Official poverty line by District : December 2022
(Minimum Expenditure per person per month to fulfill the basic needs)

Base Year 2012/13 Rs.	5223	5429	5422	5287	5214	5246	5269	5049	5018	4811	5149	5395	5338	5166	5296	5287	5183	5223	5046	5,218	4941	5151	5007	4746	5075	5273
Base Year 2016 Rs.	6117	6640	6438	6406	6337	6223	6506	6040	5846	5867	5979	6109	5993	5936	5870	6231	6117	6059	6026	5970	5904	6139	5994	5759	6067	6362
Base Year 2019 Rs.	6966	7513	7474	7312	7071	7061	7326	7078	6803	6768	6798	7135	6959	6917	6730	7004	7022	6787	6843	7111	6798	6816	7018	6661	6997	7284
2020 Rs.	7395	7975	7934	7762	7506	7496	7776	7513	7222	7185	7217	7574	7387	7343	7144	7435	7454	7205	7264	7548	7217	7236	7450	7071	7428	7732
2021 Rs.	7913	8535	8491	8307	8033	8022	8322	8040	7728	7689	7723	8105	7905	7858	7645	7956	7977	7710	7774	8078	7723	7743	7972	7567	7949	8274
2022 Jan Rs.	8923	9624	9574	9367	9058	9045	9384	9066	8714	8669	8708	9139	8914	8860	8621	8972	8994	8694	8765	9109	8708	8731	8989	8532	8963	9330
2022 Feb Rs.	9020	9728	9678	9468	9156	9143	9485	9165	8809	8763	8803	9238	9011	8956	8714	9069	9092	8788	8860	9207	8803	8826	9087	8624	9060	9431
2022 Mar Rs.	9284	10013	9962	9746	9424	9411	9763	9433	9067	9020	9060	9509	9275	9219	8969	9335	9358	9046	9120	9477	9060	9084	9353	8877	9325	9707
2022 Apr Rs.	10230	11033	10977	10739	10385	10370	10758	10394	9991	9939	9984	10478	10220	10158	9883	10286	10312	9967	10049	10443	9984	10010	10306	9782	10276	10697
2022 May Rs.	11219	12100	12037	11776	11388	11372	11798	11399	10956	10900	10949	11491	11207	11140	10839	11280	11308	10931	11021	11452	10948	10978	11302	10727	11269	11730
2022 June Rs.	12444	13421	13353	13063	12632	12615	13087	12644	12153	12091	12145	12746	12432	12357	12023	12512	12544	12125	12224	12703	12145	12177	12537	11899	12500	13012
2022 July Rs.	13138	14169	14097	13791	13336	13318	13816	13349	12831	12764	12821	13456	13124	13045	12693	13209	13243	12801	12906	13411	12821	12855	13235	12562	13196	13737
2022 August Rs.	13460	14517	14443	14129	13664	13644	14155	13676	13146	13078	13136	13787	13447	13366	13004	13534	13568	13115	13222	13740	13136	13171	13560	12870	13520	14074
2022 September Rs.	13772	14854	14777	14457	13980	13961	14483	13993	13450	13381	13440	14106	13758	13675	13305	13847	13882	13419	13529	14058	13440	13476	13874	13168	13834	14400
2022 October Rs.	13810	14894	14818	14496	14018	13999	14522	14031	13487	13417	13477	14145	13796	13713	13342	13885	13920	13455	13566	14097	13477	13513	13912	13204	13871	14440
2022 November Rs.	13777	14859	14783	14462	13986	13966	14489	13998	13455	13386	13446	14111	13763	13681	13311	13852	13887	13424	13534	14064	13446	13481	13880	13174	13839	14406
2022 December Rs.	13777	14859	14783	14462	13986	13966	14489	13998	13455	13386	13446	14111	13763	13681	13311	13852	13887	13424	13534	14064	13446	13481	13880	13174	13839	14406

   The Official Poverty line at National level for December, 2022 is Rs. 13,777

   Source : Department of Census & Statistics - Sri Lanka

   Note:-

• Official Poverty Line was updated based on 2012/13 Household Income and Expenditure Survey.
• The Official Poverty Line is published monthly at National & District levels adjusting to the price differences using the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) (Base: 2013=100).
• The Official Poverty Line for the December, 2022 is same as previous month due to NCPI remain unchanged, compared to previous month.