Sri Lanka
Deaths in conflicts in Sri Lanka
Deaths in conflicts in Sri Lanka: 1,288 deaths in 1989 and 0 deaths in 2022, by UCDP estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 0 deaths
- Since 1989
- −1,288 deaths
deaths a year · UCDP
What the numbers say
- The highest was 10,410 deaths in 2009, the lowest 0 deaths in 2002.
Every year
deaths a year · UCDP
| Year | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2019 | 255 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 |
| 2009 | 10,410 |
| 2008 | 8,447 |
| 2007 | 2,522 |
| 2006 | 2,133 |
| 2005 | 115 |
| 2004 | 60 |
| 2003 | 29 |
| 2002 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1,144 |
| 2000 | 2,560 |
| 1999 | 1,944 |
| 1998 | 3,820 |
| 1997 | 2,871 |
| 1996 | 4,089 |
| 1995 | 4,952 |
| 1994 | 711 |
| 1993 | 2,075 |
| 1992 | 4,444 |
| 1991 | 6,646 |
| 1990 | 4,819 |
| 1989 | 1,288 |
Good to know
- Soldiers and civilians killed in the year’s armed conflicts fought in the country, by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program’s best estimate.
- Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 198 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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Military
- Military spending1.31% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per person$60 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel317,000 people in 2020
- National power0.31% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.74% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports11 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports8 million TIV in 1998