Sri Lanka
Safe drinking water in Sri Lanka
Safe drinking water in Sri Lanka: 44.7% in 2000 and 47.1% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 47.1%
- Since 2000
- +2.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 104 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
What the numbers say
- The highest was 48% in 2018, the lowest 44.7% in 2000.
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 47.1 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 47.4 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 47.6 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 47.8 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 48 | 71 |
| 2017 | 47.8 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 47.5 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 47.3 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 47.1 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 46.9 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 46.7 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 46.5 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 46.3 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 46.1 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 45.9 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 45.7 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 45.5 | 64 |
| 2005 | 45.3 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 45.2 | 63 |
| 2003 | 45.1 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 45 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 44.8 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 44.7 | 60.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
- Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
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