 |
Economy |
|
|
| GDP |
Purchasing
power parity - $73.7 billion (2004) |
| GDP
- Real growth rate |
3.2%
(2004) |
| GDP
- Per capita |
purchasing
power parity - $3,700 (2004) |
| GDP
per capita US$ |
3,180
(2004) |
Manufactured
exports
(as % of merchandise exports) |
77
(2004) |
Total
debt service
As % of exports of
goods and services |
9.2
(2004) |
Public
expenditure
on health
(as % of GDP) |
1.8
(2004) |
| Traditional
fuel consumption (as % of total energy use) |
46.5
(2004) |
Electricity
consumption
per capita (kilowatt-hours) |
293
(2004) |
| GDP
- Composition by sector |
Agriculture:
20%
Industry: 26%
Services: 54% (2004) |
| Population
below poverty line |
25%
(2004) |
| Inflation
Rate (consumer prices) |
9.6%
(2004) |
| Labor
Force |
6.6
million (2004) |
| Labor
Force - By occupation |
Services
45%, agriculture 38%, industry 17% (2004) |
| Unemployment
Rate |
8%
(2004) |
| Industries |
Rubber
processing, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural commodities;
clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco (2004) |
| Industrial
Production Growth Rate |
1.1%
(2004) |
| Electricity
- Production |
6.36
billion kWh (2004) |
| Electricity
- production by source |
Fossil
fuel: 51.7%
Hydro: 48.3%
Other: 0%
Nuclear: 0% (2004) |
| Agriculture
- Products |
Rice,
Sugarcane, Grains, Pulses, Oilseed, Spices, Tea, Rubber, Coconuts;
Milk, Eggs, Hides, Beef (2004) |
| Exports |
$4.9
billion (2004) |
| Exports
- Commodities |
Textiles
and apparel 15%, tea, diamonds, coconut products, petroleum
products (2004) |
| Exports
- Partners |
US
39%, UK 13%, Middle East 8%, Germany 4%, Japan 4% (2004) |
| Imports |
$6
billion (2004) |
| Imports
- Commodities |
Machinery
and equipment, textiles, petroleum, foodstuffs (2004) |
| Imports
- Partners |
Japan
9%, India 8%, Hong Kong 7%, Singapore 7%, South Korea 5% (2004) |
| Debt
- External |
$4.6
billion f.o.b. (2004) |
| Currency |
Sri
Lankan rupee (LKR) |
| Economic
aid - recipient |
$577
million (2004) |
| Household
income or consumption by percentage share |
Lowest
10%: 3.5%
Highest 10%: 28% (2004) |
| Currency
code |
LKR
|
| Source:
www.countryreports.org |
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