Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile

1960 - 2021 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

Key information about Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile

  • Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile was reported at 141.292 Number in Dec 2021
  • This records an increase from the previous number of 136.912 Number for Dec 2020
  • Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile data is updated yearly, averaging 0.505 Number from Dec 1960 to 2021, with 50 observations
  • The data reached an all-time high of 141.292 Number in 2021 and a record low of 0.000 Number in 1989
  • Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank
  • The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Telecommunication Sector – Table LK.World Bank.WDI: Telecommunication
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.;International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database;Weighted average;Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data.

View Sri Lanka's Teledensity: Mobile from 1960 to 2021 in the chart:

Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile

What was Sri Lanka's Teledensity: Mobile in 2021?

Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile was reported at 141.292 Number in Dec 2021 See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
141.292 2021 136.912 2020 0.000 1989 141.292 2021 Number yearly 1960 - 2021

Teledensity: Mobile by Country Comparison

country/region Last Frequency Range
Afghanistan (Number) 56.554 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Albania (Number) 97.886 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Algeria (Number) 106.424 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Andorra (Number) 142.214 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Angola (Number) 67.373 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Antigua and Barbuda (Number) 197.383 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Argentina (Number) 132.358 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Armenia (Number) 128.961 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Aruba (Number) 132.350 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Australia (Number) 107.031 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Austria (Number) 123.435 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Azerbaijan (Number) 104.888 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bahamas (Number) 98.539 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Bahrain (Number) 131.449 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bangladesh (Number) 108.909 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Barbados (Number) 114.859 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Belarus (Number) 123.447 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Belgium (Number) 101.871 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Belize (Number) 65.995 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Benin (Number) 97.960 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bermuda (Number) 105.944 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bhutan (Number) 94.893 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Bolivia (Number) 99.623 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Number) 117.888 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Botswana (Number) 160.737 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Brazil (Number) 98.891 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Brunei (Number) 135.501 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bulgaria (Number) 114.768 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Burkina Faso (Number) 111.663 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Burundi (Number) 57.961 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Cambodia (Number) 116.326 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Cameroon (Number) 82.778 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Canada (Number) 88.091 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Cape Verde (Number) 99.232 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Cayman Islands (Number) 146.765 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Central African Republic (Number) 33.552 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Chad (Number) 60.223 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Chile (Number) 136.313 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
China (Number) 121.538 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Colombia (Number) 155.785 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Comoros (Number) 100.238 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Congo (Number) 96.788 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Costa Rica (Number) 152.025 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Croatia (Number) 111.168 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Cuba (Number) 63.105 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Cyprus (Number) 148.738 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Czech Republic (Number) 126.412 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Democratic Republic of Congo (Number) 48.893 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Denmark (Number) 126.549 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Djibouti (Number) 46.327 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Dominica (Number) 85.857 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Dominican Republic (Number) 90.391 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Ecuador (Number) 97.165 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Egypt (Number) 93.206 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
El Salvador (Number) 175.337 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Equatorial Guinea (Number) 53.343 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Eritrea (Number) 49.747 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Estonia (Number) 155.030 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Swaziland (Number) 122.170 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Ethiopia (Number) 56.025 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Faroe Islands (Number) 111.959 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Fiji (Number) 107.234 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Finland (Number) 128.683 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
France (Number) 118.847 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
French Polynesia (Number) 106.212 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Gabon (Number) 125.387 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Gambia (Number) 101.441 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Georgia (Number) 147.755 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Germany (Number) 127.565 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Ghana (Number) 123.212 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Greece (Number) 109.063 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Greenland (Number) 118.424 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Grenada (Number) 81.067 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Guatemala (Number) 115.182 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Guinea (Number) 101.944 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Guinea-Bissau (Number) 125.932 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Guyana (Number) 106.393 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Haiti (Number) 63.935 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Honduras (Number) 76.081 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Hong Kong SAR, China (Number) 291.910 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Hungary (Number) 104.056 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Iceland (Number) 122.517 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
India (Number) 80.649 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Indonesia (Number) 114.901 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Iran (Number) 164.502 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Iraq (Number) 98.184 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Ireland (Number) 113.277 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Israel (Number) 152.222 2022 yearly 1990 - 2022
Italy (Number) 131.861 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Ivory Coast (Number) 174.025 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Jamaica (Number) 106.202 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Japan (Number) 167.523 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Jordan (Number) 67.568 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Kazakhstan (Number) 130.421 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Kenya (Number) 121.674 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Kiribati (Number) 40.840 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
South Korea (Number) 148.588 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Kuwait (Number) 180.995 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan (Number) 130.382 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Laos (Number) 64.955 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021

