Official poverty lines by District : February 2025
(Minimum Expenditure per person per month to fulfill the basic needs)

Survey Year 2012/13 Rs.	5223	5429	5422	5287	5214	5246	5269	5049	5018	4811	5149	5395	5338	5166	5296	5287	5183	5223	5046	5218	4941	5151	5007	4746	5075	5273
Survey 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
Survey 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
2024 Jan. Rs.	17014	18350	18256	17860	17271	17247	17892	17287	16616	16530	16604	17426	16997	16894	16437	17107	17150	16577	16713	17368	16604	16648	17140	16268	17090	17790
2024 Feb. Rs.	16975	18308	18214	17819	17231	17207	17851	17247	16578	16493	16566	17386	16958	16856	16400	17067	17110	16539	16675	17328	16566	16610	17101	16231	17051	17749
2024 Mar. Rs.	16619	17924	17832	17445	16870	16846	17477	16886	16230	16147	16219	17022	16602	16502	16056	16709	16752	16193	16325	16965	16219	16262	16742	15891	16693	17377
2024 Apr. Rs.	16476	17770	17678	17295	16725	16701	17326	16740	16091	16008	16079	16875	16459	16360	15918	16566	16607	16053	16185	16819	16079	16122	16598	15754	16549	17227
2024 May. Rs.	16326	17608	17517	17138	16573	16549	17169	16588	15944	15862	15933	16722	16309	16211	15773	16415	16456	15907	16038	16665	15933	15975	16447	15610	16399	17071
2024 Jun. Rs.	16468	17761	17670	17287	16717	16693	17318	16732	16083	16000	16071	16867	16451	16352	15910	16558	16599	16045	16177	16810	16071	16114	16590	15746	16541	17219
2024 Jul. Rs.	16373	17659	17568	17187	16620	16597	17218	16636	15990	15908	15979	16770	16356	16258	15818	16462	16504	15953	16084	16713	15979	16021	16495	15655	16446	17120
2024 Aug. Rs.	16152	17420	17331	16955	16396	16373	16986	16411	15774	15693	15763	16544	16136	16038	15605	16240	16281	15738	15867	16488	15763	15805	16272	15444	16224	16889
2024 Sep. Rs.	16073	17335	17246	16872	16316	16293	16903	16331	15697	15616	15686	16463	16057	15960	15528	16160	16201	15661	15789	16407	15686	15727	16192	15369	16145	16806
2024 Oct. Rs.	15994	17250	17161	16789	16236	16213	16819	16251	15620	15539	15609	16382	15978	15882	15452	16081	16122	15584	15711	16327	15609	15650	16113	15293	16065	16723
2024 Nov. Rs.	16017	17275	17186	16813	16259	16236	16844	16274	15642	15562	15631	16405	16001	15904	15474	16104	16145	15606	15734	16350	15631	15673	16136	15315	16088	16748
2024 Dec. Rs.	16191	17462	17373	16996	16436	16412	17027	16451	15812	15731	15801	15583	16174	16077	15642	16279	16320	15776	15905	16528	15801	15843	16311	15481	16263	16929
2025 Jan. Rs.	16334	17617	17526	17146	16581	16557	17177	16596	15952	15870	15941	16730	16317	16219	15780	16423	16464	15915	16045	16674	15941	15983	16455	15618	16407	17079
2025 Feb. Rs.	16318	17599	17509	17129	16565	16541	17160	16580	15936	15854	15925	16714	16301	16203	15765	16407	16448	15899	16030	16657	15925	15967	16439	15603	16391	17062

   The Official Poverty line at the National level for February, 2025 is Rs. 16,318

   Source : Department of Census & Statistics - Sri Lanka

   Note:-

• Official Poverty Line was updated based on 2012/13 Household Income and Expenditure Survey.
• District Official poverty lines have been re-estimated adjusting for price differences using the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) (Base: 2021=100).
• The Official poverty line decreased due to the lower National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) value reported in February, 2025 compared to preceding month.