Sri Lanka's life expectancy rose from 69.7 yrs in 1995 to 77.7 yrs in 2024.
Sri Lanka · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Sri Lanka's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 62.4 yrs in 2000 to 66.7 yrs in 2021.
Sri Lanka's infant mortality fell from 16.3 ‰ in 1995 to 5.2 ‰ in 2024.
Sri Lanka's under-5 mortality rate fell from 20.5 ‰ in 1995 to 5.9 ‰ in 2024.
Sri Lanka's maternal mortality ratio fell from 49.0 /100k in 1994 to 18.0 /100k in 2023.
Sri Lanka's ncd mortality fell from 22.5 % in 2000 to 13.9 % in 2021.
Sri Lanka's suicide mortality rate fell from 38.9 /100k in 2000 to 14.7 /100k in 2021.
Sri Lanka's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 15.1 /100k in 2000 to 19.7 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.3 pts164th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +3.2 %136th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +9.5 pts169th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −0.7 %36th of 63
- Nurses and midwivesdown −3.5 %54th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −0.3 %25th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −2.0 pts29th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +3.5 %124th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.1 pts112th of 148
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Sri Lanka.
- Safe sanitationNo data