Key facts

Population: 19.4 million (2008 UN).
Average life expectancy: 72 years (World Development Indicators (WDI) 2007), UK: 79 (WDI 2007).
Average per capita income: US$4,581 (purchasing power parity (PPP)) (IMF 2008). UK: US$36,523 (PPP) (IMF 2008).
Gross national income (GNI): US$84.02 billion (PPP) (WDI 2007).
Average annual growth rate: 6.0% (WDI 2008), 6.8 (WDI 2007).
Women dying in childbirth: 58 per 100,000 live births (WDI 2007). UK: 8 per 100,000 (WDI 2007).
Children dying before age 5: 11 per 1,000 live births (WDI 2007). UK: 6 per 1,000 live births (WDI 2007).
Percentage of children receiving primary school education: 99% (WDI 2007).
Percentage of people aged 15-49 living with HIV/AIDS: 0.9% (WDI 2007).
Percentage of people with access to safe, clean water: 82% (WDI 2007).
Total UK aid received (2008/09): £3.5m (Source: Statistics for International Development 2009)

Progress towards Millennium Development Goals

MDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Data unavailable.

MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education
Some 96.7% of boys and girls were enrolled in primary school in 2004.

MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
In 2005, equal numbers of girls and boys were enrolled in primary school. However, in the national parliament in 2008, only 5.8% of the seats were held by women.

MDG 4: Reduce child mortality
For every 1,000 live births in 2006, 13 children under the age of five died.

MDG 5: Improve maternal health
In 2005, in every 100,000 live births, an estimated 58 women died shortly before, during or shortly after giving birth.

MDG 6: Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Less than 0.1% of people aged 15–49 were living with HIV/AIDS in 2007. For every 100,000 people, about 60 had tuberculosis in 2006.

MDG 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
In 2006, 82% of the population had access to safe, clean water, and 86% had access to safe sanitation.

MDG 8: Develop a global partnership for development
An element of this MDG is access to communications technology. Between 2000 and 2006, the proportion of the Sri Lankan population with a mobile phone subscription rose from 2.33% to almost 26%.

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