Last‍ Updated:   17th January,2020

Official poverty line by district : December 2019
(Minimum Expenditure per person per month to fulfill the basic needs)

 

Base Year 2002  Rs.	1423	1537	1508	1523	1451	1395	1437	1466	1395	1338	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1352	1423	1380	1366	1409	1366	1451	1437
Base Year 2006/07 Rs.	2142	2294	2230	2223	2157	2110	2187	2127	2058	2097	2303	-	2211	-	-	2281	2185	2253	2106	2159	2099	2144	2121	2086	2123	2144
Base Year 2013 Rs.	3730	3878	3873	3776	3724	3746	3763	3606	3584	3436	3678	3853	3812	3689	3782	3776	3702	3730	3604	3726	3529	3679	3576	3390	3625	3766
2019 Jan Rs.	4752	5158	5001	4976	4923	4835	5054	4692	4541	4558	4645	4746	4656	4611	4560	4840	4752	4707	4681	4638	4587	4769	4656	4474	4713	4942
2019 Feb Rs.	4730	5134	4978	4953	4900	4812	5030	4670	4520	4537	4623	4724	4634	4589	4539	4818	4730	4684	4659	4616	4565	4746	4634	4453	4691	4919
2019 Mar Rs.	4722	5126	4970	4945	4892	4804	5022	4663	4513	4530	4616	4716	4627	4582	4532	4810	4722	4677	4652	4609	4558	4739	4627	4446	4683	4911
2019 Apr Rs.	4737	5142	4986	4961	4908	4820	5038	4677	4527	4544	4630	4731	4641	4597	4546	4825	4737	4692	4667	4623	4572	4754	4642	4460	4698	4927
2019 May Rs.	4812	5223	5064	5039	4985	4895	5118	4751	4598	4615	4703	4806	4714	4669	4618	4901	4812	4766	4740	4696	4644	4829	4715	4530	4772	5004
2019 June Rs.	4856	5272	5111	5086	5031	4941	5165	4795	4641	4658	4747	4850	4758	4712	4661	4947	4857	4810	4784	4740	4687	4874	4759	4573	4816	5051
2019 July Rs.	4849	5264	5104	5078	5024	4933	5157	4788	4634	4651	4740	4843	4751	4705	4653	4939	4849	4803	4777	4733	4680	4866	4751	4566	4809	5043
2019 Aug Rs.	4853	5268	5107	5082	5028	4937	5161	4791	4638	4655	4743	4847	4755	4709	4657	4943	4853	4806	4781	4736	4684	4870	4755	4569	4813	5047
2019 Sep Rs.	4890	5308	5147	5121	5066	4975	5201	4828	4673	4691	4780	4884	4791	4745	4693	4981	4890	4843	4817	4773	4720	4907	4792	4604	4850	5086
2019 Oct Rs.	4897	5316	5155	5129	5074	4983	5209	4836	4680	4698	4787	4891	4799	4752	4700	4989	4898	4851	4825	4780	4727	4915	4799	4611	4857	5094
2019 Nov Rs.	4912	5332	5170	5144	5089	4998	5225	4850	4695	4712	4802	4906	4813	4767	4714	5004	4912	4865	4840	4795	4741	4930	4814	4625	4872	5109
2019 Dec Rs.	4939	5361	5198	5172	5116	5024	5253	4876	4720	4737	4827	4932	4839	4792	4739	5030	4939	4891	4865	4820	4767	4956	4839	4650	4898	5136

   Official Poverty line at national level for December 2019 is Rs. 4939

   Source : Department of Census & Statistics - Sri Lanka

   Note:-

1. The base year for CCPI calculation was changed from 2006/07 to 2013 since January 2017.
2. From 2017 onwords, National Poverty line and district poverty lines are recalculated, considering both rebased CCPI and spatial price index values using HIES 2016.
3. The reason for the increasing official poverty line is the high CCPI value reported in December 2019, compared to previous month.

Click here to the Technical Note on estimates of         District Poverty Line