The claim
ලෝක බැංකු වාර්තාවකට අනුව ඉතිහාසයේ ප්රථම වරට ශ්රී ලංකාවේ දරිද්රතාවය 65% ක් බවට පත්ව ඇත.
Original publisher’s rating
Misleading
Reviewed by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka ↗ ·
Read the original fact check ↗Original review summary
The review says the 65.4% figure was a World Bank forecast for 2026 using the $8.30-a-day poverty line, not a general estimate that Sri Lanka’s poverty rate had reached 65%. The October 2026 update revised that forecast to 59.1%; the review also notes that this line is a different benchmark from the $4.20-a-day poverty measure.[S1]
Additional context
The review says the updated $4.20-a-day measure estimated poverty at 16.9% in 2025, compared with 11.5% in 2019. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka original review
Original review · Retrieved October 15, 2026
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