Sri Lanka's hdi rose from 0.7 in 1994 to 0.8 in 2023.
Sri Lanka · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 13 with data
Sri Lanka's life satisfaction fell from 4.3 in 2011 to 4.0 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs78th of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthdown −2.5 yrs39th of 185
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- Gini indexdown −4.1 %55th of 78*
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)down −5.6 %133rd of 200
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- Homicide rateup +43.3 %79th of 133*
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.1 pts112th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Internet usersup +3.4 pts142nd of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs108th of 195
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- Unemploymentdown −0.2 pts71st of 185
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- Women in parliamentdown −0.2 pts165th of 184
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Sri Lanka.
- Housing cost overburden rateNo data