Sex ratio in life expectancy in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sex ratio in life expectancy was 1.09 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
1.09
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
71st
of 236 countries
All-time high
1.16
in 1989
All-time low
1.05
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Sex ratio in life expectancy in Sri Lanka, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, sex ratio in life expectancy in Sri Lanka stood at 1.09.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sex ratio in life expectancy in Sri Lanka peaked at 1.16 in 1989 and was at its lowest, 1.05, in 1950.
That places Sri Lanka 71st out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Sex ratio in life expectancy in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1.05 | — |
| 1951 | 1.05 | +0.5% |
| 1952 | 1.06 | +0.3% |
| 1953 | 1.06 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 1.06 | +0.3% |
| 1955 | 1.06 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 1.06 | -0.1% |
| 1957 | 1.06 | -0.1% |
| 1958 | 1.06 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 1.06 | -0.0% |
| 1960 | 1.06 | -0.0% |
| 1961 | 1.06 | -0.0% |
| 1962 | 1.06 | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 1.06 | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 1.06 | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 1.07 | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 1.07 | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 1.07 | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 1.07 | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 1.07 | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 1.07 | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 1.07 | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 1.07 | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 1.07 | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 1.07 | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 1.07 | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 1.07 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1.07 | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 1.07 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1.08 | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 1.08 | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 1.08 | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 1.09 | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 1.09 | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 1.1 | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 1.11 | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 1.12 | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 1.12 | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 1.13 | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 1.16 | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 1.14 | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 1.15 | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 1.14 | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 1.13 | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 1.13 | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 1.15 | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 1.15 | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 1.15 | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1.15 | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1.15 | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 1.14 | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.13 | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 1.12 | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 1.12 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 1.09 | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 1.11 | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 1.12 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 1.12 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.14 | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 1.15 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.1 | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 1.1 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1.1 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.09 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.09 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.09 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.09 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.09 | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.09 | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.08 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.11 | 1.08 | 1.16 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.14 | 1.13 | 1.15 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.12 | 1.09 | 1.15 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.09 | 1.09 | 1.1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 | 1.09 | 1.09 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sex ratio in life expectancy in Sri Lanka?
- Sex ratio in life expectancy in Sri Lanka was 1.09 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sex ratio in life expectancy recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 in 1989.
- What is the lowest sex ratio in life expectancy recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.05 in 1950.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sex ratio in life expectancy?
- Sri Lanka ranks 71st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sex ratio in life expectancy rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sex ratio in life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Ratio of period life expectancy (females/males) at a given age.