Sri Lanka
Internet users in Sri Lanka
Internet users in Sri Lanka: 0% in 1990 and 54.6% in 2024, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 54.6%
- Since 1990
- +54.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 142 of 182
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 71.2%
% of people · ITU
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 54.6 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 51.2 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 48.3 | 67 |
| 2021 | 44.5 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 36.2 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 32 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 28.3 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 25.1 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 22.2 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 15.3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 10.5 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 10 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 9 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 8 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 6.9 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 5.9 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 4.8 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 3.9 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 2.5 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 1.8 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 1.4 | – |
| 2003 | 1.5 | – |
| 2002 | 1.1 | – |
| 2001 | 0.8 | – |
| 2000 | 0.6 | – |
| 1999 | 0.3 | – |
| 1998 | 0.3 | – |
| 1997 | 0.2 | – |
| 1996 | 0.1 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Sri Lanka in numbers
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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