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Sri Lanka Key Series

Government and Public Finance Last Frequency Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) -5.6 Sep 2024 quarterly Dec 2014 - Sep 2024
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 8,317.177 2023 yearly 1990 - 2023
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 13.1 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2024
National Government Debt (USD mn) 96,536.0 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2024
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 96.9 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2024
Forecast: Government Expenditure (LKR bn) 4,472.546 2022 yearly 1990 - 2022
Forecast: Government Net Debt (LKR bn) 27,899.423 2022 yearly 1990 - 2022
Forecast: Government Revenue (LKR bn) 2,012.589 2022 yearly 1990 - 2022
Government Debt: Domestic (LKR mn) 17,595,054.038 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2024
Government Debt: Foreign (LKR mn) 10,979,599.147 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2024
Government Expenditure & Lending Minus Repayments (LR) (LKR mn) 1,434,468.885 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2024
Government Revenue & Grants​: Revenue (LKR mn) 1,057,676.372 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2024
Overall Fiscal Surplus/Deficit (LKR mn) -371,289.223 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2024
Government Expenditure & LR: Capital & Net Lending (LKR mn) 218,331.171 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2024
Government Expenditure & LR: Recurrent (LKR mn) 1,216,137.714 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2024
Foreign Trade Last Frequency Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 3.626 2028 yearly 1980 - 2028
Trade Balance (USD mn) -502.2 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1982 - Nov 2024
Total Exports (USD mn) 994.1 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1982 - Nov 2024
Total Exports Growth (%) -0.5 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1983 - Nov 2024
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 5,069.768 2023 yearly 1995 - 2023
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 8,132.477 2023 yearly 1995 - 2023
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 4,888.910 2023 yearly 1995 - 2023
Total Imports (USD mn) 1,496.3 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1982 - Nov 2024
Total Imports Growth (%) 7.7 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1983 - Nov 2024
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 444,961.269 2023 yearly 1995 - 2023
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 100,047.227 2023 yearly 1995 - 2023
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 278.453 Sep 2024 monthly Jan 1978 - Sep 2024
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 36.715 Sep 2024 monthly Jan 1978 - Sep 2024
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 26.291 Sep 2024 monthly Jan 2016 - Sep 2024
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 254.736 Sep 2024 monthly Jan 2016 - Sep 2024
Exports: India (USD mn) 860.000 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Exports: Germany (USD mn) 742.000 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Exports: United Kingdom (USD mn) 963.000 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Exports: Italy (USD mn) 641.000 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Exports: United States of America (USD mn) 3,321.000 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Imports: Intermediate Goods: Fuel (LKR mn) 90,712.868 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1995 - Nov 2024
Imports: Intermediate Goods: Textiles & Textile Articles (LKR mn) 70,540.870 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1995 - Nov 2024
Imports: Investment Goods (LKR mn) 74,790.734 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1995 - Nov 2024
Imports: Intermediate Goods (LKR mn) 268,676.012 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1995 - Nov 2024
Imports: Consumer Goods (LKR mn) 93,325.454 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1995 - Nov 2024
Imports: India (USD mn) 4,738.000 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Imports: Japan (USD mn) 252.000 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Imports: Singapore (USD mn) 871.000 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Imports: China (USD mn) 3,285.000 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Imports: United Arab Emirates (USD mn) 666.000 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Export Volume Index (EVoI): 2010=100 (2010=100) 158.913 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 2010 - Nov 2024
Import Volume Index (IVoI): 2010=100 (2010=100) 138.958 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 2010 - Nov 2024
Terms of Trade Index: 2010=100 (2010=100) 90.348 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 2010 - Nov 2024
Export Value Index (2015=100) 118.509 2021 yearly 1980 - 2021
Import Value Index (2015=100) 108.993 2021 yearly 1980 - 2021
Balance of Payments Last Frequency Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) 7.2 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
Current Account Balance (USD mn) 303.4 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 1977 - Sep 2024
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) 1.2 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2002 - Sep 2024
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) 45.4 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 1977 - Sep 2024
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.2 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2002 - Sep 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) 146.023 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.6 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) 27.0 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) 119.064 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
External Debt (USD mn) 56,594.5 Sep 2024 quarterly Dec 2012 - Sep 2024
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 75.0 2022 yearly 1998 - 2022
