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Table A6: Income Poverty and Measures of Income Inequality, 2009-2010
Province District/sector Income poverty Share of poor Poverty gap Squared poverty Gini coefficient Share of household income
headcount, %, households, %, index, HIES gap index, (per capita
2009-2010 Household 2009/10 HIES 2009/10 expenditure),
I income HIES 2009/10
and Expenditure
S survey (HIES)
2009/10 poorest 20% Middle 60% Richest 20%
Sri Lanka 8.9 100 1.7 0.5 0.38 4.5 41.4 54.1
Sector Urban 5.3 8.8 1.2 0.4 0.41 4.7 42.1 53.3
Rural 9.4 84.7 1.8 0.5 0.37 4.5 41.7 53.8
Estate 11.4 6.4 2.1 0.6 0.30 5.9 44.7 49.4
Western Colombo 3.6 4.8 0.7 0.2 0.46 5.4 43.3 51.4
Gampaha 3.9 5.2 0.7 0.2 0.34 4.7 38.9 56.4
Kalutara 6.0 4.0 1.3 0.4 0.37 5.6 47.2 47.2
Central Kandy 10.3 7.9 2.2 0.7 0.39 3.9 58.0 53.4
Matale 11.4 3.1 2.0 0.5 0.35 4.2 40.8 55.0
Nuwara Eliya 7.6 3.2 1.0 0.2 0.34 5.8 42.9 51.3
Southern Galle 10.3 6.2 2.1 0.7 0.34 5.7 44.9 49.4
Matara 11.2 5.2 1.7 0.5 0.38 5.8 47.2 47.0
Hambantota 6.9 2.2 1.3 0.3 0.27 5.5 47.2 47.2
Northern Jaffna 16.1 4.9 2.6 0.8 0.24 6.2 49.7 44.1
Killinochchi n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Mannar n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Vavuniya 2.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.29 4.2 46.5 49.4
Mullativu n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Eastern Batticaloa 20.3 6.0 5.1 1.9 0.20 4.7 46.7 48.6
Ampara 11.8 4.0 2.3 0.7 0.22 4.8 47.9 47.2
Trincomalee 11.7 2.2 1.8 0.5 5.3 50.1 44.5
North Western Kurunegala 11.7 10.2 2.6 0.9 0.36 3.7 35.8 60.6
Puttalam 10.5 4.8 2.0 0.6 0.36 4.6 40.8 54.5
North Central Anuradhapura 5.7 2.6 1.0 0.3 0.42 5.6 43.0 51.4
Polonnaruwa 5.8 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.32 5.4 47.0 47.7
Uva Badulla 13.3 6.3 2.2 0.6 0.35 4.5 41.0 54.5
Monaragala 14.5 3.8 2.8 0.8 0.23 5.8 49.6 44.6
Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura 10.4 6.6 2.4 0.9 0.31 3.5 34.2 62.2
Kegalle 10.8 5.1 1.7 0.5 0.27 5.1 45.4 49.4
Source: Department of Census and Statistics of Sri Lanka 2011d.
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