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Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal was 6.91 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
6.91 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
Change on year
down 7.3%
World rank
147th
of 179 countries
All-time high
7.52 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
in 2018
All-time low
2.32 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
in 1990
Years of data
33
1990–2022

Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Sri Lanka, 1990–2022

24681990200620221990: 2.3 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1991: 2.4 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1992: 2.4 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1993: 2.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1994: 2.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1995: 2.6 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1996: 2.6 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1997: 2.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1998: 2.8 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal1999: 2.8 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2000: 2.9 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2001: 2.9 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2002: 3 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2003: 3.2 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2004: 3.3 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2005: 3.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2006: 3.8 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2007: 4.1 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2008: 4.3 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2009: 4.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2010: 4.8 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2011: 5.2 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2012: 5.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2013: 5.9 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2014: 6.3 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2015: 6.6 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2016: 6.9 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2017: 7.4 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2018: 7.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2019: 7.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2020: 7.2 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2021: 7.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal2022: 6.9 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal.

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 6.91 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal for water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.3% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Sri Lanka peaked at 7.52 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.32 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal, in 1990.

That places Sri Lanka 147th out of 179 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Sri Lanka, year by year

Year constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal Change
1990 2.32 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal —
1991 2.35 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.2%
1992 2.38 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.2%
1993 2.47 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.7%
1994 2.53 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.5%
1995 2.59 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.5%
1996 2.62 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +0.9%
1997 2.71 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.5%
1998 2.76 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.0%
1999 2.81 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +1.6%
2000 2.9 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.4%
2001 2.86 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -1.4%
2002 2.98 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.1%
2003 3.16 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +6.0%
2004 3.33 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +5.6%
2005 3.54 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +6.3%
2006 3.81 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +7.7%
2007 4.07 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +6.8%
2008 4.32 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +6.0%
2009 4.47 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +3.5%
2010 4.83 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +8.0%
2011 5.25 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +8.7%
2012 5.7 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +8.6%
2013 5.93 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.1%
2014 6.31 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +6.4%
2015 6.57 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.2%
2016 6.9 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +5.1%
2017 7.35 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +6.5%
2018 7.52 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +2.3%
2019 7.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -0.2%
2020 7.16 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -4.6%
2021 7.46 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal +4.2%
2022 6.91 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal -7.3%

Sri Lanka compared with similar countries

  • Sri Lanka's 6.91 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14.88 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal, 46% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
  • Sri Lanka's 6.91 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal is below the median for South Asia, which is 7.33 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal, 94% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 2.55 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 2.32 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 2.81 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 10
2000s 3.54 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 2.86 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 4.47 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 10
2010s 6.39 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 4.83 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 7.52 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 10
2020s 7.18 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 6.91 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 7.46 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 3

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 144 Sao Tome and Principe 7.76 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  2. 145 Bhutan 7.74 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  3. 146 Suriname 7.16 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  4. 148 Egypt 5.86 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  5. 149 Mauritania 5.72 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
  6. 150 Niger 5.54 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Sri Lanka?
Water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Sri Lanka was 6.91 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 7.52 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2018.
What is the lowest water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 2.32 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 1990.
How does Sri Lanka rank for water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal?
Sri Lanka ranks 147th out of 179 countries with data for 2022.
Is water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal
Unit
constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
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Coverage
179 places, 6,112 data points, 1962–2022
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Water productivity is calculated as total gross domestic product (GDP), measured in constant 2015 US$ divided by annual total water withdrawal.