Portulans Institute

Sri Lanka

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Asia & Pacific
Population (Total) 21,832,143
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 14,230

Performance Overview

ISO3

LKA

Country

Sri Lanka

Score

44.14

Rank

80

Technology

41.41

People

37.79

Governance

46.71

Impact

50.66

Pillar: Technology Score: 41.41 Rank: 61
SCORERANK

Access

56.34 86

1. Mobile tariffs

77.25 34

2. Handset prices

41.33 78

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

31.33 56

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

99.00 82

5. International Internet bandwidth

70.58 69

6. Internet access in schools

18.57 69

Content

19.23 81

1. GitHub commits

12.21 50

2. Internet domain registrations

0.96 99

3. Mobile apps development

57.27 93

4. AI scientific publications

6.48 63

Future technologies

48.65 28

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

56.01 45

2. Investment in emerging technologies

38.25 71

3. Robot density

n/a

4. Computer software spending

51.68 20
Pillar: People Score: 37.79 Rank: 86
SCORERANK

Individuals

38.82 95

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

17.67 42

2. ICT skills in the education system

44.13 73

3. Use of virtual social networks

29.52 101

4. Tertiary enrollment

13.13 96

5. Adult literacy rate

89.66 59

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

40.26 81

1. Firms with website

n/a

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

49.81 41

3. Knowledge intensive employment

30.93 67

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

79.01 57

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

1.29 70

Governments

34.28 82

1. Government online services

51.86 88

2. Publication and use of open data

n/a

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

49.02 41

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

1.97 102
Pillar: Governance Score: 46.71 Rank: 97
SCORERANK

Trust

31.83 97

1. Secure internet servers

47.48 79

2. Cybersecurity

57.92 89

3. Online access to financial account

9.76 111

4. Internet shopping

12.17 86

Regulation

53.59 106

1. Regulatory quality

41.24 90

2. ICT regulatory environment

55.65 125

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

42.60 71

4. E-commerce legislation

66.67 87

5. Privacy protection by law content

61.79 73

Inclusion

54.72 85

1. E-Participation

33.73 95

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

77.51 62

3. Availability of local online content

47.12 93

4. Gender gap in Internet use

49.14 93

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

66.10 60
Pillar: Impact Score: 50.66 Rank: 79
SCORERANK

Economy

29.33 64

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

7.95 93

2. High-tech exports

1.65 112

3. PCT patent applications

2.55 69

4. Domestic market size

55.79 58

5. Prevalence of gig economy

53.49 45

6. ICT services exports

54.58 13

Quality of life

59.65 94

1. Happiness

32.57 114

2. Freedom to make life choices

66.05 84

3. Income inequality

63.57 64

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

76.39 52

SDG Contribution

63.01 68

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

63.12 83

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

51.33 117

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

87.28 7

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

50.30 90

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