Sri Lanka Poverty Rate 1985-2021
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 2016 was 42.00%, a 9.7% decline from 2012.
- Sri Lanka poverty rate for 2012 was 51.70%, a 6.2% decline from 2009.
- Sri Lanka poverty rate for 2009 was 57.90%, a 3.1% decline from 2006.
- Sri Lanka poverty rate for 2006 was 61.00%, a 9.1% decline from 2002.
| Sri Lanka Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2016 |
42.00% |
-9.70% |
| 2012 |
51.70% |
-6.20% |
| 2009 |
57.90% |
-3.10% |
| 2006 |
61.00% |
-9.10% |
| 2002 |
70.10% |
-6.00% |
| 1995 |
76.10% |
-5.30% |
| 1990 |
81.40% |
-0.50% |
| 1985 |
81.90% |
-0.50% |
