Sri Lanka scores higher than the regional average in healthcare having a high life expectancy and a lower maternal and infant death rate than its neighbors.[1][2] In 2018 life expectancy was 72.1 for men and 78.5 for women ranking the country 70th in the world.[3]
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[4] finds that Sri Lanka is fulfilling 86.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[5]
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- ^ "Sri Lanka tops in healthcare deliver in South Asia-UNFPA". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
- ^ "SRI LANKA : LIFE EXPECTANCY". World Life Expectancy. 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ "Sri Lanka - Human Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2023-05-01.