Official poverty line by District : February 2022
(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
2021 Mar Rs.	5181	5624	5453	5426	5368	5271	5510	5116	4951	4970	5064	5174	5076	5027	4972	5277	5181	5131	5104	5057	5001	5199	5077	4878	5138	5388
2021 Apr Rs.	5177	5620	5449	5422	5364	5267	5506	5112	4948	4966	5061	5171	5073	5024	4968	5273	5177	5128	5100	5053	4997	5196	5073	4875	5135	5385
2021 May Rs.	5233	5681	5508	5480	5422	5324	5566	5167	5001	5020	5115	5227	5127	5078	5022	5330	5233	5183	5156	5108	5051	5252	5128	4927	5190	5443
2021 June Rs.	5312	5766	5590	5562	5503	5404	5649	5244	5076	5095	5192	5305	5204	5154	5097	5410	5312	5261	5233	5184	5127	5330	5205	5001	5268	5524
2021 July Rs.	5338	5794	5618	5590	5530	5430	5677	5270	5101	5120	5217	5331	5230	5179	5122	5437	5338	5287	5258	5210	5152	5357	5230	5026	5294	5551
2021 Aug Rs.	5353	5810	5634	5605	5545	5446	5693	5285	5115	5134	5232	5346	5244	5194	5137	5452	5353	5301	5273	5224	5166	5371	5245	5040	5308	5567
2021 Sep Rs.	5375	5835	5657	5629	5569	5468	5717	5307	5137	5156	5254	5368	5266	5216	5158	5475	5375	5324	5295	5246	5188	5394	5267	5061	5331	5590
2021 Oct Rs.	5479	5948	5767	5738	5677	5575	5828	5410	5237	5256	5356	5473	5369	5317	5258	5581	5479	5427	5398	5348	5289	5499	5369	5159	5434	5699
2021 Nov Rs.	5621	6102	5916	5886	5824	5719	5979	5550	5372	5392	5494	5614	5508	5454	5394	5726	5621	5567	5538	5486	5425	5641	5508	5292	5575	5846
2021 Dec Rs.	5770	6264	6073	6043	5978	5871	6137	5697	5515	5535	5640	5763	5654	5599	5538	5878	5770	5715	5685	5632	5569	5791	5654	5433	5723	6001
2022 Jan Rs.	5908	6414	6218	6187	6121	6011	6284	5834	5646	5667	5775	5901	5789	5733	5670	6018	5908	5852	5821	5767	5703	5929	5789	5563	5860	6145
2022 Feb Rs.	5972	6482	6285	6254	6187	6076	6351	5896	5707	5728	5837	5964	5851	5795	5731	6083	5972	5915	5883	5828	5764	5993	5852	5623	5923	6211

   The Official Poverty line at National level for February, 2022 is Rs. 5972

   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, the 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 increase in official poverty line is the high CCPI value reported in February 2022, compared to previous month.