Life Expectancy / Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Life Expectancy
Sri Lanka life expectancy data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 77.67.
COUNTRY: Sri Lanka
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-19 13:15:08
GM ECONOMY RATING
Sri Lanka · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
66 / 100
Good stability
Fiscal stability
7.1 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
17.0 / 20
External stability
11.0 / 15
Financial robustness
10.0 / 15
Structural stability
12.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Sri Lanka · life expectancy data as years.
Latest
77.67
Previous
77.48
Range avg.
76.72
Rank
51
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CountrySri Lanka
IndicatorLife Expectancy
77.672024 · Rank 51
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Sri Lanka recorded 77.67 for Life Expectancy in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.19 (0.2%), from 77.48 to 77.67.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (76.72).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 75.99 in 2015 and the high was 77.67 in 2024.
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