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Asia > Sri Lanka > Economy

SRI LANKAN ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, tea, rubber, coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef
Aid as % of GDP 1.7% [70th of 129]
Economic freedom 1.95 [81st of 156]
Exchange rates
Sri Lankan rupees per US dollar - 101.194 (2004), 96.521 (2003), 95.662 (2002), 89.383 (2001), 77.005 (2000)
Exports to US $484,400,000.00 [59th of 224]
GDP > PPP $81,144,000,000.00 [57th of 163]
Income category Lower middle income
Income distribution > Poorest 10% 3.5% [21st of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 10% 28% [71st of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 20% 42.8% [74th of 114]
Innovation 15.5 [54th of 68]
Population under $1 a day 6.6 [48th of 59]
Poverty > Share of all poor people 0.12 % of world's poor [38th of 80]
Technological achievement 0.2 [58th of 68]
Trade with US > US exports of textile, sewing machines 1,871 [57th of 183]
World Trade > Exports > Base metal handheld equipment 438 [81st of 110]
World Trade > Imports > Mech transmission equipment 5,733 [72nd of 137]
World Trade > Imports > Mechanical handling equipment 22,916 [72nd of 146]
World Trade > Imports > Special industrial machines nes 28,546 [75th of 144]
World Trade > Imports > Special transactions nes 2,579 [73rd of 118]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; The Heritage Foundation; US Census Bureau; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; Porter, Michael E. and Scott Stern, National Innovative Capacity, Chapter 2.2 in Porter, Michael, and JeffreySachs (eds.), The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, p.104. via ciesin.org; World Bank 2002b via backone.pdf; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

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Martina Collins
27th July 2005
Can you please advise on why Sri Lanka has the highest suicide rate in the world.
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