Sri Lanka Poverty Rate 1985-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Sri Lanka poverty rate for 2019 was 49.30%, a 3.5% decline from 2016.
- Sri Lanka poverty rate for 2016 was 52.80%, a 8.7% decline from 2012.
- Sri Lanka poverty rate for 2012 was 61.50%, a 5.9% decline from 2009.
- Sri Lanka poverty rate for 2009 was 67.40%, a 2% decline from 2006.
| Sri Lanka Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
49.30% |
-3.50% |
| 2016 |
52.80% |
-8.70% |
| 2012 |
61.50% |
-5.90% |
| 2009 |
67.40% |
-2.00% |
| 2006 |
69.40% |
-7.40% |
| 2002 |
76.80% |
-5.70% |
| 1995 |
82.50% |
-4.70% |
| 1990 |
87.20% |
-0.40% |
| 1985 |
87.60% |
-0.40% |
