Sri Lanka

Data & Indicators

36.4

SDG 1.3.1 Effective coverage

2019

100.0

Affiliated to health insurance

2019

1.6

Public expenditure on healthcare

2017

3.2

Public expenditure on social protection

2015

21,497,306

Total population

2021

8,772,203

Labour force

2020

Poverty rate

2016

3,852

GDP per capita

2019

Sources: ILO, World Social Protection Database, based on SSI; ISSA/SSA, Social Security Programs Throughout the World; ILOSTAT, ECLAC, IMF, WHO, WB, UNDP, UNICEF, completed with national data sources. 2020 or latest available year.

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Publications

Report 2020

Social protection and the COVID-19 crisis

National social protection policies and strategies 2019

Summary of National Policy Framework of Sri Lanka

Report 2020

Tackling the COVID-19 economic crisis in Sri Lanka: Providing universal, lifecycle social protection transfers to protect lives and bolster economic recovery

Report 2020

UN Advisory Paper: Immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

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ILO Experts

Sriyani Ekanayake Mudiyanselage

National Project Officer

Mariko Ouchi

Senior Specialist, Social Protection

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