Gini Index / Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Gini Index
Sri Lanka gini index data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 37.70.
COUNTRY: Sri Lanka
UNIT: index
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:09:31
GM ECONOMY RATING
Sri Lanka · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
CCC
38 / 100
High vulnerability
Fiscal stability
1.1 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
10.0 / 20
External stability
6.0 / 15
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
12.0 / 15
Future capacity
5.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
0.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 86% of weighted inputs available.
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Sri Lanka · gini index data as index.
Latest
37.70
Previous
39.30
Range avg.
36.89
Rank
22
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CountrySri Lanka
IndicatorGini Index
37.702019 · Rank 22
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Sri Lanka recorded 37.70 for Gini Index in 2019, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2016, the indicator decreased by 1.60 (4.1%), from 39.30 to 37.70.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 9 available observations (36.89).
Across the five latest available observations (2006–2019), the pattern is lower overall, but uneven.
Within the last 9 available observations, the low was 32.40 in 1990 and the high was 40.20 in 2002.
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