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IndicatorLKASri LankaSouth Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.82rank #52
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile40.1rank #120
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.62rank #35
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.59rank #38
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.87rank #30
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile46rank #125
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.82rank #52
Military spending% GDP1.4%rank #85
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.52rank #32
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile59.9rank #133
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile50.1rank #118
Rule of Law0-100 percentile52.5rank #115
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.83rank #39
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.78rank #25
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.61rank #41
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile54.6rank #109
Women in parliament% seats9.8%rank #153
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.74rank #78
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment25.9%rank #69
Agriculture value added% GDP8.4%rank #68
Annual working hours per workerhours2,053.1rank #55
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker99,770.6rank #103
Current account balance% GDP1.2%rank #59
Employment-to-population ratio%46.5%rank #154
External debt stocks% GNI58.9%rank #75
FDI net inflows% GDP0.76%rank #147
GDPcurrent US$108.83Brank #71
GDP growth%5%rank #48
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$5,002.1rank #119
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $14,582.8rank #104
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $12,615.6rank #111
Government expenditure% GDP18%rank #68
Gross capital formation% GDP29.6%rank #23
Gross savings% GDP27.6%rank #44
High-technology exports% manuf. exports1.5%rank #108
Human capital indexindex2.9rank #67
Industry value added% GDP25.4%rank #67
Inflation%-4.8%rank #1
Labour force participation rate%48.4%rank #160
Personal remittances received% GDP6.7%rank #39
R&D expenditure% GDP0.11%rank #77
Researchers in R&Dper million94.5rank #77
Tax revenue% GDP9.9%rank #101
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.7rank #49
Trade openness% GDP41.8%rank #116
Unemployment% labor force4%rank #67
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%3.8%rank #64
Vulnerable employment% employment39.2%rank #118
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2418.6%rank #127
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2418.6%rank #126
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop90.2%rank #114
Basic sanitation access% pop95.4%rank #78
Child mortalityper 1000.59rank #28
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,675.1rank #129
DTP3 immunization coverage%97%rank #3
Health spending% GDP3.7%rank #164
Infant mortalityper 1k births5.2rank #26
Life expectancyyears77.7rank #78
Maternal mortalityper 100k18rank #18
Measles immunization% children99%rank #1
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%99%rank #1
Physiciansper 1k1.1rank #34
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m322.7rank #133
Road traffic deathsper 100k19.7rank #79
Smoking prevalence% adults20.7%rank #71
Suicide mortality rateper 100k14.7rank #149
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k59rank #78
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births5.9rank #49
Undernourishment% pop7.4%rank #28
Education
Adult literacy%92.7%rank #18
Education spending% GDP1.8%rank #110
Expected years of schoolingyears13.1rank #108
Mean years of schoolingyears10.8rank #76
Primary completion rate% relevant age94.5%rank #76
Primary enrollment% gross91.5%rank #138
Secondary enrollment% gross88%rank #95
Tertiary enrollment% gross20.7%rank #103
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00010.1rank #150
Fertility ratebirths/woman2rank #107
Median age of populationyears32.8rank #98
Net migration rateper 1,000-1.2rank #144
Populationpeople21.76Mrank #62
Population growth%-0.73%rank #206
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years82.1rank #74
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands24,813.7rank #67
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age51.7rank #139
Urban population%20.5%rank #201
Climate
CO₂ emissionst20.83Mrank #88
CO₂ per capitat0.9rank #153
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation26.8%rank #40
Electricity from hydro% generation38.2%rank #20
Electricity from solar% generation17.6%rank #16
Electricity from wind% generation5.4%rank #41
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita644.5rank #118
Forest area% land34%rank #95
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita1.6rank #25
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh321.2rank #45
Renewable electricity%61.6%rank #26
Renewable energy share%48.8%rank #47
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e34.2rank #87
Society
Asylum seekerspeople33,564rank #144
Extreme poverty% pop2.7%rank #17
Female labor participation%31%rank #163
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1008.5rank #99
Gender Development Indexratio0.95rank #63
Gender Inequality Index0-10.37rank #83
Gini indexindex37.7rank #47
Homicide rateper 100k3.3rank #79
Human Development Index0-10.78rank #71
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.63rank #68
Internally displaced personspeople4,099rank #1
Internet users% pop54.6%rank #140
Life satisfaction0-104rank #131
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.75rank #22
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #43
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #45
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.07rank #106
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.4rank #139
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people213rank #139
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people148,369rank #154
Youth NEET rate%17.7%rank #93
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year10,165rank #33
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-103.7rank #31
Human hazard & exposure0-103.5rank #30
INFORM risk score0-104.2rank #31
Lack of coping capacity0-105rank #41
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-103.1rank #27
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-106.5rank #44
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.9rank #26
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year255rank #23
Socio-economic vulnerability0-103.6rank #37
Vulnerability0-104rank #29
Vulnerable groups0-104.3rank #38
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