Low income vs Sri Lanka: GDP per capita growth
GDP per capita growth over time
- Low income
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 5.7% against 2.5% in Low income, a difference of 3.2%.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 2.2 times Low income's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Low income ranks 22nd and Sri Lanka ranks 21st of 47 groups.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low income | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.8% | 4.3% | 2.4% | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | -0.1% | 2.2% | 2.4% | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | -0.6% | 3.0% | 3.7% | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | -0.5% | 3.7% | 4.1% | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 2.2% | 4.1% | 1.8% | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | -0.3% | 4.8% | 5.1% | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gdp per capita growth, Low income or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 5.7% against 2.5% in Low income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gdp per capita growth between Low income and Sri Lanka?
- 3.2%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Sri Lanka?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2025.
- How do Low income and Sri Lanka rank globally for gdp per capita growth?
- Low income ranks 22nd and Sri Lanka ranks 21st of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as GDP per capita growth (annual %). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.