Sri Lanka at a glance
POVERTY and SOCIAL INDICATORS
EN
Sri Lanka
2011
Population, mid-year (millions)
Annual population growth rate (%)
(2010 – 2012)
Poverty (% of population below national poverty line)
Urban population (% of total population)
Labour force (%)
Life expectancy at birth (years)
Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)
Child malnutrition (% of children under 5)
Access to an improved water source (% of population)
Literacy (% of population age 15+)
Gross primary enrolment (% of school-age population)
Male
Female
South Asia
20.9
0.7
9
15
1.1
75
11
22
91
91
99
99
99
Lower middle
income
1,656
2,533
..
31
1.0
66
48
33
90
62
106
107
105
..
39
1.3
66
46
24
87
71
104
106
102
Sri Lanka: Economic Indicators 2008-2012
Economic Indicator
Per capita GNI, Atlas method ($)
2008
2009
2010
2011
1,770
1970
2260
7
2580
7.1
GDP per captia
2012
6
3.5
8
8.2
6.4
CPI (% change per year)
-20.8
3.5
6.2
6.7
7.6
Unemployment rate (%)
5.4a
5.8a
4.9a
4.2
4b
-7
-9.9
-8
-6.9
-6.2
-7.4
GDP growth (% change per year)
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
Export growth (% change per year)
6.2
-12.7
21
23.2
Import growth (% change per year)
24.7
-27.6
31.8
50.7
-5.8
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-9.5
-0.5
-2.2
-7.8
-5.8
External debt (% of GNI)
42.2
46.2
45.8
45.4
1991
2001
2010
2011
STRUCTURE of the ECONOMY
(% of GDP)
Agriculture
Industry
Manufacturing
Services
26.8
25.6
14.8
47.7
20.1
26.8
16.0
53.1
12.8
29.4
18.0
57.8
12.1
29.9
18.2
58.0
Household final consumption expenditure
General gov't final consumption expenditure
I mports of goods and services
77.4
9.8
38.9
74.0
10.3
43.6
65.2
15.6
30.7
69.8
14.8
37.6
2001
2010
2011
PRICES and GOVERNMENT FINANCE
1991
Inflation (%)
25
Domestic prices
(% change)
Consumer prices
Implicit GDP deflator
Government finance
(% of GDP, includes current grants)
Current revenue
20
15
12.2
10.6
14.2
13.7
6.2
7.3
6.7
7.8
10
5
0
22.6
17.0
4.9
06
14.5
Current budget balance
0.1
-4.5
-1.8
-0.9
Overall surplus/deficit
-9.5
-10.4
-8.0
-6.9
07
08
09
10
11
CPI
GDP
Deflator
TRADE
1991
2001
2010
2011
1,987
432
261
804
2,894
4,817
690
330
2,543
5,974
8,626
1,441
866
3,356
13,451
10,559
1,491
1,037
4,191
20,269
Food
521
545
1322
1567
Fuel and energy
234
731
3041
4795
Capital goods
Export price index (2000=100)
I mport price index (2000=100)
Terms of trade (2000=100)
720
39
51
77
1081
112
113
99
2758
191
198
96
4286
(US$ millions)
Total exports (fob)
Tea
Other agricultural goods and unclassified ex
Manufactures
Total imports (cif)
Export and Import levels (US$ mil)
25000
20,000
15,000
10,000
50000
0
05
06
07
Export
08
09
Import
10
11
Sri Lanka at a glance
1991
2001
2010
2011
2,534
3,345
-811
6,172
7,125
-953
11,100
15,219
-4,119
13,643
22,254
-8,611
Net income
Net current transfers
-180
469
-267
1,006
-617
3,660
-647
4,643
Memo:
Reserves including gold (US$ millions)
Conversion rate (DEC, local/US$)
695
41.4
1,357
89.4
7,109
113.1
6,133
110.6
1991
2001
2010
6,581
75
1,058
8,750
8
1,570
21,153
0
2,531
417
743
1,401
BALANCE of PAYMENTS
(US$ millions)
Exports of goods and services
I mports of goods and services
Resource balance
C Current account balance to GDP (%)
0
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
-2
-4
-6
-8
-10
-12
EXTERNAL DEBT and RESOURCE FLOWS
2011
Composition of 2011 debt (US$ mil)
Total debt outstanding and disbursed
IBRD
IDA
Total debt service
G: 1,913
B.2,652
1,313
F: 4,956
C: 2,325
Current account balance
-522
-214
-1076
-4615
D: 3,679
E: 8,459
A - IBRD
B - IDA
C - IMF
D - Other multilateral
E - Bilateral
F - Private
G - Short-term
Note: 2011 data are preliminary estimates
CPI = Consumer Price Index, GDP = Gross Domestic Product, GNI = Gross National Income
a
Excluding Northern Province
b
Provisional
The diamonds show four key indicators in the country (in bold) compared with its income-group average. If data are missing, the diamond will be incomplete.
Sources : ADB 2013 Asian Development Outlook 2013 Manila ADB Staff estimates; economy sources
World Bank 2013. World Development Indicators Online
Development Economics LDB database.