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 5,234.5 Sep 2024 quarterly Dec 2012 - Sep 2024
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 11.5 2022 yearly 1998 - 2022
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) -0.744 2022 yearly 1980 - 2022
Net International Investment Position (USD mn) -51,921.770 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2013 - Sep 2024
BoP: CA: Primary Income: Debit (USD mn) 753.118 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: CA: Primary Income (PI) (USD mn) -577.059 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: Secondary Income (USD mn) 1,659.819 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: CA: Primary Income: Credit (USD mn) 176.058 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: Secondary Income: Debit (USD mn) 43.462 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: CA: Goods & Services: Services: Debit (USD mn) 906.117 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: CA: Goods & Services: Goods (USD mn) -1,660.190 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Debit (USD mn) 6,736.586 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: FA: Assets (USD mn) 489.501 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Credit (USD mn) 7,039.961 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: Capital Account (CP) (USD mn) 13.490 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: FA: Assets: Portfolio Investment (PO) (USD mn) 197.743 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: FA: Liabilities (USD mn) 145.573 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: FA: Liabilities: Direct Investment (DI) (USD mn) 45.402 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: CA: Goods & Services: Goods: Credit (USD mn) 3,373.699 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: FA: Assets: Direct Investment (DI) (USD mn) 7.183 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: CA: Goods & Services: Services: Credit (USD mn) 1,786.923 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: CA: Goods & Services: Services (USD mn) 880.806 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: FA: Liabilities: Portfolio Investment (PO) (USD mn) 146.023 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account (CA) (USD mn) 303.375 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: Capital Account: Debit (USD mn) 7.600 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current & CA: Credit (USD mn) 7,061.052 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current & Capital Account (USD mn) 316.866 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: CA: Goods & Services: Goods: Debit (USD mn) 5,033.889 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: FA: Liabilities: Other Investment (OI) (USD mn) -45.852 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: FA: Assets: Other Investment (OI) (USD mn) 0.857 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: FA: Assets: Reserve Assets (RA) (USD mn) 283.718 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: Capital Account: Credit (USD mn) 21.090 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current & CA: Debit (USD mn) 6,744.186 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: Secondary Income: Credit (USD mn) 1,703.281 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2024
BoP: FA: Assets: Errors & Ommissions (USD mn) 192.632 Dec 2018 quarterly Mar 2012 - Dec 2018
BoP: FA: Assets: Financial Derivatives (USD mn) 0.000 Dec 2018 quarterly Mar 2012 - Dec 2018
BoP: FA: Liabilities: Financial Derivatives (USD mn) 0.000 Dec 2018 quarterly Mar 2012 - Dec 2018
IIP: Assets (USD mn) 14,481.753 Sep 2024 quarterly Dec 2012 - Sep 2024
IIP: Liabilities (USD mn) 66,403.522 Sep 2024 quarterly Dec 2012 - Sep 2024
International Investment Position (IIP): Net (USD mn) -51,921.770 Sep 2024 quarterly Dec 2012 - Sep 2024
No of Registered Enterprises (Unit) 6,298.000 2022 yearly 1994 - 2022
Monetary Last Frequency Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 4.5 2021 yearly 1998 - 2021
Household Debt: % of GDP (%) 6.5 Jun 2024 quarterly Dec 2010 - Jun 2024
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 6,193.393 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1994 - Nov 2024
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 42,795.939 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1994 - Nov 2024
M2 Growth (%) 10.6 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1995 - Nov 2024
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) 4.0 Jun 2023 monthly Mar 1997 - Jun 2023
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 6,043.6 Dec 2024 monthly Dec 1956 - Dec 2024
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 4.3 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1982 - Nov 2024
Gold Reserves (USD mn) 39.750 Dec 2024 monthly Dec 1977 - Dec 2024
Total Deposits (USD mn) 52,886.716 Jul 2024 monthly Dec 2002 - Jul 2024
Total Deposits Growth (%) 10.9 Jul 2024 monthly Dec 2003 - Jul 2024
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 57,595.2 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1996 - Nov 2024
Domestic Credit Growth (%) 3.9 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1997 - Nov 2024
Household Debt (USD mn) 6,173.4 Jun 2024 quarterly Jun 2010 - Jun 2024
Total Loans (USD mn) 29,583.094 Oct 2024 monthly Dec 1983 - Oct 2024
Total Loans Growth (%) 6.41 Oct 2024 monthly Dec 1984 - Oct 2024
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 25.02 Jun 2024 quarterly Dec 2010 - Jun 2024
ORA: Foreign Currency Reserves in Convertible FC (FCR) (USD mn) 6,043.613 Dec 2024 monthly Nov 2013 - Dec 2024
Official Reserve Assets (ORA) (USD mn) 6,091.280 Dec 2024 monthly Nov 2013 - Dec 2024
Commercial Banks: Loans: Personal Loans & Advances (LA) (LKR mn) 1,888,430.000 Jun 2024 quarterly Jun 2010 - Jun 2024
Business and Economic Survey Last Frequency Range
Business Confidence Growth (% Point) -8.2 May 2023 monthly May 2016 - May 2023
Business Sentiment Index: Business Condition: Current Quarter (Index) 108.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Jun 2014 - Sep 2024
Purchasing Managers Index: Manufacturing (Index) 53.300 Nov 2024 monthly May 2015 - Nov 2024

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