Women in Sri Lanka

Women in Sri Lanka
	Three Sri Lanka women work at garment factory
General Statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)	36 (2017)
Women in parliament	5% (2021)
Women over 25 with secondary education	99% (2010)
Women in labour force	34.1% (2014)
Gender Inequality Index
Value	0.383 (2021)
Rank	90th out of 162
Global Gender Gap Index
Value	0.670 (2022)
Rank	110th out of 146

Women in Sri Lanka make up to 52.09% of the population according to the 2012 census of Sri Lanka.^[7] Sri Lankan women have contributed greatly to the country's development, in many areas. Historically, a masculine bias has dominated Sri Lankan culture, although woman have been allowed to vote in elections since 1931.^[8] Although Sri Lanka has been tremendously successful in achieving greater gender parity, women still suffer a lower status compared with men.^[9]

In 2017, Sri Lanka was raked the world's 11th safest country for women by the New World Wealthy research group.^[10]

^ "Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) - Sri Lanka | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
^ "Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) - Sri Lanka | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
^ "ICPD Sri Lanka" (PDF). www.unfpa.org. United Nations Population Fund. July 2012. p. 4.
^ "Factors Affecting Women's" (PDF). www.ilo.org. International Labour Organization. 2016. p. 13.
^ Nations, United. "Gender Inequality Index". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "Gender Statistics". www.statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics. 2012.
^ "BeyondWomensDay: The Long Road To Gender Equality | History of Ceylon Tea". www.historyofceylontea.com. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
^ "Women PM Caucus consider Bill for Gender Equality". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
^ Pash, Chris. "The 10 safest countries in the world for women". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

[1] "Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) - Sri Lanka | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

[2] "Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) - Sri Lanka | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

[3] "ICPD Sri Lanka" (PDF). www.unfpa.org. United Nations Population Fund. July 2012. p. 4.

[4] "Factors Affecting Women's" (PDF). www.ilo.org. International Labour Organization. 2016. p. 13.

[5] Nations, United. "Gender Inequality Index". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[6] "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[7] "Gender Statistics". www.statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics. 2012.

[8] "BeyondWomensDay: The Long Road To Gender Equality | History of Ceylon Tea". www.historyofceylontea.com. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

[9] "Women PM Caucus consider Bill for Gender Equality". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

[10] Pash, Chris. "The 10 safest countries in the world for women". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

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General Statistics
Three Sri Lanka women work at garment factory
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)	36 (2017)^[1]
Women in parliament	5% (2021)^[2]
Women over 25 with secondary education	99% (2010)^[3]
Women in labour force	34.1% (2014)^[4]
Gender Inequality Index^[5]
Value	0.383 (2021)
Rank	90th out of 162
Global Gender Gap Index^[6]
Value	0.670 (2022)
Rank	110th out of 146