LKR
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's price level is 26 % of US prices, ranked 9th of 125. And its average monthly salary is $558 PPP/mo, ranked 84th of 92.
Of 12 fields published for Sri Lanka, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
26 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$558 PPP/mo
The average employee in Sri Lanka earns about $558 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
12.50 %
100 saved in Sri Lanka in 2000 buys what 13 buys today — 88 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$558 PPP/mo
The average employee in Sri Lanka earns about $558 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$200 PPP/mo
The law in Sri Lanka sets the floor at about $200 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Inflation rate
-4.76 %
Prices in Sri Lanka actually fell 4.8 % over the year — deflation.
Minimum wage
$200 PPP/mo
ranked 76th of 85
Inflation rate
-4.76 %
ranked 109th of 123
Corporate tax
30.00 %
ranked 83rd of 96
Median salary
$470 PPP/mo
ranked 67th of 78
Where Sri Lanka sits, field by field
Each dot is Sri Lanka’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Price level26 % of US prices9 of 125
- Average monthly salary$558 PPP/mo84 of 92
- Minimum wage$200 PPP/mo76 of 85
- Government debt100.80 %110 of 124
- Inflation rate-4.76 %109 of 123
- Corporate tax30.00 %83 of 96
- Money's value12.50 %100 of 116
- Median salary$470 PPP/mo67 of 78
- GDP growth4.95 %24 of 127
- GDP per capita$5,00296 of 127
- Unemployment rate4.00 %43 of 124
- Debt per person$5,04264 of 123
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
India
avg gap 15.1 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — -4.76 % (Sri Lanka) vs 2.40 %
Zambia
avg gap 18.3 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — -4.76 % (Sri Lanka) vs 13.91 %
Pakistan
avg gap 18.3 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — -4.76 % (Sri Lanka) vs 3.55 %
Philippines
avg gap 18.4 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: money's value — 12.50 % (Sri Lanka) vs 39.20 %
| GDP growth | 4.95 % | ranked 24th of 127 | |
| GDP per capita | $5,002 | ranked 96th of 127 | |
| Unemployment rate | 4.00 % | ranked 43rd of 124 | |
| Debt per person | $5,042 | ranked 64th of 123 |
✓ 12 fields published for Sri Lanka, every one dated and sourced · 23 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Sri Lanka: mortgage rate, real policy rate, lending rate, deposit rate, savings vs inflation, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, public holidays, currency.
Sources for all 12 figures
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2023
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2024
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 3677 → 5042 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 73.5126591623625 → 100.8 |