Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 4,336 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Sri Lanka, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 4,336 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.1% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Sri Lanka peaked at 4,336 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 229.11 USD, in 1970.
Sri Lanka ranks 135th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 229.11 USD | — |
| 1971 | 229.55 USD | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 251.27 USD | +9.5% |
| 1973 | 268.16 USD | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 327.6 USD | +22.2% |
| 1975 | 332.85 USD | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 310.99 USD | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 345.52 USD | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 232.46 USD | -32.7% |
| 1979 | 278.63 USD | +19.9% |
| 1980 | 329.38 USD | +18.2% |
| 1981 | 344.18 USD | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 362.74 USD | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 389.56 USD | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 443.85 USD | +13.9% |
| 1985 | 442.14 USD | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 462.95 USD | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 476.75 USD | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 506.2 USD | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 501.49 USD | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 574.2 USD | +14.5% |
| 1991 | 641.84 USD | +11.8% |
| 1992 | 680.22 USD | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 718.71 USD | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 802.77 USD | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 870.7 USD | +8.5% |
| 1996 | 922.37 USD | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 979.42 USD | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 998.5 USD | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 973.48 USD | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 991.64 USD | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 936.93 USD | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 988.24 USD | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 1,083 USD | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 1,177 USD | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 1,382 USD | +17.4% |
| 2006 | 1,601 USD | +15.9% |
| 2007 | 1,831 USD | +14.4% |
| 2008 | 2,304 USD | +25.8% |
| 2009 | 2,382 USD | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 2,808 USD | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 3,225 USD | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 3,328 USD | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 3,605 USD | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 3,830 USD | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 3,918 USD | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 4,017 USD | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 4,273 USD | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 4,246 USD | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 3,972 USD | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 3,743 USD | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 3,903 USD | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 3,266 USD | -16.3% |
| 2023 | 3,673 USD | +12.4% |
| 2024 | 4,336 USD | +18.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 280.61 USD | 229.11 USD | 345.52 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 425.92 USD | 329.38 USD | 506.2 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 816.22 USD | 574.2 USD | 998.5 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,468 USD | 936.93 USD | 2,382 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,722 USD | 2,808 USD | 4,273 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,784 USD | 3,266 USD | 4,336 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Sri Lanka
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP -8.07 Percent per annum (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP -7.82 Percent per annum (2022)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 3.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5463 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 2,733 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 164.41 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per capita 822,398 current LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 3.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5189 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Sri Lanka?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Sri Lanka was 4,336 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 4,336 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 229.11 USD in 1970.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Sri Lanka ranks 135th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).