Facts about Sri Lanka

For the first time in several decades in 2010, Sri Lanka was a land free of war and terrorism, but also there was an absence of a political solution to the conflict.
Estimated population (2010)
20,5 millions

Economy

Gross national income per capita (2010)
2423 USD
Economic growth, GDP (2010)
8,0 %
Economic structure, percentage of GDP(2009)
Agriculture
13 %
Industry
30 %
Services
58 %
Defence spending, percentage of GDP (2009)
3,5 %
Especially fragile state, (OECD/DAC) ()
No
Development assistance per capita (2009)
35 USD
Development assistance, percentage of GDP (2009)
1,7 %

Health

Malnutrition, children under 5 (2009)
19,2 %
Child mortality per 1000(2008)
15
Change 2000 - 2008
-6
Maternal mortality per 1000 births (2006)
0,4
HIV infection rate, age group 15-49 (2009)
0,1 %
Access to safe drinking water (2008)
90 %
Percentage of urban population living in slums ()
Not available
Human Development Index (HDI level ) (2007)
0,66

Scale from zero to one, one is the highest level of welfare.

Education

Children in school (2009)
95,1 %
Illiteracy rate, age group 15-24 (2008)
9,4 %
Ratio of girls to 100 boys attending school(2009)
Primary
100
Secondary
Not available
Tertiary
Not available

Women

Percentage of women in Parliament (2010)
5,3 %
Women's pay as proportion of men's pay, formal sector (2007)
93,2 %

Environment

Area protected for biological diversity (2008)
20,6 %

Corruption

Level of corruption according to the TI Corruption Perception Index (2010)
3,2

Scale from zero to ten, zero is the highest level of corruption.