Sri Lanka vs Uganda: Economic Indicators Comparison

Sri Lanka with a GDP of $88.9B ranked the 65th largest economy in the world, while Uganda ranked 104th with $27.5B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Sri Lanka and Uganda ranked 51st vs 41st and 120th vs 187th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatSri LankaUganda
GDP$88.9B$27.5B
GDP growth, 1 year3%6.2%
GDP growth, 5-years average4.2%4.7%
Population21.4M42.9M
GDP per capita$4.1k$643
GDP per capita growth2.13%2.27%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor49.491153.9
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.30.32
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$13k$2.5k
GNI, Atlas method$87.9B$26.7B
GNI per capita$4.1k$620
GNI, PPP adjusted$284.1B$84.3B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$13k$2k

Financial system and Human development

StatSri LankaUganda
Income Tax Rate24%30%
Corporate Tax Rate28%30%
Inflation, consumer prices4.3%2.6%
Inflation, GDP deflator4.3%3.2%
Unemployment4.4%1.7%
Economic Freedom Index57.459.5
Personal Freedom Index5.245.6
Human Freedom Index5.696.4
Property Rights Index47.745.6
Judical Effectiveness Index39.236.9
Business Freedom Index76.546
Fiscal Health Index39.364.3
Labor Freedom Index58.683.1
Investment Freedom Index4055
Financial Freedom Index4040
Trade Freedom Index67.675.4
Monetary Freedom Index71.178
Government Spending Index88.988.4
Tax Burden Index84.880.3
Government Integrity Index34.721.4
Corruption Perceptions Index3826
Life expectancy at birth, years76.662.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people14.69.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people14.929
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people2.311
International tourism, number of arrivals2.3M1.4M

Government debt & reserves

StatSri LankaUganda
Central government debt, % of GDP84.1%42.2%
External debt stocks, % of GNI60.8%46.3%
External debt stocks$52.6B$12.3B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves118.2%15.2%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income36%12.2%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI28.5%-9.5%
Gross savings, % of GDP25.5%18.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP28.6%25%
Total reserves including gold$6.9B$3.4B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$1.6B$1.3B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatSri LankaUganda
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP22.8%19.5%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP30.1%28.7%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$2.8B-$2.6B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP13.3%15%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$182.6M$1.4B
Personal remittances received$7B$1.2B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP27%19.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP7.9%24.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoPN/A$11M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoPN/A$10.4M
Expense, % of GDP16.2%14.2%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP19.2%19.7%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Sri Lanka vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Iran
$5.6k
80M
Jamaica
$5.4k
2.89M
Albania
$5.3k
3.02M
Guyana
$5k
778k
Belize
$4.9k
375k
Azerbaijan
$4.7k
10M
Georgia
$4.7k
3.72M
Guatemala
$4.5k
17.3M
Tonga
$4.4k
108k
Jordan
$4.2k
10.4M
Armenia
$4.2k
2.93M
Samoa
$4.2k
196k
Eswatini
$4.1k
1.37M
Mongolia
$4.1k
3.08M
Algeria
$4.1k
41.3M
El Salvador
$4.1k
6.42M
Indonesia
$3.9k
264M
Marshall Islands
$3.8k
53.1k
Tuvalu
$3.7k
11.2k
Cape Verde
$3.6k
546k
Bolivia
$3.5k
11.1M
Tunisia
$3.4k
11.6M
Angola
$3.4k
29.8M
Bhutan
$3.2k
808k
Morocco
$3.2k
36M
Moldova
$3.2k
2.55M
Palestine
$3.2k
4.68M
Vanuatu
$3.1k
276k
Philippines
$3.1k
105M
Ukraine
$3.1k
42.6M

Uganda vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Gambia
$716
2.1M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M
Liberia
$677
4.73M
DR Congo
$562
86.8M
Sierra Leone
$534
7.56M
Madagascar
$528
25.6M
Afghanistan
$521
34.9M
Mozambique
$499
29.7M
Central African Republic
$476
4.66M
Niger
$414
21.5M
Malawi
$389
18.6M
Somalia
$315
11M