 32.9% 25th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 74.7% 132nd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 71.1% 133rd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 7.87 % change on previous year 2024 up 591.3% 12th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.5% 162nd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 6.8% 166th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 1.16 % change on previous year 2024 up 140.8% 97th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 137.5% 89th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 171.8% 105th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 8.13 % change on previous year 2024 down 60.4% 4th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 8.1% 105th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 23.7% 140th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt) 14.65 % change on previous year 2024 down 78.6% 5th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1.6% 72nd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 16.3% 118th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 5.32 % change on previous year 2024 up 36.3% 15th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 6.5% 83rd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 21.9% 128th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual 3.15 % change on previous year 2024 down 42.3% 19th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.6% 119th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 14.8% 157th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year 2024 up 100.0% 108th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 35.3% 88th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 26.0% 130th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) -100 % change on previous year 2018 down 254.5% 152nd Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 100.0% 151st Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 100.0% 152nd Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0.2132 % change on previous year 2024 down 96.1% 73rd Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.2% 16th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 13.1% 29th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 3.69 % change on previous year 2024 down 60.3% 65th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 20.6% 125th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 9.1% 180th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2.82 % change on previous year 2024 down 50.1% 39th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.2% 126th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 10.9% 176th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 14.29 % change on previous year 2024 down 81.4% 8th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 20.0% 64th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 37.3% 115th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 5.27 % change on previous year 2024 up 26.5% 24th Page 1 of 40 Next →