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Sri Lanka LK

South Asia · Upper middle income · capital Colombo

Population
21,756,000
2025
GDP
$108.8 billion
2025
Life expectancy
77.7 y
2024

In the live services

corpusrows for this country
recipes1
legal1

Geospatial extent

Bounding box 79.66°–81.89° E, 5.92°–9.83° N · centroid 7.88, 80.77 · source natural-earth-1:110m

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Extent only; no cadastre or address data.

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Top research institutions

OpenAlex works counts; not a quality ranking.

Legal system

mixed system of Roman-Dutch civil law, English common law, Jaffna Tamil customary law, and Muslim personal law

CIA World Factbook (factbook.json)

Measured indicators

indicatorvalueyearsource
account_ownership81.72024World Bank FX.OWN.TOTL.ZS
Account ownership (% age 15+)81.72024World Bank
Agricultural land (% of land)48.82024World Bank
air_freight278.52023World Bank IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1
Air passengers carried3,866,001.02023World Bank
airline_routes_departures115.02026OpenFlights route database
airports_openflights12.02026OpenFlights airport database
airports_total24,228.02023World Bank IS.AIR.DPRT
armed_forces_pct3.72020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS
armed_forces_personnel317,000.02020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.P1
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV)11,000,000.02025World Bank
arrivals540,000.02020World Bank ST.INT.ARVL
atm_per_100k17.22015World Bank FB.ATM.TOTL.P5
bachelors_attainment_pct5.42023World Bank SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS
bank_branches_p517.32024World Bank FB.CBK.BRCH.P5
bank_capital_ratio_pct6.92025World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS
bank_capital_to_assets_pct6.92025World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS
basic_water_pct90.22024World Bank
broad_money_growth8.32019World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.ZG
broad_money_pct59.52019World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
broad_money_pct_gdp59.52019World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
budget_debt_pct_gdp73.52015World Bank
budget_expense_pct_gdp18.02023World Bank
central_gov_debt_pct_gdp73.52015World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
cereal_tonnes4,930,803.02024World Bank AG.PRD.CREL.MT
che_gdp_pct3.72023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHEGDP_SHA2011
che_per_capita_usd134.22023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHE_pc_US_SHA2011
child_stunting_pct10.52024World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
claims_on_central_gov21.22019World Bank FS.AST.CGOV.GD.ZS
clean_fuels_cooking31.02024World Bank EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS
Clinical trials involving this country (ClinicalTrials.gov)129.02026ClinicalTrials.gov v2 (country from trial locations)
container_port_traffic7,782,776.02024World Bank IS.SHP.GOOD.TU
container_traffic_teu70.72021World Bank IS.SHP.GCNW.XQ
contradictions_total3.02026encyclopedia.db prose claim graph (precision-gated advisory; P17/P27 subject)
cpi292.32025World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL
CPIA business-regulatory rating (1-6, World Bank)3.52025World Bank IQ.CPA.BREG.XQ
CPIA financial-sector rating (1-6)4.02025World Bank IQ.CPA.FINQ.XQ
CPIA public-sector management rating (1-6)3.42025World Bank IQ.CPA.PUBS.XQ
CPIA trade rating (1-6)4.02025World Bank IQ.CPA.TRAD.XQ
crime_unodc_cts_assault21,172.02004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Assault.xls
crime_unodc_cts_assault_rate108.02004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Assault.xls
crime_unodc_cts_burglary_cts_2011_burglary17,133.02004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Burglary.xls
crime_unodc_cts_burglary_cts_2011_burglary_rate87.42004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Burglary.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_total_drug_related_crime44,219.02004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_total_drug_related_crime_rate228.42004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_kidnapping868.02004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Kidnapping.xls
crime_unodc_cts_kidnapping_rate4.42004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Kidnapping.xls
crime_unodc_cts_robbery7,943.02004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Robbery.xls
crime_unodc_cts_robbery_rate40.52004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Robbery.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_rape1,432.02004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_rape_rate7.32004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_theft26,307.02004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Theft.xls
crime_unodc_cts_theft_rate134.12004https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Theft.xls
crime_unodc_intentional_homicide_victims4.02016https://data.humdata.org/dataset/dcfea0b9-3f1d-47d8-b118-5207bc6149b5/resource/da23d592-5bc9-4068-aaaf-844cf914faca/download/homicide_report_total_and_sex.xlsx
crop_production_idx99.42024World Bank AG.PRD.CROP.XD
cts_assault_count2,751.02019UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_assault_rate12.32019UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_count573.02022UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_rate2.52022UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_suspects511.02016UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_robbery_count2,944.02019UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_robbery_rate13.12019UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_sexual_violence_count1,779.02019UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_sexual_violence_rate7.92019UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
Ease of doing business rank (archived DB2020)99.02020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
Ease of doing business score (archived DB2020)61.82020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
defense_spend_usd1,390,730,987.22025World Bank MS.MIL.XPND.CD
dentists_per_10k22.62023WHO Global Health Observatory HWF_0006
deposit_rate8.72019World Bank FR.INR.DPST
deposit_rate_pct8.72019World Bank FR.INR.DPST
Emigrants living abroad (UN DESA 2020)831,788.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
International migrant stock (UN DESA 2020)19,058.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
domestic_credit_private_pct47.02019World Bank FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS
dpt_immun_pct97.02024World Bank SH.IMM.IDPT
edu_spend_per_student_primary7.92018World Bank SE.XPD.PRIM.PC.ZS
edu_spend_per_student_secondary7.72018World Bank SE.XPD.SECO.PC.ZS
edu_spend_per_student_tertiary31.62018World Bank SE.XPD.TERT.PC.ZS
education_spend_pct_gdp1.82023World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
education_spend_secondary45.72018World Bank SE.XPD.SECO.ZS
education_spend_tertiary20.72018World Bank SE.XPD.TERT.ZS
showing 80 of 75,902 measured series — full list: CSV · JSON

Language

English canonical body. 278 name labels held (Wikidata). Missing languages are absent, not machine-translated.

