Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 0.2% in 2016. ▼ Falling
Latest (2016)
0.2%
World rank
17th
of 38 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2005
All-time low
0.2%
in 2016
Years of data
5
2005–2016
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Sri Lanka, 2005–2016
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.2% for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 63.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2016.
Sri Lanka ranks 17th of 38 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.8% | — |
| 2006 | 0.7% | -12.7% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -36.2% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | -11.4% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -35.9% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2%, 1.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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More health data for Sri Lanka
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.62 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7332 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,250 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 304 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0339 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Sri Lanka?
- Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Sri Lanka was 0.2% in 2016, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2016.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
- Sri Lanka ranks 17th out of 38 countries with data for 2016.
- Is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $3.65 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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