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2026 HPI index for Sri Lanka
Rank Life expectancy Wellbeing Ecological footprint HPI score
52nd 77.9 years 4.3/10 1.27 gha 52.1
HPI Data over time for Sri Lanka
Year Rank Life expectancy Wellbeing Ecological footprint HPI score
2025 52nd 77.9 years 4.3/10 1.27 gha 52.1
2024 51st 77.7 years 4.1/10 1.28 gha 50.7
2023 72nd 77.5 years 3.7/10 1.24 gha 48
2022 54th 77.3 years 3.9/10 1.24 gha 49.4
2021 48th 76.3 years 4.1/10 1.45 gha 49
2020 21st 76.9 years 4.8/10 1.48 gha 54
2019 52nd 76.7 years 4.2/10 1.58 gha 49.5
2018 41st 76.5 years 4.4/10 1.57 gha 50.9
2017 48th 76.2 years 4.3/10 1.64 gha 49.7
2016 40th 76.1 years 4.5/10 1.52 gha 51.3
2015 30th 76 years 4.6/10 1.58 gha 51.9
2014 47th 75.8 years 4.3/10 1.53 gha 49.8
2013 36th 75.5 years 4.4/10 1.37 gha 51.3
2012 42nd 75.2 years 4.2/10 1.46 gha 49.5
2011 44th 74.7 years 4.2/10 1.49 gha 48.9
2010 49th 74.5 years 4/10 1.38 gha 47.9
2009 52nd 70.3 years 4.2/10 1.22 gha 47.3
2008 25th 72.6 years 4.4/10 1.29 gha 50.3
2007 23rd 73 years 4.4/10 1.27 gha 50.6
2006 21st 72.8 years 4.3/10 1.24 gha 50.3

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