Lane coverage

Measured, not promised
lanestatus what exists
patents · serviceYELLOW · partialpatent application counts (residents + non-residents) from the World Bank/WIPO series; patent documents are not ingested source
legal · serviceYELLOW · partial1 primary-law documents, 0 with full text mirrored (newest 2015); corpus covers this jurisdiction's official texts, not every instrument ever made source
alerts · serviceGREEN · ingested0 alerts in current GDACS/USGS window (measured, not an all-clear). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full current GDACS (125) + USGS (284) window (409 alert rows) with per-record metadata. Kept green. source
defense · serviceGREEN · ingestedmilitary expenditure (% of GDP), SIPRI series via World Bank; not procurement, capabilities or intent source
space · serviceYELLOW · partialno orbital launch site in this country in the GCAT launch log (1942-2026) source
maps · serviceGREEN · ingestedNatural Earth 1:10m boundary + centroid + bbox area computed (8.7 deg2); no cadastre, address data or navigation map. GADM L0 fallback: ok (gadm41_LKA_0.json). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — Natural Earth 1:10m boundary + GADM L0 fallback for every mapped country; complete geodata record set. Kept green. source
passport · serviceGLOBAL · service livepass.go-v.org is live; per-country identity documents are NOT ingested source
research · serviceGREEN · ingested47,086 scholarly works since 2021 with authoring institutions here (OpenAlex); a publication index, not a quality ranking source
economy · serviceGREEN · ingestedGDP per capita, current US$ (World Bank); not a cost-of-living or inequality measure source
health · serviceGREEN · ingestedlife expectancy at birth, World Bank; not a health system performance rating source
education · serviceYELLOW · partialprimary school enrolment (% gross), World Bank; tertiary data is shown when available source
energy · serviceGREEN · ingestedaccess to electricity (% of population), World Bank source
water · serviceYELLOW · partialat least basic drinking water (% of population), World Bank/WHO; safely managed data shown when available source
connectivity · serviceYELLOW · partialfixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, World Bank/ITU; internet-user share shown when available source
crimeYELLOW · partialstale data (2021) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 41 numeric UNODC/OWID crime series rows only. Missing: full UNODC CTS offence/incident records. source
conflictYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UCDP/GDELT event corpus. source
businessYELLOW · partialnewly registered limited-liability companies (World Bank/IC.BUS.NREG); not a company register source
scienceGREEN · ingestedstale data (2022) OpenAlex institutions snapshot 2026-10: 128 institutions, works counted per country; CC0 1.0. source
prisonYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full World Prison Brief prison corpus. source
interpolYELLOW · partial6 public Interpol Red Notice(s) in the 2026-11-08T00:47:49Z snapshot list a national of this country. Not a crime rate; Interpol controls/withdraws notices and the unfiltered public API is capped, so the set is incomplete. source
armsYELLOW · partialSIPRI arms-transfer trend indicator values (imports and exports) via the World Bank; TIV is a trend measure, not currency source
sanctionsGREEN · ingestedOFAC SDN 2 + UN consolidated 0 + EU 0 designation reference(s), snapshot 2026-10-26; counts are list references (text/code attribution), not convictions or proof of activity; 0 is a measured zero against these three ingested lists | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full OFAC SDN (19,471), UN consolidated (1,001) and EU (11,154) designation lists with per-record metadata (snapshot 2026-10-26). Kept green. source
agricultureGREEN · ingestedagricultural land (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
foodYELLOW · partialprevalence of undernourishment (%), World Bank/FAO; a modelled estimate, not a survey of every household source
laborYELLOW · partialunemployment (% of labour force), ILO modelled estimate via World Bank source
financeYELLOW · partialaccount ownership (% age 15+), World Bank Findex source
environmentGREEN · ingestedforest area (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
tradeGREEN · ingestedtrade (% of GDP), World Bank source
migrationYELLOW · partialnet migration (5-year estimate), World Bank/UN source
tourismYELLOW · partialinternational tourist arrivals, World Bank/UNWTO source
housingYELLOW · partialurban population (% of total), World Bank; not a housing-cost or tenure measure source
transportYELLOW · partialair passengers carried, World Bank/ICAO; one mode only source
investmentYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full FDI/investment corpus. source
remittancesYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WB/IMF remittance corpus. source
health_financeYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WHO GHED health-finance corpus. source
budgetYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full national budget/tender corpus. source
treatyYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNTC treaty-text corpus. source

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Backlinks

Department pages with measured records for Sri Lanka:

patents legal alerts defense space maps research economy health education energy water connectivity crime conflict business science prison interpol arms sanctions agriculture food labor finance environment trade migration tourism housing transport investment remittances health_finance budget treaty

patents recipes legal alerts defense space passport research

estate.json .well-known alias

Cite this page

Sri Lanka (LK). go-v.org estate, https://estate.116.202.234.183.nip.io/lk. Data: World Bank Open Data, OpenAlex, WIPO, Natural Earth, OpenStreetMap. Accessed 2026-11-08.