Sri Lanka, April 24 -- The Department of Census and Statistics has released the latest edition of the official poverty line chart for February 2025. According to the data, the national poverty ...

About a quarter of cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s population was living in poverty despite the economy making a “remarkable recovery” from its worst financial meltdown, the World Bank said on ...

While Sri Lanka's economy is bouncing back stronger than expected, a significant portion of the population—about a third—remains in poverty or is at risk of falling back into poverty. To ensure this ...

By Huzefa Aliasger Poverty levels labelled as “alarmingly high at 24.5 percent” by the World Bank in a report released on April 23 raises concerns about economic wellbeing in Sri Lanka ...

As shown in the graph below, Sri Lanka has experienced only a few quarters of surpluses from 2012 to the second quarter of 2022. Financing this sort of deficit usually means borrowing from abroad ...

"While Sri Lanka's economy is bouncing back stronger than expected, a significant portion of the population—about a third—remains in poverty or is at risk of falling back into poverty," said David ...

The Department of Census and Statistics has released the latest edition of the official poverty line chart for February 2025. According to the data, the national poverty line—representing the minimum ...

About a quarter of cash-strapped Sri Lanka's population was living in poverty despite the economy making a "remarkable recovery" from its worst financial meltdown, the World Bank said on Wednesday.

Colombo: About a quarter of cash-strapped Sri Lanka's population was living in poverty despite the economy making a "remarkable recovery" from its worst financial meltdown, the World Bank said on ...