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KEY SOCIAL INDICATORS
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND CLIMATE
Area
Location
Total area
: 65,610 sq.km.
Between 5° 55’ & 9° 50’ North Latitude
Land area
: 62,705 sq.km.
Between 79° 31’ & 81° 53’ East Longitude
Inland waters
: 2,905 sq.km.
Distance
433 km (269 miles) North to South
Climate
226 km (140 miles) West to East
Low country
: min. 24.4° C - max. 31.7°C
Elevation
Hill country
: min. 18.3° C - max. 26.7°C
2,525 metres (8,284 ft.) Highest
Annual Rainfall (average) mm : 2012 : 1,776
2013 : 1,687
POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS
Population Statistics (a)
Mid-year population (‘000) in 2013 Age distribution (‘000) 2013
0 -14 yrs
15-64 yrs
65 years and over
Population density (2013) Crude birth rate (2012)
Crude death rate (2012)
Rate of natural increase (2012)
Infant mortality rate (2009)
Dependency ratio (2013) Average household size (2012) (b)
: 20,483
: 5,171
: 13,707
: 1,605
: 327 persons per sq.km.
: 17.5 per 1,000 persons
: 6.0 per 1,000 persons
: 11.5 per 1,000 persons
: 9.4 per 1,000 live births
: 49.4 %
: 3.9 persons
Expectation of life at birth (2012) : 75.1
Literacy rate (2012) (c)
Average
Male Female
: 95.6 %
: 96.8 %
: 94.6 %
Income distribution (b)
Gini coefficient of household income (2012): 0.48
Mean household income (2012)
: Rs. 46,207 per month
Median household income (2012) : Rs. 30,400 per month
Poverty
Average daily kilo calorie intake (2012) (b)
: 2,145
Poverty Head Count Index
: 15.2 (2006/2007)
: 8.9 (2009/2010)
: 6.5 (2012) (b)
Human Development Index (2012) Rank among 187 countries : 0.715
: 92
Employment (2013) (d) (e)
Employed persons (’000) Agriculture
Industry
Services
: 8,418
: 29.7 %
: 26.2 %
: 44.1 %
Government employees (‘000) State sector
Provincial public sector
Semi government sector
:
:
:
:
PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES
Unit
2013
Length of national roads (A & B) km
Length of operating railway track km 12,169
1,459
General Education
School density
(area covered by a school)
Student/teacher ratio
Communications (government schools) Telephone penetration
Age specific enrolment ratio (2012)
Fixed lines per 100 persons 13.2 Primary net enrolment ratio (2012)
Including cellular phones per 100 persons 112.4
Internet (f)
per 100 persons 9.8 University Education (g)
Average population served
Student/teacher ratio by a post office
number
4,426
Age specific enrolment ratio
Electricity
Electrification Level
Per capita electricity consumption
per cent
kWh
96
518.7
Financial Infrastructure
Banks
Branches of LCBs
number
2,803
Branches of LSBs
number
645
Credit cards in use
per 100,000 persons
4,646
Banking density
branches per 100,000
persons
17
Other Financial Institutions
Branches of LFCs
number
950
Branches of SLCs
number
110
ATMs
per 100,000 persons
15
(a) Registrar General’s Department
(b) Based on preliminary report of Household Income and Expenditure Survey
(2012/13), Department of Census and Statistics (DCS)
(c) Based on Census of Population and Housing 2012, DCS
(d) Data covers the entire island
(e) Based on Quarterly Labour Force Survey, DCS
Unit
2013
Water Supply & Sanitation
Access to safe drinking water (b)
per cent
Access to pipe borne water
per cent
Transport
1,283
51.7 %
28.3 %
20.0 %
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
88.7
44.3
sq. km. 6.5
number per cent per cent 18
98.4
98.4
number 18
(age 20-24 yrs) (h) Progression to university from GCE (A/L)
Eligible for university admission
Admission as a percentage of eligible
Government expenditure on education (i)
per cent
5.0
Public Health
Hospital beds Persons per doctor Nurses Government expenditure on health per 1,000 persons number
per 10,000 persons per cent of GDP per cent
per cent
per cent of GDP
63.0
16.8
1.8
3.6
1,167
15.1
1.4
Sources: Relevant Institutions and Human Development Report 2013
Including mobile internet services
Details of the universities under University Grant Commission's purview
Only includes internal enrolment of students
Government expenditure on general and higher education