# Gini index (World Bank, income or consumption) in Sri Lanka

Gini index (World Bank, income or consumption) in Sri Lanka was 37.7 index in 2019. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `gini_index_world_bank`
- Place id: `lk`
- Unit: index
- Definition: Inequality of income or consumption per person among households on a 0 to 100 scale, where 0 is perfect equality. World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform estimates from national household surveys, published only for survey years.
- Note: Many countries, especially in Africa and Asia, measure consumption, which is more equal than income, and incomes are per person rather than equivalised. Not comparable with the Eurostat gini_index; compare countries within this series only.
- Source: World Bank, Gini index (SI.POV.GINI) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gini index (SI.POV.GINI). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/gini-world-bank/sri-lanka
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/gini-world-bank/sri-lanka.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=gini_index_world_bank&place=lk

| Period | index |
|---|---:|
| 2019 | 37.7 |
| 2016 | 39.3 |
| 2012 | 38.7 |
| 2009 | 36.1 |
| 2006 | 39.7 |
| 2002 | 40.2 |
| 1995 | 35.4 |
| 1990 | 32.4 |
| 1985 | 32.5 |