Key information about Sri Lanka Household Income per Capita

• Sri Lanka Annual Household Income per Capita reached 1,422.182 USD in Jun 2019, compared with the previous value of 1,385.427 USD in Jun 2016.
• Sri Lanka Annual Household Income per Capita data is updated yearly, available from Jun 1981 to Jun 2019, with an averaged value of 577.877 USD.
• The data reached an all-time high of 1,422.182 USD in Jun 2019 and a record low of 125.248 USD in Jun 1981.

CEIC calculates Annual Household Income per Capita from Monthly Average Household Income per Capita multiplied by 12 and converts it into USD. The Department of Census and Statistics provides Average Household Income per Capita in local currency. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Household Income per Capita is in annual frequency, ending in June of each year.

Wages in Sri Lanka decreased to 1135 LKR/Day in February from 1147.20 LKR/Day in January of 2018. This dataset provides - Sri Lanka Wage Index - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Agriculture data was reported at 543.760 LKR in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 452.310 LKR for 2015. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Agriculture data is updated yearly, averaging 100.960 LKR from Dec 1986 (Median) to 2016, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 543.760 LKR in 2016 and a record low of 16.730 LKR in 1986. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Agriculture data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Labour. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.G026: Average Daily Wage.

Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Rubber Tapping data was reported at 815.000 LKR in Aug 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 811.000 LKR for Jul 2018. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Rubber Tapping data is updated monthly, averaging 143.470 LKR from Jan 1984 (Median) to Aug 2018, with 416 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 860.000 LKR in Apr 2018 and a record low of 26.380 LKR in Mar 1984. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Rubber Tapping data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.G026: Average Daily Wage.

Sri Lanka HIES: Household Income per Month: Per Capita data was reported at 20,527.000 LKR in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 16,377.000 LKR for 2016. Sri Lanka HIES: Household Income per Month: Per Capita data is updated yearly, averaging 4,896.000 LKR from Jun 1981 (Median) to 2019, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20,527.000 LKR in 2019 and a record low of 180.000 LKR in 1981. Sri Lanka HIES: Household Income per Month: Per Capita data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Census and Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.H002: Household Income and Expenditure Survey: Household Income per Month.

Sri Lanka HIES: Household Income per Month data was reported at 76,414.000 LKR in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 62,237.000 LKR for 2016. Sri Lanka HIES: Household Income per Month data is updated yearly, averaging 20,048.000 LKR from Jun 1981 (Median) to 2019, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 76,414.000 LKR in 2019 and a record low of 881.000 LKR in 1981. Sri Lanka HIES: Household Income per Month data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Census and Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.H002: Household Income and Expenditure Survey: Household Income per Month.

Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Manufacturing data was reported at 413.950 LKR in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 411.070 LKR for 2015. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Manufacturing data is updated yearly, averaging 105.060 LKR from Dec 1986 (Median) to 2016, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 413.950 LKR in 2016 and a record low of 25.320 LKR in 1986. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Manufacturing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Labour. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.G026: Average Daily Wage.

Adjusted net national income (annual % growth) in Sri Lanka was reported at 1.7457 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sri Lanka - Adjusted net national income (annual % growth) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) in Sri Lanka was reported at 0.65731 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sri Lanka - Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Sri Lanka: Bank cost to income ratio, in percent: The latest value from 2021 is 43.49 percent, a decline from 48.27 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 54.80 percent, based on data from 133 countries. Historically, the average for Sri Lanka from 2011 to 2021 is 50.69 percent. The minimum value, 43.49 percent, was reached in 2021 while the maximum of 55.6 percent was recorded in 2011.

Sri Lanka: Bank non-interest income to total income, in percent: The latest value from 2021 is 23.15 percent, a decline from 23.56 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 38.13 percent, based on data from 133 countries. Historically, the average for Sri Lanka from 2011 to 2021 is 24.17 percent. The minimum value, 20.78 percent, was reached in 2019 while the maximum of 27.61 percent was recorded in 2014.

Sri Lanka LK: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data was reported at 9.500 % in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.700 % for 2016. Sri Lanka LK: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data is updated yearly, averaging 9.200 % from Dec 1985 (Median) to 2019, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.700 % in 2016 and a record low of 5.900 % in 1990. Sri Lanka LK: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Abstract

This survey provides information on household income and expenditure to be able to measure the levels and changes in the living condition of the people and to observe the consumption patterns .

Key objectives of the survey - To identify the income patterns in Urban, Rural and Estate Sectors & provinces. - To identify the income patterns by income levels. - Average consumption of food items and non food items - Expenditure patterns by sector and by different income levels.

Geographic coverage

National coverage.

Analysis unit

Household, Individuals

Universe

For this survey a sample of buildings and the occupants therein was drawn from the whole island

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

Sample Design A two stage stratified random sample design was used in this survey. Bach domain for which separate estimates were required was made a separate stratum. As such each sector (Urban, Rural, Estate) within each district was considered as a separate stratum.

