Health in Sri Lanka 1,245 indicators covering health for Sri Lanka. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank HIV-positive TB patients on CPT (co-trimoxazole preventive therapy) 86.0% 2014 up 14.7% 49th Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technicians 2,600 2023 up 50.8% 15th 2.2.2a Prevalence of wasting among children under 5 15.1 2016 down 0.7% 2nd Proportion of bloodstream infection due to Escherichia coli resistant 60.5% 2023 down 10.6% 16th Dental Assistants and Therapists 360 2023 down 4.0% 21st Antimicrobial resistance or decreased susceptibiity (DS/R) to 0 2020 — 43rd Antimicrobial resistance or decreased susceptibiity (DS/R) to 0 2020 down 100.0% 48th Proportion of bloodstream infection due to methicillin-resistant 48.6% 2023 — 14th Financial hardship in health and components (SDG 3.8.2, 2025) 14.2% 2019 down 29.6% 28th Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professionals 170 2021 down 87.8% 23rd Commitments to recipient countries 43.17 2010 up 41.3% 62nd Disbursements to recipient countries 60.02 2010 up 431.6% 53rd Medical and Pathology Laboratory scientists 2,001 2021 up 35.2% 10th Infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life 80.9% 2016 up 6.8% 1st Dental Prosthetic Technicians 54 2023 up 8.0% 12th Population with household spending on health greater than 25% of 0.9% 2016 up 22.4% 31st Population pushed below a relative poverty line by household health 1.2% 2016 down 16.1% 30th Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.3% 2016 down 13.5% 32nd Number of isolates tested for ceftriaxone 24 2018 down 66.7% 42nd Proportion of isolates with decreased susceptibility or resistance 0 2018 — 13th Population pushed below the $3.20 a day poverty line by household 0.8% 2016 down 52.1% 18th Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.2% 2016 down 70.7% 22nd Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.2% 2016 down 63.8% 17th Population pushed below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household 0.1% 2016 down 78.1% 21st Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.0% 2016 down 80.0% 21st Population pushed below the $2.15 a day poverty line by household 0.1% 2016 down 82.4% 21st Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.0% 2016 down 86.7% 19th Population pushed further below the $3.20 a day poverty line by 4.0% 2016 down 76.1% 20th Population pushed below the $3.65 a day poverty line by household 1.1% 2016 down 37.8% 15th Population pushed further below the $3.65 a day poverty line by 6.0% 2016 down 71.1% 16th Proportion of isolates with resistance to azithromycin reported to 4.17 2018 — 28th Number of isolates tested for azithromycin 24 2018 down 36.8% 40th Domestic general government expenditure on PHC as % of primary health 19.0% 2022 down 14.1% 25th Children aged <5 years wasted for age 21.4% 2012 up 38.1% 2nd Proportion of isolates with resistance to ciprofloxacin reported to 83.33 2018 down 7.7% 13th Number of isolates tested for ciprofloxacin 24 2018 down 66.7% 46th Proportion of isolates with decreased susceptibility or resistance 0 2018 — 25th Number of isolates tested for extended-spectrum cephalosporins 24 2018 down 66.7% 45th Population with household spending on health greater than 10% of 8.7% 2016 up 4.6% 13th Population pushed further below a relative poverty line by household 8.9% 2016 down 24.6% 18th Number of insecticide classes to which resistance was reported 3 2008 up 50.0% 7th Percentage of sites for which pyrethroid resistance was reported 33 2008 — 29th Confirmed cases of MDR-TB started treatment for MDR-TB 100.0% 2012 — 3rd Sales of wine in 1000s hectolitres 1.76 2006 — 67th Percentage of sites for which organochlorine resistance was reported 100 2008 unchanged 1st ← Previous Page 21 of 21