Health in Sri Lanka 1,237 indicators covering health for Sri Lanka. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Deaths in armed conflicts by region, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2020 unchanged 33rd Proportion of health care facilities with limited water services 1 2025 up 79.3% 65th Tb patients living with hiv receiving art 23 2021 up 9.5% 98th HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 100.0% 2024 up 16.3% 1st Hospital beds 39.35 2023 up 7.4% 43rd Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 79.0% 2022 down 10.2% 56th New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 55.49 2024 down 44.8% 14th Treatment success rate: HIV-positive TB cases 65 2022 up 261.1% 108th Prevalence of wasting, weight for height 9.3% 2024 down 56.3% 13th Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 290,000 2024 down 19.4% 56th Bladder cancer death rate 0.7263 2019 down 5.6% 96th Cancer death rates by type who db 0.7263 2019 down 5.6% 96th Weight-for-height <-2 SD 9.3 2024 down 56.4% 14th Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) 0.0% 2025 — 167th International Health Regulations core capacity scores, SPAR version 50 2025 — 85th Prevalence of underweight, weight for age 17.1% 2024 down 34.5% 22nd Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population 56.74 2024 down 25.4% 15th Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children 94 2024 down 55.9% 13th Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment 1,311 2024 down 19.6% 13th New leprosy child case detection rate (less than 15 years of age) per 18.47 2024 down 55.3% 11th Ipv1 number unvaccinated 3,246 2023 down 98.3% 121st Contraceptive prevalence, any method 64.6% 2016 down 5.6% 36th Number of reported cases of poliomyelitis by wild poliovirus 0 2023 — 3rd Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 20.7% 2024 down 10.4% 71st Liver cancer death rate 3.49 2019 up 28.3% 75th Number of female leprosy new cases 495 2024 down 42.4% 12th Estimated number of malaria deaths 0 2024 — 66th Estimated number of malaria cases 0 2024 — 82nd National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE 6 2022 unchanged 83rd Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method 53.6% 2016 up 2.1% 43rd Number of prevalent tuberculosis cases 20,000 2014 unchanged 59th Estimated malaria incidence 0 2024 — 82nd Estimated malaria mortality rate 0 2024 — 66th Number of new G2D leprosy cases 93 2024 down 36.7% 16th Leprosy - New leprosy cases with G2D rate per 1 000 000 population 4.03 2024 down 43.5% 18th 3.7.2 Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 women 21 2015 down 22.4% 117th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health 7.4% 2023 up 2.4% 88th Pancreatic cancer death rate 0.7987 2019 up 53.8% 110th Brain and nervous system cancer death rate 2.14 2019 up 23.1% 75th Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Prices 21.39 2022 up 39.1% 7th Taxes as a % of price: total tax 66.9% 2022 down 10.2% 68th Taxes as a % of price: value added tax 13.0% 2022 up 21.8% 84th Taxes as a % of price: ad valorem excise 0.0% 2022 — 106th Taxes as a % of price: specific excise 53.9% 2022 down 10.0% 20th Taxes as a % of price: import duties 0.0% 2022 — 38th Taxes as a % of price: other taxes 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 57th Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Price in 1,600 2022 up 45.7% 20th Weight-for-height <-3 SD 0.8 2024 down 73.7% 54th Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height 0.8% 2024 down 73.3% 53rd Physical activity policies for activie societies 10 2023 unchanged 113th Physical activity policies focused on active systems 10 2023 unchanged 101st Midwifery personnel 8,751 2023 down 0.5% 31st Number of deaths from malaria who 0 2024 — 66th Death rate from malaria 0 2024 — 66th Incidence of malaria 0 2024 — 79th Death rate from poisonings 0.2 2021 unchanged 136th 3.8.1 Coverage of essential health services 67 2021 up 21.8% 104th Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 13.9 2021 down 23.6% 119th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 0.2 2021 unchanged 120th Suicide mortality rate, by sex 14.7 2021 down 15.0% 27th ← Previous Page 18 of 21 Next →