Health in Sri Lanka

1,229 indicators covering health for Sri Lanka.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health 6.0% 2023 up 836.6% 74th
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 33.6% 2023 down 26.1% 149th
Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure 54.8% 2023 up 12.0% 24th
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 1.2% 2023 down 26.3% 159th
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 6.3% 2023 down 37.3% 150th
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current 60.4% 2023 up 11.9% 26th
Current health expenditure (CHE) per capita in US$ 134.24 2023 up 0.8% 139th
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) per capita in US$ 81.05 2023 up 12.9% 121st
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) per capita in 45.07 2023 down 25.5% 144th
Total healthcare expenditure gdp 3.68 2023 down 0.3% 165th
Health expenditure government expenditure 6.33 2023 down 37.3% 149th
Mumps - number of reported cases 162 2025 down 52.1% 50th
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 2.62 2025 up 2,435.2% 82nd
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population) 0.3 2023 down 18.9% 128th
Hib vaccine 97 2024 down 2.0% 29th
Congenital Rubella Syndrome - number of reported cases 0 2025 16th
External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$ 8.11 2023 up 844.2% 81st
Dentists 2,200 2023 up 72.0% 82nd
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 86.3% 2024 unchanged 29th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 51,861 2023 up 36.4% 68th
Nursing personnel 43,110 2023 up 47.5% 71st
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex 0.0182 2024 up 29.1% 120th
People using safely managed drinking water services, rural 38.9% 2024 up 3.2% 46th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 30.07 2019 up 2.3% 112th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 31.81 2019 up 8.7% 78th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 46.6% 2019 up 19.5% 133rd
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence 35.6 2019 up 7.2% 119th
Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 15.5% 2019 up 36.0% 109th
Hypertension: effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 16.1% 2019 up 42.5% 102nd
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 37.5% 2019 up 21.4% 110th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 35.8% 2019 up 15.1% 122nd
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 48.2% 2019 up 24.2% 120th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude 37.9 2019 up 14.8% 80th
Pneumococcal conjugate second or third-dose vaccines (PCVc) 0.0% 2025 167th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 93.4% 2024 unchanged 26th
Adolescent birth rate 0.0436 2015 down 63.3% 122nd
Rubella number unvaccinated 3,246 2023 down 9.3% 107th
Estimated number of malaria cases 0 Cases 2024 82nd
Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases 58 2023 down 6.5% 120th
Medical doctors 11.36 2023 up 47.2% 114th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 38.5% 2022 up 39.6% 40th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 37.2% 2022 up 34.2% 42nd
3.b.1 Proportion of surviving infants receiving 3 doses of 98 2022 down 1.0% 22nd
Nursing and midwifery personnel 22.58 2023 up 26.9% 123rd
Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV 8,700 2025 up 77.6% 103rd
Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 0.1% 2025 unchanged 106th
Cases of paralytic polio from wild vs vaccine derived viruses 0 2023 24th
Immunization measles vs vaccine safety 98 2024 down 1.0% 15th
Share of children vaccinated with mcv2 98 2024 down 1.0% 15th
Cases of paralytic polio from vaccine derived viruses 0 2023 24th
TB patients with known HIV status 98.0% 2024 up 25.6% 43rd
Reported number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy 4,535 2025 up 464.8% 106th
Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with HIV 52.0% 2025 up 225.0% 122nd
Dentists 0.96 2023 up 60.0% 121st
Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 19 2024 up 46.2% 111th
Hib3 number unvaccinated 3,246 2023 down 9.3% 126th
Number of new HIV infections 860 2025 up 72.0% 80th
Number of people dying from HIV-related causes 200 2025 down 60.0% 85th
Capital health expenditure 0.3% 2018 down 12.2% 60th
Adolescent birth rate 0.0436 2015 down 63.3% 125th