வரலாற்றில் முதல் முறையாக இலங்கையின் வறுமை நிலை 65% ஆக உயர்ந்துள்ளது.

Original review summary

The review says the 65% figure is misleading: it is an estimate under the World Bank’s $8.30-a-day upper-middle-income poverty line, not evidence that Sri Lanka’s overall poverty rate rose to 65%. It contrasts that figure with 25.0% for 2024 under the $4.20-a-day lower-middle-income line, and says the World Bank’s main forecast was for that rate to fall to 20.1% in 2026.[S1]