Portulans Institute

Sri Lanka

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Central and Southern Asia
Population (Total) 21,916,000
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 14,072

Performance Overview

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LKA

Country

Sri Lanka

Score

36.89

Rank

92

Input

101

Output

69

Enable

40.78

Attract

35.57

Grow

27.35

Retain

42.98

VT

55.01

GA

19.66

Pillar: Enable Score: 40.78Rank: 98
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Regulatory Landscape

42.92 87

1. Government effectiveness

44.0584

2. Rule of law

50.0466

3. Political stability

53.4796

4. Regulatory quality

35.0395

5. Corruption

32.0097

Market Landscape

32.97 112

1. Extent of market dominance

38.49100

2. Domestic credit to private sector

20.4870

3. Cluster development

42.8689

4. R&D expenditure

1.57103

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

81.7190

6. Internet access in schools

40.6771

7. Urbanisation

5.02131

Business & Labour Landscape

46.45 71

1. Labour rights

68.7093

2. Labour-employer cooperation

54.2096

3. Professional management

68.7133

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

43.4997

5. Enterprise software

30.6730

6. Cloud computing

12.9179

7. Firms with website

n/an/a
Pillar: Attract Score: 35.57Rank: 122
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External Openness

18.23 130

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

n/an/a

2. Financial globalisation

32.35115

3. Migrant stock

0.19130

4. International students

1.6798

5. Brain gain

38.7098

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

52.90 109

1. Tolerance of minorities

13.83119

2. Tolerance of immigrants

47.6986

3. Social mobility

56.9266

4. Economic empowerment of women

65.63114

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

70.8274

6. Leadership opportunities for women

62.5380
Pillar: Grow Score: 27.35Rank: 96
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Formal Education

7.97 105

1. Vocational enrolment

6.27104

2. Tertiary enrolment

14.4693

3. Tertiary education expenditure

7.2867

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

3.8777

Lifelong Learning

31.40 86

1. Business masters education

0.0064

2. Prevalence of training in firms

n/an/a

3. Employee development

62.8053

Access to Growth Opportunities

42.68 88

1. Delegation of authority

61.4045

2. Youth inclusion

63.5871

3. Use of virtual social networks

33.85104

4. Use of virtual professional networks

11.8988
Pillar: Retain Score: 42.98Rank: 96
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Sustainability

38.27 103

1. Pension coverage

30.4397

2. Social protection

39.2883

3. Brain retention

35.36101

4. Environmental performance

38.80101

5. Vulnerable employment

56.8588

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

51.3957

7. Household Financial Resilience

15.7694

Lifestyle

47.68 95

1. Personal rights

47.7487

2. Personal safety

64.2569

3. Physician density

17.6185

4. Sanitation

93.3770

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

15.46118
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 55.01Rank: 52
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Mid-level Skills

47.26 56

1. Workforce with secondary education

45.7061

2. Population with secondary education

84.938

3. Technicians and associate professionals

37.5456

4. Labour productivity per employee

20.8675

Employability

62.77 63

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

61.2251

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

50.5653

3. Skills matching

61.6564

4. Highly educated unemployment

77.6575
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 19.66Rank: 87
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High-level Skills

20.14 99

1. Workforce with tertiary education

8.71112

2. Soft Skills

53.9869

3. Professionals

14.3988

4. Researchers

0.8693

5. Senior officials and managers

22.7558

6. Digital skills

n/an/a

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

19.19 74

1. ICT services exports

37.2124

2. Mobile apps development

56.7192

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

14.7568

4. High-value exports

2.16111

5. Software development

14.5751

6. New business density

4.9388

7. Scientific journal articles

4.0185

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