Social Development in Sri Lanka 159 indicators covering social development for Sri Lanka. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2010 — 31st Age of full democracy 22 years 1969 up 83.3% 73rd Freedom of Association Score 6 2025 up 20.0% 46th Freedom of Expression Score 7 2025 up 75.0% 19th Civil Rights Score 6 2025 up 50.0% 31st Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 19.4% 2030 down 10.6% 71st Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 3.63 million 2030 down 1.4% 40th Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 48.3% 2020 down 3.1% 82nd Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 62.7% 2020 down 0.9% 82nd Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 32.2% 2020 down 1.7% 140th Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 37.3% 2020 up 1.5% 105th Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 14.4% 2020 up 7.3% 72nd Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 12.6% 2020 up 5.0% 123rd Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 16.94 2020 up 10.5% 129th Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 7.8 2020 up 10.5% 129th Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population 6.32 2020 up 11.7% 120th Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 — 4th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence 12.3% 2030 down 8.9% 100th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence (%) 12.5% 2030 down 9.4% 101st Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / 4,800 2025 down 89.1% 53rd Tobacco MPOWER overview: Monitor, Protect people, Offer help, Warn of 4 2024 unchanged 68th Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of 3,000 2024 up 112.3% 17th Tobacco Raise taxes: National taxes for tobacco and nicotine products 0 2024 — 104th Age of democracy 4 years 2018 up 33.3% 104th Locations of ongoing armed conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2020 unchanged 46th Homicides, by sex of the victim 249 homicides 2019 up 22.7% 25th Homicide rate by sex of the victim 4.54 homicides per 100,000 population 2019 down 48.6% 61st Press Freedom Index 42.2 2021 down 25.4% 54th Share of prisoners that are pre-trial detainees 72.4% 2026 up 52.1% 7th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption 0.36 2015 up 20.0% 146th Number of armed conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2020 unchanged 29th Tobacco MPOWER: National tobacco control programmes 10 2024 up 150.0% 31st Laboratories providing drug susceptibility testing (DST) 0.2 2014 down 33.3% 118th Homicide rate from firearms 0.0714 homicides per 100,000 population 2019 down 94.4% 67th Homicides by firearm 16 homicides 2019 down 93.9% 50th Annual revenues from alcohol excise tax in millions US$ 805.71 2015 down 31.2% 23rd Annual revenues from alcohol excise tax in millions US$ 537.2 2014 down 54.1% 23rd Alcoholic excise tax revenue as a per cent of government revenue 5.5% 2013 up 31.0% 2nd Alcoholic excise tax revenue as a per cent of government revenue 5.5% 2013 up 31.0% 2nd ← Previous Page 3 of 3