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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:-
The base year for CCPI calculation was changed from 2006/07 to 2013 since January 2017.
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.
The reason for the increase in official poverty line is the high CCPI value reported in February 2022, compared to previous month.
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Technical Note on estimates of District Poverty Line