Sri Lanka, year by year

Every index this site holds for Sri Lanka, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.641 → 0.780 (+0.139)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth73.1 → 77.7 (+4.6)

Internet users3 → 55 (+52)

Urban population15 → 20 (+5)

Births per woman2.26 → 1.95 (-0.31)

Renewable share of energy62 → 49 (-13)

Access to electricity78 → 100 (+22)

Infant mortality11 → 5 (-6)

CO2 emissions per person0.7 → 1.1 (+0.4)

Forest area34 → 34 (-0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 13 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.641	69.2	—	—	2.54	78	—	18	0.3	37.5	—	—
1991	0.645	69.1	—	18	2.51	78	—	18	0.3	37.2	—	—
1992	0.654	69.6	—	17	2.49	75	—	18	0.3	36.9	—	—
1993	0.662	70.0	—	17	2.44	74	—	18	0.3	36.6	—	—
1994	0.667	70.2	0	16	2.40	71	—	17	0.4	36.3	—	—
1995	0.669	69.8	0	16	2.35	70	—	16	0.4	36.0	—	—
1996	0.674	69.8	0	16	2.29	64	—	16	0.5	35.7	—	—
1997	0.680	69.9	0	15	2.22	66	—	15	0.5	35.4	—	—
1998	0.685	70.1	0	15	2.14	64	—	14	0.5	35.1	—	—
1999	0.693	70.4	0	15	2.14	63	—	14	0.5	34.8	—	—
2000	0.689	71.2	1	15	2.21	64	70	13	0.6	34.5	—	—
2001	0.691	71.8	1	15	2.28	63	64	13	0.6	34.5	—	—
2002	0.695	72.3	1	15	2.31	62	81	12	0.6	34.4	—	—
2003	0.700	72.4	1	15	2.30	61	75	12	0.6	34.3	—	—
2004	0.683	68.0	1	15	2.27	62	77	17	0.7	34.1	—	—
2005	0.710	73.1	2	15	2.26	60	78	11	0.7	34.0	—	—
2006	0.713	72.8	3	15	2.29	62	82	11	0.7	34.0	1389	6261
2007	0.718	73.0	4	16	2.30	60	80	10	0.7	33.9	1579	6820
2008	0.719	72.6	5	16	2.23	62	83	10	0.6	33.8	1974	7317
2009	0.711	70.3	6	17	2.18	64	87	13	0.6	33.6	2027	7576
2010	0.735	74.5	7	17	2.13	62	85	9	0.7	33.5	2808	8234
2011	0.741	74.7	8	18	2.14	56	88	9	0.8	33.6	3225	9076
2012	0.747	75.2	9	18	2.17	53	87	9	0.8	33.7	3328	10249
2013	0.752	75.5	10	18	2.18	57	90	8	0.7	33.8	3739	11253
2014	0.757	75.8	11	19	2.13	54	93	8	0.9	33.9	3972	11721
2015	0.760	76.0	15	19	2.09	51	94	7	0.9	34.4	4058	12227
2016	0.765	76.1	22	19	2.06	45	98	7	1.1	34.3	4149	13079
2017	0.770	76.2	25	19	2.04	46	98	7	1.1	34.3	4399	13610
2018	0.774	76.5	28	19	2.03	48	100	7	1.0	34.3	4359	14178
2019	0.775	76.7	32	19	2.02	46	100	6	1.1	34.2	4082	14113
2020	0.777	76.9	36	20	2.01	49	100	6	1.0	34.2	3848	12941
2021	0.783	76.3	44	20	2.00	49	100	6	1.0	34.1	3997	14316
2022	0.780	77.3	48	20	1.98	—	100	6	0.9	34.1	3343	14191
2023	—	77.5	51	20	1.97	—	100	5	1.0	34.0	3815	14512
2024	—	77.7	55	20	1.95	—	100	5	1.1	—	4545	15701
2025	—	—	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	5002	17065
Profile shows	0.780	77.7	55	21	1.95	49	—	—	1.1	34.0	5002	17065

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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