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Table A25: Household Income and Expenditure Information<br />

Income and expenditure, 2009-2010 Samurdhi,* 2010<br />

Province District/sector Income earners Household Household total Number of Percent of<br />

per household income, monthly expenditure on households participating participating<br />

mean, 2009 food, % of total households households<br />

<strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> 1.8 36,451 42<br />

Sector Urban 1.9 47,783 36 n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />

Rural 1.7 35,228 44 n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />

Estate 2.1 24,162 51 n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />

Western Colombo 1.9 51,070 34 552,324 56,569 10.2<br />

Gampaha 1.9 48,870 35 516,324 138,815 26.9<br />

Kalutara 1.9 35,780 39 276,200 71,060 25.7<br />

Central Kandy 1.7 33,063 43 339,446 104,353 30.7<br />

Matale 1.7 30,013 44 141,179 48,812 34.6<br />

Nuwara Eliya 1.9 31,029 49 196,338 45,304 23.1<br />

Southern Galle 1.8 31,376 46 280,000 85,283 30.5<br />

Matara 1.8 30,980 43 221,681 75,291 34.0<br />

Hambantota 1.8 36,879 42 163,649 62,490 38.2<br />

Northern Jaffna 1.5 18,917 65 52,838 24,728 46.8<br />

Killinochchi n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />

Mannar n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />

Vavuniya 1.8 39,640 46 44,641 11,295 25.3<br />

Mullativu n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />

Eastern Batticaloa 1.6 22,844 59 155,557 87,281 56.1<br />

Ampara 1.5 24,721 56 189,752 79,709 42.0<br />

Trincomalee 1.5 24,291 58 106,437 42,517 39.9<br />

North Western Kurunegala 1.6 36,922 46 424,395 179,955 42.4<br />

Puttalam 1.6 32,918 49 158,200 94,751 59.9<br />

North Central Anuradhapura 1.6 37,586 41 238,769 72,240 30.3<br />

Polonnaruwa 1.7 31,526 42 103,515 31,826 30.7<br />

Uva Badulla 1.7 32,313 44 233,902 63,268 27.0<br />

Monaragala 1.6 22,161 54 118,018 49,366 41.8<br />

Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura 1.8 41,312 46 290,889 118,078 40.6<br />

Kegalle 1.9 29,342 47 211,364 86,734 41.0<br />

Note: *Samurdhi is the main poverty alleviation programme of the <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>n Government.<br />

Sources: Department of Census and Statistics of <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> 2011d and Ministry of Economic <strong>Development</strong> 2011.<br />

Statistical Tables 163

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