Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 96.47 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Latest (2019)
96.47
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
39th
of 120 countries
All-time high
99.74
in 1985
All-time low
96.46
in 2016
Years of data
9
1985–2019
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Sri Lanka, 1985–2019
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2019, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Sri Lanka stood at 96.47.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Sri Lanka peaked at 99.74 in 1985 and was at its lowest, 96.46, in 2016.
That places Sri Lanka 39th out of 120 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.74 | 99.74 | 99.74 | 1 |
| 1990s | 99.5 | 99.42 | 99.59 | 2 |
| 2000s | 98.41 | 98.13 | 98.64 | 3 |
| 2010s | 96.79 | 96.46 | 97.44 | 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 in Sri Lanka?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Sri Lanka was 96.47 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 99.74 in 1985.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.46 in 2016.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Sri Lanka ranks 39th out of 120 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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