Health in Sri Lanka 1,229 indicators covering health for Sri Lanka. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Mortality rate among children ages 5 to 9 years 0.6605 2024 down 43.1% 148th Number of deaths among adolescents 330 2024 down 32.5% 81st Number of deaths among children 5 to 14 years of age 553 2024 down 39.4% 88th Number of deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years 223 2024 down 47.4% 93rd Terrorism deaths 1 2021 — 50th Share of deaths from terrorism 0.0006 2021 — 50th Deaths from terrorism by target 0 2021 — 2nd Deaths from suicide and non suicide terrorist attacks 1 2021 — 50th Suicide and other terrorist attacks 1 2021 — 65th Deaths from terrorist attacks by method of attack stacked bar 0 2021 — 21st Terrorism deaths rate 0.0046 2021 — 51st Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 2021 — 21st Prevalence of HIV, total 0.1% 2024 unchanged 108th Number of people who are undernourished 1.70 million 2023 down 10.5% 53rd External health expenditure channeled through government 92.0% 2023 down 7.0% 16th Suicide rate who mdb 12.14 2019 down 31.8% 11th Suicide rate male female who mdb 20.49 2019 down 29.3% 10th Death rate from diabetes who mdb 46.23 2019 down 10.1% 23rd Suicide rates among young people who mdb 8.15 2019 down 43.5% 27th Suicide rates among young women who mdb 7.16 2019 down 53.7% 18th Suicide rates among young men who mdb 9.13 2019 down 31.7% 35th Suicide rates by age who mdb 8.15 2019 down 43.5% 27th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 10.8% 2021 down 19.4% 140th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 17.4% 2021 down 26.3% 123rd Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 13.9% 2021 down 24.0% 134th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.17 per 100,000 population 2021 down 29.2% 153rd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.078 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 22.0% 156th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.28 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 28.2% 139th Suicide mortality rate, female 5.85 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 24.6% 45th Suicide mortality rate, male 24.22 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 16.9% 28th Suicide mortality rate 14.74 per 100,000 population 2021 down 18.8% 30th Mortality from ncds sdgs 13.9 2021 down 24.0% 134th Mortality from ncds gender 17.4 2021 down 26.3% 123rd Healthy life expectancy at birth 66.73 2021 up 2.3% 39th Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 — 1st Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 3.32 2021 down 21.9% 146th Nurses and midwives 2.26 per 1,000 people 2023 up 26.9% 125th Share of women among the population living with hiv 19.48 2024 down 40.5% 136th Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 13.7 2023 down 6.2% 23rd Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 73.8% 2023 down 11.7% 62nd Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 4.86 2023 up 69.7% 47th Diabetes prevalence who gho 7.4 2014 up 25.4% 115th Child mortality rate ihme 0.76 2019 down 47.2% 145th Neonatal mortality ihme 0.44 2019 down 37.1% 142nd Number of neonatal deaths ihme 1,304 2019 down 48.4% 88th Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 1.05 2020 up 11.7% 118th Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 2.91 2020 up 11.9% 116th Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 4.98 2020 up 12.9% 115th Low-birthweight babies 18.0% 2020 down 3.6% 15th Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with hiv 71 2024 up 343.8% 74th Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 41.9 2022 up 4.5% 98th Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 25.06 2022 up 61.2% 17th Prevalence of diabetes, crude 27.21 2022 up 70.2% 11th Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 40.78 2022 up 2.6% 103rd Inequality in life expectancy 0.0475 2023 down 30.3% 147th Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.0475 2023 down 30.3% 147th Child mortality under five death rate by wealth group 0.5881 2024 down 36.4% 102nd Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 29.2% 2022 down 40.9% 40th Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 30.3% 2022 down 34.1% 48th Maternal mortality ratio vs mean daily income 28.84 2020 down 22.6% 111th ← Previous Page 9 of 21 Next →