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GDP growth in Sri Lanka

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Sri Lanka's gdp growth is 4.95 % — #24 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

4.95%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Sri Lanka over time

8.67 %0.66 %-7.35 %8.67 % · 2011-7.35 % · 20222000: 6.00 %2001: -1.55 %2002: 3.96 %2003: 5.94 %2004: 5.45 %2005: 6.24 %2006: 7.67 %2007: 6.80 %2008: 5.95 %2009: 3.54 %2010: 8.02 %2011: 8.67 %2012: 8.63 %2013: 4.05 %2014: 6.38 %2015: 4.21 %2016: 5.05 %2017: 6.46 %2018: 2.31 %2019: -0.22 %2020: -4.62 %2021: 4.21 %2022: -7.35 %2023: -2.03 %2024: 4.99 %2025: 4.95 %2000201220254.95 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#24 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
81 %
103 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.04 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.72 pp
peak 8.67 % in 2011
Full series
▼ 1.05 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #14 of 36vs median 2.90 %: +2.05 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Sri Lanka: ahead of 81 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthSri Lanka 4.95 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Sri Lanka is ahead of 81 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Sri Lanka
22 Singapore5.03 %+0.07 pp
23 China4.96 %+0.01 pp
24 Sri Lanka4.95 %—
25 Nicaragua4.92 %−0.03 pp
26 Kenya4.63 %−0.32 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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