Last‍ Updated:   13th March,2019

Official poverty line by district : February 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
2018 Mar Rs.	4528	4915	4766	4742	4691	4607	4816	4471	4328	4343	4426	4523	4437	4394	4346	4612	4528	4485	4461	4420	4371	4544	4437	4263	4491	4710
2018 Apr Rs.	4532	4919	4770	4746	4695	4611	4820	4475	4331	4347	4430	4526	4440	4398	4349	4616	4532	4489	4465	4423	4374	4548	4441	4267	4495	4713
2018 May Rs.	4584	4976	4825	4801	4749	4664	4876	4526	4381	4397	4481	4578	4492	4448	4399	4669	4584	4540	4516	4474	4425	4600	4492	4316	4546	4768
2018 June Rs.	4677	5077	4923	4898	4846	4759	4975	4618	4470	4487	4572	4672	4583	4539	4489	4764	4677	4633	4608	4565	4515	4694	4583	4404	4639	4865
2018 July Rs.	4692	5094	4939	4914	4861	4774	4991	4633	4484	4501	4587	4686	4598	4553	4503	4780	4692	4648	4623	4580	4529	4709	4598	4418	4654	4880
2018 Aug Rs.	4692	5094	4939	4914	4861	4774	4991	4633	4484	4501	4587	4686	4598	4553	4503	4780	4692	4648	4623	4580	4529	4709	4598	4418	4654	4880
2018 Sep Rs.	4659	5057	4903	4879	4827	4740	4955	4600	4452	4469	4554	4653	4565	4521	4471	4745	4659	4614	4590	4547	4497	4675	4565	4386	4620	4845
2018 Oct Rs.	4648	5045	4892	4867	4815	4728	4943	4589	4442	4458	4543	4642	4554	4510	4460	4734	4648	4603	4579	4536	4486	4664	4554	4376	4609	4834
2018 Nov Rs.	4707	5110	4954	4929	4877	4789	5007	4648	4499	4515	4601	4701	4612	4568	4517	4795	4707	4662	4637	4594	4543	4724	4613	4432	4669	4896
2018 Dec Rs.	4711	5114	4958	4933	4881	4793	5011	4652	4502	4519	4605	4705	4616	4571	4521	4799	4711	4666	4641	4598	4547	4728	4616	4436	4672	4900
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

   Official Poverty line at national level for February 2019 is Rs. 4730

   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 February 2019, compared to previous month.

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