Reference Data in Sri Lanka 3,215 indicators covering reference data for Sri Lanka. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Old-age dependency ratio 17.8% 2023 up 43.2% 91st Age dependency breakdown 17.8% 2023 up 43.2% 91st Number of 1-year-olds, by sex 158,942 people 2023 down 9.7% 70th Air passengers 3.87 million 2023 down 19.3% 69th Dietary compositions by commodity group 55.65 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 16.8% 100th Median age 32.81 years 2023 up 8.9% 114th Net official development assistance and official aid received 827.26 million constant 2023 US$ 2023 up 114.7% 51st 15_Debt securities held by nonresidents, total, short term, annual -66.69 % change on previous year 2025 down 60.0% 113th Armed forces personnel as a share of total population 1.4% 2020 up 31.5% 9th Armed forces personnel 317,000 2020 up 42.1% 22nd Number of people living in the capital city 5.22 million people 2100 down 3.9% 41st Meaningful democratic electoral institutions, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons 0.0697 ratio 2022 down 44.6% 132nd Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people 0 cases per million 2024 — 63rd Net food imports by crop - Rice, broken 28,997 2019 up 9,533.5% 23rd Total Reserves, per square kilometre 0.071 units per square kilometre 2023 down 40.6% 83rd Industry jobs as a share of total employment 26.3% 2025 up 2.1% 34th Prevalence rate of hypertension in adults aged 30-79 35.6 2019 up 7.2% 120th Nitrogen use efficiency 20.1% 2014 up 2.8% 163rd Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese 15.9% 2014 down 14.1% 16th Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre 0 hectares per square kilometre 2023 — 97th Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre 0.0073 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 88.4% 115th Share of children who are overweight or obese 0.9% 2024 down 25.0% 162nd Commercial bank branches 17.33 per 100,000 adults 2024 down 2.0% 52nd Years a country was a European overseas colony, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2022 — 1st Share of government spending going to interest payments 49.4% 2023 up 56.7% 1st Reported versus estimated cases of polio 0 cases 2023 — 26th Paralytic polio: estimated cases by world region 0 cases 2023 — 26th Reported cases of paralytic polio by world region 0 cases 2023 — 26th Reported paralytic polio cases per million 0 cases per million 2023 — 26th Reported cases of paralytic polio 0 cases 2023 — 26th Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted 163,600 2024 down 37.6% 74th IPAC Dashboard indicators — Geothermal 0 Index 2024 — 37th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - LULUCF 1,911 2019 down 22.5% 64th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Land Use change 598.46 2019 down 45.0% 80th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - AFOLU 1,911 2019 down 22.5% 64th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - LULUCF 1,911 2019 down 22.5% 64th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Land Use change 598.46 2019 down 45.0% 81st Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square 0.129 units per square kilometre 2019 down 10.6% 50th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita 0.0004 units per person 2019 down 16.0% 127th Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Savanna fires 0.007 2019 down 94.2% 105th Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - LULUCF 0 2019 down 100.0% 116th Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Land Use change 0 2019 down 100.0% 70th Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests 0 2019 down 100.0% 70th Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Forest fires 0 2019 down 100.0% 116th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Savanna fires 1.86 2019 down 94.2% 105th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - LULUCF 0 2019 down 100.0% 116th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Land Use change 0 2019 down 100.0% 70th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Fires in humid 0 2019 down 100.0% 70th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Forest fires 0 2019 down 100.0% 116th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Fires in organic soils 0 2019 — 6th Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires 0.0769 2019 down 94.2% 105th Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF 0 2019 down 100.0% 116th Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Land Use change 0 2019 down 100.0% 70th Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests 0 2019 down 100.0% 70th Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in organic soils 0 2019 — 6th Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires 0 2019 down 100.0% 116th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Savanna fires 2.15 2019 down 94.2% 105th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - LULUCF 0 2019 down 100.0% 116th Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Land Use change 0 2019 down 100.0% 70th ← Previous Page 12 of 54 Next →