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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a constitutional, multiparty democratic republic. The government is freely elected. Domestic observers described the last election as peaceful, technically well managed, and safe considering the COVID-19 pandemic but noted that unregulated campaign spending, abuse of state resources, and media bias affected the level playing field. During 2023, the government of Sri Lanka released on bail dozens of suspects held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Police also issued new guidelines to respect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or intersex persons and stop arrest and harassment of transgender persons. The government took minimal steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses.

The overall score indicates that there are substantial risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:
  • Restrictions on workers' freedom of association
  • Extensive gender-based violence
  • Substantial interference with the freedom of association
  • Threats of violence against members of national, racial, and ethnic minority groups as well as against LGBTQI+ persons


For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive).

In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them.

For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table.

The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map.

You can find more details on the methodology here.

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Overall Score

47/100

Global Rights Index

30,0/100 (4)

Human Development Index

78,0/100 (0,78)

Kids Rights Index

53,2/100 (0,532)

Children's Rights in the Workplace Index

64,0/100 (3,6)

Global Slavery Index

56,0/100 (44,0)

Trafficking in persons report

62,5/100 (T2)

Global Gender Gap Index

66,3/100 (0,663)

Rule of Law Index

50,0/100 (0,5)

Fragile States Index

24,8/100 (90,3)

Freedom in the World Index

54,0/100 (54)

Environmental Performance Index

38,7/100 (38,7)

Corruption Perceptions Index

34,0/100 (34)

Equality Index

30,0/100 (30)