Sri Lanka: Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 3.91 percentage points from 4.57% in 2016. Since 1972 it is up 2.05 percentage points from -1.4% in 1972. The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2021, Sri Lanka's adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) rose 4.29 percentage points on 2020 (from -3.64% to 0.66%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1984 to 2020), the average change was −0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 14.91 percentage points in 1981 and the biggest yearly fall was 19.51 percentage points in 1982. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, Sri Lanka had the 98th highest value of the 137 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Sri Lanka in the 2021 ranking

• Tanzania — 94th of 137: 0.93%
• Brazil — 95th of 137: 0.93%
• Angola — 96th of 137: 0.89%
• Ecuador — 98th of 137: 0.47%
• Comoros — 99th of 137: 0.2%
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 100th of 137: 0.05%

What this measures

Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

Limitations: Adjusted net national income differs from the adjustments made in the calculation of adjusted net savings, by not accounting for investments in human capital or the damages from pollution. Thus, adjusted net national income remains within the boundaries of the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). The SNA includes non-produced natural assets (such as land, mineral resources, and forests) within the asset boundary when they are under the effective control of institutional units. The calculation of adjusted net national income, which accounts for net forest, energy, and mineral depletion, as well as consumption of fixed capital, thus remains within the SNA boundaries.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 44 values

Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Bangladesh — 6.53% (2021)
• Bhutan — -0.32% (2021)
• India — 10.72% (2021)
• Nepal — 5.57% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Sri Lanka

• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$9.1 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 2.74 trillion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$6.84 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) — 929.67 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.36% (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$18.63 billion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 5.61 trillion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 17.12% (2025)
• Industry, including construction, value added (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Sri Lanka's adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)?

0.66% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1972?

It is up 2.05 percentage points from -1.4% in 1972. The highest value was 19.88% in 1981 and the lowest -5.29% in 1990.

How does Sri Lanka rank?

98th highest of 137 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) unusual for Sri Lanka?

In 2021, Sri Lanka's adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) rose 4.29 percentage points on 2020 (from -3.64% to 0.66%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1984 to 2020), the average change was −0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.NNTY.PC.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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