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

Human development rose from 0.638 in 1990 to 0.776 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 77.7 years2024at birthUp 4.6 years from 73.1 years in 2005
Internet users: 55%2024of people onlineUp 52 points from 3% in 2006
Urban population: 20%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 5 points from 15% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.952024births per womanDown 0.31 from 2.26 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 49%2021of energy usedDown 13 points from 62% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 22 points from 78% in 2005
Infant mortality: 52024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 6 from 11 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 1.1 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.4 t from 0.7 t in 2005
Forest area: 34%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each 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	0.638	69.2	—	—	2.54	78.1	—	18	0.3	37.5	—	—
1991	0.642	69.1	—	17.6	2.51	78.0	—	18	0.3	37.2	—	—
1992	0.650	69.6	—	17.1	2.49	75.3	—	18	0.3	36.9	—	—
1993	0.658	70.0	—	16.7	2.44	74.2	—	18	0.3	36.6	—	—
1994	0.664	70.2	0.0	16.3	2.40	70.6	—	17	0.4	36.3	—	—
1995	0.667	69.8	0.0	15.9	2.35	69.9	—	16	0.4	36.0	—	—
1996	0.672	69.8	0.1	15.5	2.29	64.4	—	16	0.5	35.7	—	—
1997	0.679	69.9	0.2	15.2	2.22	65.9	—	15	0.5	35.4	—	—
1998	0.685	70.1	0.3	14.9	2.14	64.2	—	14	0.5	35.1	—	—
1999	0.692	70.4	0.3	14.7	2.14	63.2	—	14	0.5	34.8	—	—
2000	0.702	71.2	0.7	14.6	2.21	64.2	70	13	0.6	34.5	—	—
2001	0.704	71.8	0.8	14.6	2.28	62.9	64	13	0.6	34.5	—	—
2002	0.709	72.3	1.1	14.6	2.31	62.1	81	12	0.6	34.4	—	—
2003	0.713	72.4	1.5	14.7	2.30	61.3	75	12	0.6	34.3	—	—
2004	0.695	68.0	1.4	14.9	2.27	61.6	77	17	0.7	34.1	—	—
2005	0.721	73.1	1.8	15.2	2.26	60.1	78	11	0.7	34.0	—	—
2006	0.724	72.8	2.5	15.5	2.29	62.2	82	11	0.7	34.0	1389	6261
2007	0.729	73.0	3.9	15.8	2.30	60.2	80	10	0.7	33.9	1579	6820
2008	0.730	72.6	4.8	16.3	2.23	61.6	83	10	0.6	33.8	1974	7317
2009	0.723	70.3	5.9	16.7	2.18	63.5	87	13	0.6	33.6	2027	7576
2010	0.748	74.5	6.9	17.3	2.13	61.9	85	9	0.7	33.5	2808	8234
2011	0.753	74.7	8.0	17.8	2.14	56.4	88	9	0.8	33.6	3225	9076
2012	0.759	75.2	9.0	18.3	2.17	52.9	87	9	0.8	33.7	3328	10249
2013	0.764	75.5	10.0	18.4	2.18	56.9	90	8	0.7	33.8	3739	11253
2014	0.767	75.8	10.5	18.6	2.13	54.2	93	8	0.9	33.9	3972	11721
2015	0.769	76.0	15.3	18.8	2.09	51.3	94	7	0.9	34.4	4058	12227
2016	0.772	76.1	22.2	19.0	2.06	45.1	98	7	1.1	34.3	4149	13079
2017	0.777	76.2	25.1	19.1	2.04	45.8	98	7	1.1	34.3	4399	13610
2018	0.782	76.5	28.3	19.3	2.03	47.9	100	7	1.0	34.3	4359	14178
2019	0.781	76.7	32.0	19.5	2.02	46.1	100	6	1.1	34.2	4082	14113
2020	0.780	76.9	36.2	19.7	2.01	49.3	100	6	1.0	34.2	3848	12941
2021	0.777	76.3	44.5	19.8	2.00	48.8	100	6	1.0	34.1	3997	14316
2022	0.777	77.3	48.3	20.0	1.98	—	100	6	0.9	34.1	3343	14191
2023	0.776	77.5	51.2	20.1	1.97	—	100	5	1.0	34.0	3815	14512
2024	—	77.7	54.6	20.3	1.95	—	100	5	1.1	—	4545	15701
2025	—	—	—	20.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	5002	17065
On the profile	0.776	77.7	54.6	20.5	1.95	48.8	—	—	1.1	34.0	5002	17065

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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