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Sri Lanka

Location

  • Geographical region: Southern Asia, Asia
  • SDG region: SDG Central and Southern Asia

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 61,860 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 45% agriculture, 34% forest and 21% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 22,181,000 people (2022)
  • Population density: 354 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 18% lives in urban areas and 80% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 274,797,226,354 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 12,389 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 9% from agriculture, 60% from services and 30% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Sri Lanka

  • Drinking water

    47 % of the population in Sri Lanka uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    --- % of the population in Sri Lanka uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

    85 % of the population in Sri Lanka has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2022)
  • Wastewater

    --- % of domestic wastewater in Sri Lanka is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    --- % of monitored water bodies in Sri Lanka has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    6 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Sri Lanka (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2020)
  • Water stress

    91 % of the renewable water resources in Sri Lanka is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2020)
  • Water management

    47 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Sri Lanka (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2020) 
  • Transboundary

    n/a of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2020)
  • Ecosystems

    0 % of the water basins in Sri Lanka is experiencing rapid changes in the area covered by surface waters (SDG 6 indicator 6.6.1, 2020)
  • Cooperation

    133 m$ is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Sri Lanka in 2021 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

    + is the number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Sri Lanka (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2019)

Drinking water

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Sri Lanka, progress over time

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Sri Lanka, by service level and location (2022)

Sanitation and hygiene

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Sri Lanka, progress over time

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Sri Lanka, by service level and location (2022)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Sri Lanka, by service level and location (2022)

Water quality and wastewater

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Sri Lanka (2022), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Sri Lanka, by source (2022)

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Sri Lanka (2020), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Sri Lanka, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 1,712 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 2,529 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 654 m3 per capita (2005)

Environmental flow requirements: % of the renewable water resources ()

6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Sri Lanka, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Sri Lanka, by sector (2020)

Water-use efficiency for ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ only takes into account the proportion of gross value added that comes from irrigated agriculture, since that activity is associated with water withdrawal (other activities are rain-fed).

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Sri Lanka, progress over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water resources management

6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Sri Lanka, progress over time, by dimension

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation in Sri Lanka, progress over time, by component

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

International cooperation and capacity-building

6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Sri Lanka, over time

6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Sri Lanka in 2021, by sub-sector

Water and sanitation-related official development assistance includes water sector policy and governance, water supply, sanitation, water sector policy, water resources conservation, river basins development, waste management/disposal, education and training, agricultural water resources and hydroelectric power.

Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Sri Lanka, by funding source (2018)

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Sri Lanka (2019)

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in Sri Lanka, progress over time, by sub-sector