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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Sri Lanka: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Sri Lanka is placed 85th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.657 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 45.6 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
85th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.657GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 45.6Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 0.286Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 23.73Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Sri Lanka on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.657
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Sri Lanka: 0.657. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Southern Asia
- 0.969 India
45.6
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 80th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Sri Lanka: 45.6. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Southern Asia
- 66.55 India
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.286
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Sri Lanka: 0.286. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Southern Asia
- 1.008 India
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
23.73
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Sri Lanka: 23.73. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Southern Asia
- 78.01 India
02Over time
Which way Sri Lanka is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
Sri LankaWorld median
Sri Lanka rose from 36.24 in 2020 to 45.6 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Sri Lanka World median 2025 45.60 40.2 2024 45.29 43.3 2023 41.89 41.4 2022 36.23 40.3 2021 41.12 44.1 2020 36.24 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
Sri LankaWorld median
Sri Lanka rose from -0.249 in 2000 to 0.286 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Sri Lanka World median 2025 0.286 0.20 2024 0.013 0.11 2023 0.013 0.14 2022 0.013 0.16 2021 0.169 0.12 2020 0.271 0.12 2019 0.392 0.10 2018 0.385 -0.05 2017 0.385 -0.08 2016 0.385 -0.10 2015 0.385 -0.17 2014 0.385 -0.21 2013 0.385 -0.21 2012 0.385 -0.25 2011 0.385 -0.32 2010 0.385 -0.31 2009 -0.249 -0.50 2008 -0.249 -0.51 2007 -0.249 -0.51 2006 -0.249 -0.55 2005 -0.249 -0.55 2004 -0.249 -0.55 2003 -0.249 -0.55 2002 -0.249 -0.51 2001 -0.249 -0.51 2000 -0.249 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
Sri LankaWorld median
Sri Lanka fell from 34.97 in 2010 to 23.73 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Sri Lanka World median 2024 23.7 25.42 2023 26.0 26.03 2022 40.1 26.04 2021 54.4 29.80 2020 38.1 29.47 2019 19.4 18.36 2018 17.0 20.09 2017 17.8 18.32 2016 18.1 18.15 2015 19.3 19.57 2014 21.0 21.00 2013 23.9 20.50 2012 28.1 19.56 2011 32.7 19.21 2010 35.0 19.88
03In context
Sri Lanka beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Sri Lanka and Southern Asia
Sri Lanka has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Indiacompare | 5th | 0.969 | 66.55 | 1.008 | 78.01 |
 Pakistan | 54th | 0.679 | 45.38 | 0.743 | 63.58 |
 Bangladesh | =59th | 0.882 | 48.37 | 0.555 | 27.42 |
| Sri Lanka | 85th | 0.657 | 45.6 | 0.286 | 23.73 |
 Iran | =109th | 0.686 | 48.34 | -0.66 | 11.7 |
 Bhutan | 111th | 0.814 | 39.38 | -0.656 | 8.897 |
 Nepal | 115th | 0.517 | 38.5 | -0.718 | 23.51 |
 Maldives | 162nd | 0.359 | 26.39 | -0.386 | 0.932 |
 Afghanistan | 194th | 0.121 | 15.72 | -1.031 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Southern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Sri Lanka in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Sri Lanka is ahead of the world, and behind
19 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median5
Statistics on which Sri Lanka does better than the middle country measured.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47414.067.474▼ Worsened since 2014
Sri Lanka: 14.06 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 30th of 118 · derived.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3522.5632.35No earlier reading
Sri Lanka: 22.56 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 118th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0231.5121.023▲ Improved since 2015
Sri Lanka: 1.512 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 56th of 176 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.5050.8410.505▲ Improved since 2015
Sri Lanka: 0.841 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 74th of 176 · derived.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.1140.073-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Sri Lanka: 0.073 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 77th of 176 · derived.
Behind the world median9
Statistics on which Sri Lanka does worse than the middle country measured.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.4580.485▲ Improved since 2013
Sri Lanka: 0.458 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 88th of 170 · derived.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6547.2651.65▲ Improved since 2014
Sri Lanka: 47.26 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 62nd of 98 · derived.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9750.260.975▼ Worsened since 2014
Sri Lanka: 0.26 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 83rd of 119 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3943.5162.39No earlier reading
Sri Lanka: 43.51 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 135th of 181 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2225.3164.22No earlier reading
Sri Lanka: 25.31 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7843.9978.78No earlier reading
Sri Lanka: 43.99 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 119th of 140 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0542.9783.05No earlier reading
Sri Lanka: 42.97 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 121st of 140 · derived.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6876.6391.68No earlier reading
Sri Lanka: 76.63 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 127th of 140 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.457.615.45No real change since 2025
Sri Lanka: 7.6 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6019.1485.601Moved since 2015
Sri Lanka: 9.148 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,4541,609,145141,454Moved since 2020
Sri Lanka: 1,609,145 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,7141,190,217148,714Moved since 2020
Sri Lanka: 1,190,217 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,670541,41184,670Moved since 2020
Sri Lanka: 541,411 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.960.560.96No earlier reading
Sri Lanka: 0.56 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
No current reading for Sri Lanka
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index and Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching (last 2023). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Sri Lanka’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is Sri Lanka’s 5th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Health & Wellbeing51st of 2004/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade63rd of 1774/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions71st of 1944/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability76th of 1864/4 keys
- Digital & Technology85th of 1984/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 89th of 1963/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties93rd of 1984/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 86th of 1774/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 88th of 1764/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture94th of 1843/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality85th of 1593/3 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 126th of 1934/4 keys
- Gender & Equality150th of 1834/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge171st of 1983/4 keys
- Work & Labour160th of 1824/4 keys
No standing on Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Sri Lanka can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
South Korea=1st4/4 keysHighest in Southern Asia
India5th4/4 keysThis page
Sri Lanka85th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Sri Lanka on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Sri Lanka rank on digital & technology?
Sri Lanka is placed 85th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Sri Lanka?
0.657 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Sri Lanka?
45.6 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How have Sri Lanka’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 36.24 in 2020 to 45.6 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -0.249 in 2000 to 0.286 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports fell from 34.97 in 2010 to 23.73 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Sri Lanka?
No current reading is published for Sri Lanka on Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index and Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 19 statistics on this page come from 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Sri Lanka’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Sri Lanka (banner) — Løken, CC0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Sri Lanka: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/sri-lanka/digital