Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp was 97.74 in 2019. β¬ Flat
Latest (2019)
97.74
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
41st
of 119 countries
All-time high
99.92
in 1985
All-time low
97.69
in 2016
Years of data
9
1985β2019
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Sri Lanka, 1985β2019
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 97.74 for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Sri Lanka peaked at 99.92 in 1985 and was at its lowest, 97.69, in 2016.
Sri Lanka ranks 41st of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.92 | 99.92 | 99.92 | 1 |
| 1990s | 99.69 | 99.66 | 99.72 | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.01 | 98.85 | 99.11 | 3 |
| 2010s | 97.95 | 97.69 | 98.42 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More poverty & inequality data for Sri Lanka
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.97 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,804 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 9.85 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.367 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 14.66 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0829 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0829 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1045 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.3658 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Sri Lanka?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Sri Lanka was 97.74 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 99.92 in 1985.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.69 in 2016.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp?
- Sri Lanka ranks 41st out of 119 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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