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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	56 726	80 604	84 009^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	8	5	2.3^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 799.6	3 855.2	3 939.7^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	9.5	8.8	8^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	29.7	29.3	29.4^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	60.9	61.9	62.6^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	31.8	28.7	23.7^i,d
Employment in industry (% of employed)	25.5	25.8	30.4^i,d
Employment in services (% employed)	42.6	45.6	45.9^i,d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	4.8	4.5	4.2^d
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	34.4 / 76.5	35.7 / 75.8	35.3 / 74.3^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100^j,k	110^l	138^l,d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	93	105	106^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	8 304	10 440	10 707^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	12 354	18 967	15 607^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 4 050	- 8 528	- 4 900^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 075	- 1 883	- 1 808^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^m (average annual %)	0.7	0.6	0.5^d
Urban population (% of total population)	18.2	18.3	18.6^b
Urban population growth rate^m (average annual %)	0.6	0.5	...
Fertility rate, total^m (live births per woman)	2.3	2.2	2.2^d
Life expectancy at birth^m (females/males, years)	78.5 / 71.5	79.3 / 72.4	80.0 / 73.3^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	25.4 / 11.9	24.8 / 14.0	23.4 / 16.9^a
International migrant stockⁿ (000/% of total pop.)	39.0 / 0.2	39.7 / 0.2	40.3 / 0.2^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	435.3^o	51.8	26.6^d
Infant mortality rate^m (per 1 000 live births)	10.2	8.8	7.6^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	3.9	3.9	3.8^i,p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.7	0.9	1.2^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	1.7	2.2	2.1^p
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.2 / 100.7	100.6 / 102.7	99.6 / 100.7^p
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.5 / 96.3	101.8 / 97.2^q	102.6 / 98.0^p
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.2 / 91.7	103.9 / 94.0^q	105.3 / 95.2^p
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	3.8	2.3	2.4^p
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	5.8	5.8	5.4^r

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	12	12.1^i,s,t	34.1^i,u
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.1	0.1	0.1^u
Threatened species (number)	552	580	680
Forested area (% of land area)	33.5	34.4	34.3^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	12.4 / 0.6	19.5 / 0.9	20.6 / 1.0^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	184	181	175^i,p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	18	21	21^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^v (000)	654	1 798	1 914^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	41.1	43.7	43.7^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	88.4 / ...	91.5 / ...	93.3 / ...^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	1	0.57	0.24^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Colombo is the capital and Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital.
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Excludes publishing activities.
g		Includes irrigation canals.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		Colombo
l		Index base: 2013=100.
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Including refugees.
o		Data as at the end of December.
p		2018
q		2013
r		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
s		Users in the last 12 months.
t		Population aged 5 to 69 years.
u		2017
v		Excluding nationals residing abroad.