Sri Lanka ยท Year 2023
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Sovereign Economic Dossier ISO: LKA LK

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka sovereign panel observation with harmonized output, inflation, and external resilience records from 1960 through 2025.

South Asia Upper middle income Blocs: Other Colombo

Global Rank (2023)

#147 / 205

Top 72% of global economies

Composite Score (2023)

47.5 / 100

Living Standard (2023)

$3,977

Subscore: 46.75 / 100

CPI Inflation (2023)

16.54%

Stability Score: 32.29 / 100

4-Pillar Structural Health Diagnostic (2023)

Harmonized subscores evaluating Output, Productivity, Inflation Stability, and External Buffer

Benchmark Weights: 35 / 25 / 25 / 15
Living Standards (35%) 46.75

Raw: $3,977 (2015 USD)

Price Stability (25%) 32.29

Raw: 16.54% (Anchor: 3.0%)

External Solvency (25%) 55.71

Raw: 1.71% of GDP

Economic Scale (15%) 60.59

Raw: $84.1B Current USD

Optimal Component Weights & Peak Rank Frontier (2023)

External Solvency & Trade Surplus Driven

What we are doing here: We simulate an automated mathematical simplex across all 286 valid permutations of weights for the 4 pillars (summing to 100%) against every competing sovereign country in 2023. This discovers which weighting system maximizes Sri Lanka's global competitive ranking by accentuating its comparative strengths.

Peak Rank #53 / 205
Default Rank #147
+94 Ranks
Living Standards 0%
Baseline: 35%
Price Stability 0%
Baseline: 25%
External Solvency 100%
Baseline: 25%
Economic Scale 0%
Baseline: 15%

Policy Insight & Strategic Advantage: Sri Lanka achieves peak standing through massive current account surpluses and external asset buffers.

Under this bespoke weighting, Sri Lanka's composite score climbs to 55.7 (compared to 47.5 under standard multilateral weighting).

Longitudinal Trajectory & Peer Comparison Sandbox (1960โ€“2025)

Tracking Sri Lanka's multi-decade trajectory overlaid with peer benchmark economies in Year 2023

Active Comparisons:
Sri Lanka (LKA)
India (IND)
China (CHN)
United States (USA)
Germany (DEU)
Observation Year 2023 โ€ข Global Rank: #147 / 205 โ€ข Composite Score: 47.5 / 100 โ€ข Living Standard: $3,977 โ€ข Inflation: 16.54%
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Hover or click any node along the curve to inspect that historical year in real time
Primary: Sri Lanka Peers (Dashed)

Cross-Sectional Benchmark Standing in Year 2023

5 economies compared ยท Ordered by Global Rank
CountryRank (2023)Composite ScoreGDP per CapitaCPI InflationCurrent Account (% GDP)Nominal GDP ($)
Germany (DEU) #1681.1$44,3695.95%5.50%$4562.2B
United States (USA) #1780.0$65,6674.12%-3.34%$27811.5B
China (CHN) #3772.3$12,4840.23%1.41%$18270.4B
India (IND) #9359.5$2,2305.65%-0.91%$3500.9B
Sri Lanka (LKA) Active#14747.5$3,97716.54%1.71%$84.1B

Decade-by-Decade Historical Milestones (1970โ€“2023)

Visualizing seminal macroeconomic shifts, shocks, and structural transitions for Sri Lanka

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Selected Era: 2023 ยท Click any node to select
100755025046.919701970s14.919801980s28.619901990s48.220002000s55.520102010s58.220202020s47.52023Recent