Sample Size In this design the first stage units (FSU) were the census blocks prepared at the 1981 Census of Population and the second stage units (SSU) were the housing units. It was decided to select 10 housing units from each selected census block. Thus, a first stage sample of about 2,500 census blocks have to be selected from the entire island.

Sample Allocation and Method of Selection The allocation of 2,500 census blocks to each district was made proportional. to the square root of the population· ( as at 1981 Census ) in that district. These values have been rounded to multiples of twelve. ( Refer page 5 of the final report attached in the external resources section) It was decided to over sample the urban sector in each district in comparison to the rural and estate sectors with the objective of allocating roughly by one-third of the total sample.

Allocation between the rural and estate sectors in each district was proportional to 1981 population. Within each stratum, the assigned number of FSU's were selected with probability proportionate to size (using the Census or adjusted housing unit counts ) with replacement.

The lists of census units prepared for the Census of Population and Housing 1981, of each selected block were updated to include new ·housing units and to exclude ones which are no longer in existence. This updating operation was also staggered over a period of twelve months starting from May 1990 to April 1991. For each FSU, updating was done about one month prior to the scheduled interviewing.

Sampling deviation

Non-Response Of a sample of 25080 housing units selected only 19,401 households were covered in the survey. Northern and Eastern provinces were excluded in the survey due to the prevailing conditions in the area.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Questionnaires

The survey schedule was designed to collect data on household basis and separate schedules were used for each household (identified according to the definition of the household) within the housing units selected for the survey. The survey Schedule consists of three main sections .

       1. Demographic section 
       2. Expenditure
       3. Income

The demographic characteristics and usual activities of the inmates belonging to the household are reported in the Demographic section of the schedule and close relatives temporarily living away are also listed in the section. Expenditure section has two sub sections to report food and non-food consumption data separately. Expenditure incurred on their own decisions by boarders and servants are recorded in the sub section under the expenditure section. The income has seven sub sections categorized according to the main sources of income.

Response rate

Out of 19401 households 95 percent the households were fully completed while 0.2 percent have refused. Sector wise completion rates show that Urban sector had 93 percent, Rural sector 96 percent and the Estate sector 97 percent.

Sampling error estimates

Refer the pages 7 to 10 of the final report attached in the External Resources section.

Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Tea & Rubber Estate Workers data was reported at 405.000 LKR in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 405.000 LKR for 2015. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Tea & Rubber Estate Workers data is updated yearly, averaging 116.460 LKR from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2016, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 405.000 LKR in 2016 and a record low of 61.410 LKR in 1994. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Tea & Rubber Estate Workers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Labour. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.G026: Average Daily Wage.

Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Coconut Digging Pits data was reported at 1,435.000 LKR in Aug 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,412.000 LKR for Jul 2018. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Coconut Digging Pits data is updated monthly, averaging 300.960 LKR from Jan 1984 (Median) to Aug 2018, with 416 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,435.000 LKR in Aug 2018 and a record low of 32.130 LKR in Apr 1984. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Coconut Digging Pits data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.G026: Average Daily Wage.

Sri Lanka Nominal Wage Rate Index: 1978=100: Services data was reported at 2,313.180 Dec1978=100 in Aug 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2,313.180 Dec1978=100 for Jul 2018. Sri Lanka Nominal Wage Rate Index: 1978=100: Services data is updated monthly, averaging 678.000 Dec1978=100 from Dec 1983 (Median) to Aug 2018, with 417 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,313.180 Dec1978=100 in Aug 2018 and a record low of 179.500 Dec1978=100 in Dec 1983. Sri Lanka Nominal Wage Rate Index: 1978=100: Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Labour. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.G027: Nominal and Real Wage Rate Index.

Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Master Mason data was reported at 2,037.000 LKR in Aug 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,986.000 LKR for Jul 2018. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Master Mason data is updated monthly, averaging 389.470 LKR from Jan 1984 (Median) to Aug 2018, with 416 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,037.000 LKR in Aug 2018 and a record low of 61.670 LKR in Feb 1984. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Master Mason data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.G026: Average Daily Wage.

Sri Lanka LK: All Education Staff Compensation: Total: % of Total Expenditure in Public Institutions data was reported at 62.395 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 61.076 % for 2014. Sri Lanka LK: All Education Staff Compensation: Total: % of Total Expenditure in Public Institutions data is updated yearly, averaging 71.560 % from Dec 2009 (Median) to 2015, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 75.546 % in 2010 and a record low of 61.076 % in 2014. Sri Lanka LK: All Education Staff Compensation: Total: % of Total Expenditure in Public Institutions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. All staff (teacher and non-teachers) compensation is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Staff compensation includes salaries, contributions by employers for staff retirement programs, and other allowances and benefits.; ; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.; Median;

Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Master Carpenter data was reported at 2,026.000 LKR in Aug 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,007.000 LKR for Jul 2018. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Master Carpenter data is updated monthly, averaging 396.430 LKR from Jan 1984 (Median) to Aug 2018, with 416 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,026.000 LKR in Aug 2018 and a record low of 62.410 LKR in Feb 1984. Sri Lanka Average Daily Wage: Master Carpenter data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.G026: Average Daily Wage.