| Sri Lanka |
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| Rank: 69 · Score: 48.0 |
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| Basic facts, 2020 |
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| Population (millions) |
21.4 |
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IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) |
2nd |
| GDP (US$ billions) |
79.9 |
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M&A volume (quartile) |
2nd |
| GDP per capita (US$) |
3,733.5 |
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Venture capital investments (quartile) |
2nd |
| GDP growth (per cent) |
-4.8 |
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Private equity investments (quartile) |
3rd |
Performance Overview
| Indicator |
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Rank / 125 |
Rank Trend |
Score |
| VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index |
69 |
60, 62, 58, 54, 56 |
48.0 |
| 1 |
Economic Activity |
59 |
78, 82, 76, 70, 66 |
72.8 |
| 1.1 |
Size of the Economy (GDP) |
65 |
63, 63, 63, 63, 60 |
39.5 |
| 1.2 |
Expected Real GDP Growth |
66 |
100, 98, 65, 65, 59 |
100.4 |
| 1.3 |
Unemployment |
48 |
94, 96, 94, 85, 77 |
97.2 |
| 2.1 |
Size and Liquidity of the Stock Market |
48 |
80, 79, 80, 80, 77 |
62.1 |
| 2.2 |
Total Trading Volume |
58 |
68, 67, 65, 66, 67 |
67.5 |
| 2.3 |
IPOs and Public Issuing Activity |
66 |
64, 63, 65, 64, 59 |
15.5 |
| 2.4 |
M&A Market |
65 |
60, 62, 60, 62, 60 |
39.0 |
| 2.5 |
Debt and Credit Market |
68 |
76, 69, 62, 53, 57 |
73.2 |
| 2.6 |
Bank Non-Performing Loans |
66 |
76, 85, 84, 67, 59 |
92.8 |
| 3.1 |
Tax Incentives and Administrative Burden |
104 |
17, 17, 13, 14, 21 |
77.9 |
| 4.1 |
Quality of Corporate Governance |
65 |
57, 57, 57, 56, 60 |
70.9 |
| 4.2 |
Security of Property Rights |
107 |
32, 32, 33, 18, 18 |
48.3 |
| 4.3 |
Quality of Legal Enforcement |
57 |
64, 65, 62, 61, 68 |
63.3 |
| 5.1 |
Education and Human Capital |
58 |
60, 60, 60, 63, 67 |
9.2 |
| 5.2 |
Labor Regulations |
120 |
3, 3, 3, 2, 5 |
34.5 |
| 5.3 |
Bribing and Corruption |
75 |
49, 48, 49, 51, 50 |
46.6 |
| 6.1 |
Innovation |
86 |
43, 36, 37, 39, 39 |
25.6 |
| 6.2 |
Scientific and Technical Journal Articles |
73 |
45, 50, 49, 52, 52 |
40.2 |
| 6.3 |
Burdens of Starting and Running a Business |
67 |
43, 50, 66, 63, 58 |
96.4 |
| 6.4 |
Simplicity of Closing a Business |
42 |
82, 84, 83, 82, 83 |
77.1 |
| 6.5 |
Corporate R&D |
92 |
28, 28, 27, 31, 33 |
15.7 |
| Historic performance, 2017-2021 |
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Key driver performance, 2021 |
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Peer Group Comparison
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Economic Activity |
Depth of Capital Market |
Taxation |
Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance |
Human and Social
Environment |
Entrepreneurial
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Last updated: 21 Jun 2021
