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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]
Definition: Economy > Aid as % of GDP
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Big Mac Index $1.75 [52nd of 65]
Definition: Economy > Big Mac Index
Source: 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
Debt > External $12,200,000,000.00 Time series [73rd of 136]
Definition: Economy > Debt > External
Source: The Economist.
Distribution of family income > Gini index 50 Time series [9th of 43]
Definition: Economy > Distribution of family income > Gini index
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic freedom 1.95 [81st of 156]
Definition: Economy > Economic freedom
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Exports $8,135,000,000.00 Time series [86th of 189]
Definition: Economy > Exports
Source: The Heritage Foundation
GDP $26,966,580,000.00 Time series [71st of 203]
Definition: Economy > GDP
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP > PPP $81,144,000,000.00 [57th of 163]
Definition: Economy > GDP > PPP
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
GDP > Real growth rate 6.8% Time series [53rd of 198]
Definition: Economy > GDP > Real growth rate
Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.
GINI index 40.17 Time series [12th of 40]
Definition: Economy > GINI index
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Gross National Income $16,411,300,000.00 [65th of 172]
Definition: Economy > Gross National Income
Source: World Development Indicators database
Human Development Index 0.751 [93rd of 178]
Definition: Economy > Human Development Index
Income category Lower middle income
Definition: Economy > Income category
Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme
Income distribution > Richest 10% 28% [71st of 114]
Definition: Economy > Income distribution > Richest 10%
Source:
Population below poverty line 22% Time series [30th of 46]
Definition: Economy > Population below poverty line
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Poverty > Share of all poor people 0.12 % of world's poor [38th of 80]
Definition: Economy > Poverty > Share of all poor people
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public debt 85.8 % of GDP Time series [11th of 121]
Definition: Economy > Public debt
Source: Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling
Technological achievement 0.2 [58th of 68]
Definition: Economy > Technological achievement
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Tourist arrivals 366,000 [78th of 152]
Definition: Economy > Tourist arrivals
Source: United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org

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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 Economist.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Heritage Foundation; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; World Development Indicators database; ; Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; 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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

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

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