Sri Lanka poverty rate for 2019 was 53.30%, a 3.3% decline from 2016.
Sri Lanka poverty rate for 2016 was 56.60%, a 8.3% decline from 2012.
Sri Lanka poverty rate for 2012 was 64.90%, a 6% decline from 2009.
Sri Lanka poverty rate for 2009 was 70.90%, a 1.3% decline from 2006.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Sri Lanka Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1985 - 2019.