Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
We advise caution when travelling to Sri Lanka We advise caution when travelling to Sri Lanka. We detected travel advisories from 7 sources for this specific country.
This country shares no land border with any other country. Thus, the region score is identical to the country risk rating.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Sri Lanka. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Sri Lanka.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Sri Lanka.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Sri Lanka from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.1 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution in Sri Lanka due to the impacts of the economic crisis, the potential for civil unrest and the risk of terrorism (level 2 of 4).
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution.
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
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This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Sri Lanka. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 3.7 to 3.6. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government decreased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by -1.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 3.4 to 3.6. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +2.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 3.3 to 3.4. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government increased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 3.1 to 3.3. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government increased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 3.0 to 3.1. Here are the influencing details:
The Irish government increased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 2.9 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Danish government increased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 2.7 to 2.9. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for Sri Lanka with a rating of 4.0.
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 2.9 to 2.7. Here are the influencing details:
The Finnish government decreased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 2.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by -1.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 0.0 to 2.9. Here are the influencing details:
The Danish government issued a new warning for Sri Lanka with a rating of 3.0.
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government issued a new warning for Sri Lanka with a rating of 2.0.
The Finnish government issued a new warning for Sri Lanka with a rating of 3.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for Sri Lanka with a rating of 3.0.
The Cypriot government issued a new warning for Sri Lanka with a rating of 4.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Sri Lanka with a rating of 2.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Sri Lanka with a rating of 3.0.
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 0.0 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Maltese government decreased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 5.0 (by -2.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 3.6 to 3.3. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government decreased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 2.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by -2.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 3.9 to 3.6. Here are the influencing details:
The New Zealand government decreased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 2.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by -2.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 4.0 to 3.9. Here are the influencing details:
The Irish government decreased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by -1.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 4.1 to 4.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government decreased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by -1.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 3.9 to 4.1. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +2.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 3.7 to 3.9. Here are the influencing details:
The Irish government increased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The Cypriot government issued a new warning for Sri Lanka with a rating of 4.0.
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 3.5 to 3.7. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government increased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 3.2 to 3.5. Here are the influencing details:
The New Zealand government increased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +2.0).
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 2.8 to 3.2. Here are the influencing details:
The Maltese government increased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +3.0).
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Sri Lanka with a rating of 2.0.
The total rating for Sri Lanka changed from 2.3 to 2.8. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for Sri Lanka with a rating of 4.0.
The United States government increased their existing warning for Sri Lanka to 2.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +1.0).
Sri Lanka with its capital Colombo is a country in Asia (Southern Asia), slightly larger than West Virginia (65,610 km²). The country is located Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India. The climate can be described as tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October). The landscape is mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior. With a population of about 21.13 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Colombo |
| Population | about 21.13 million |
| Size | 65.610 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly larger than West Virginia |
| Common languages | English, Sinhala, Tamil |
| Currency | Rupee (short: LKR) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 230V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900 |
| International phone prefix | +94 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .lk |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | LK |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | LKA |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 144 |
These are problems Sri Lanka is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Sri Lanka. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Sri Lanka.
Export products
Import products
Sri Lanka is currently rated at 3,1 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 7 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to Sri Lanka.
Visiting the country Sri Lanka is usually fine. The score is at 3,1 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 7 individual sources for Sri Lanka.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Sri Lanka. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has a size of 65,610 km² or 25,332 mi² which is slightly larger than West Virginia.
For non-country specific questions, please check our global F.A.Q.
Travel safety map for Sri Lanka.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
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