Countries with National Human Rights Institutions in compliance with in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Countries with National Human Rights Institutions in compliance with was 2 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
2
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 177 countries
All-time high
2
in 2018
All-time low
1
in 2000
Years of data
14
2000–2025
Countries with National Human Rights Institutions in compliance with in Sri Lanka, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, countries with national human rights institutions in compliance with in Sri Lanka stood at 2. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, countries with national human rights institutions in compliance with in Sri Lanka peaked at 2 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2000.
Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 177 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Countries with National Human Rights Institutions in compliance with in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | — |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2019 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2025 | 2 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.33 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.67 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
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More public sector data for Sri Lanka
- Arms imports 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4107 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 80 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 60.84 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0134 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 14.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.33 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 80.83 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is countries with national human rights institutions in compliance with in Sri Lanka?
- Countries with national human rights institutions in compliance with in Sri Lanka was 2 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest countries with national human rights institutions in compliance with recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 2018.
- What is the lowest countries with national human rights institutions in compliance with recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2000.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for countries with national human rights institutions in compliance with?
- Sri Lanka ranks 1st out of 177 countries with data for 2025.
- Is countries with national human rights institutions in compliance with rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Countries with National Human Rights Institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles (0 = No status; 1 = Status B, partially compliant; 2 = Status A, fully compliant). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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