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Sri Lanka

South Asia · Colombo

Rank #43 of 173

58.0Strength score

Photos

U S Coast Guard and Sri Lanka Navy conduct VBSS training during CARAT Sri Lanka 26 (9841776)
U S Coast Guard and Sri Lanka Navy conduct VBSS training during CARAT Sri Lanka 26 (9841776)U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Washler · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Sri Lanka Navy Boat
Sri Lanka Navy BoatAzeez Abubakr · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sri Lanka Air Force Museum (16508970775)
Sri Lanka Air Force Museum (16508970775)Amila Tennakoon · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

  • Finance76
  • Air power40
  • Manpower84
  • Land forces56
  • Naval power66
  • Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget
$1.4B #83
Budget as % of GDP
1.31% #107
Spending per person
$64 #95
GDP
$108.8B #70
Population
21,756,000 #62

Manpower

Active personnel
260,450 #21
Reserve personnel
5,500 #39
Paramilitary
94,050 #19
Total personnel
360,000 #27

Land forces

Tanks
62 #41
Armoured vehicles
367 #30
Self-propelled artillery
0
Towed artillery
96 #38
Rocket launchers (MLRS)
28 #32

Air power

Total aircraft
87 #48
Fighter jets
10 #46
Attack aircraft & bombers
0
Transport aircraft
18 #40
Helicopters
49 #44
Attack helicopters
5 #25

Naval power

Total naval vessels
268 #2
Aircraft carriers
0
Helicopter carriers
0
Submarines
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
1 #37
Corvettes
0
Patrol vessels
267 #1

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
0

Weapons Sri Lanka uses (12)

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Dvora-class fast patrol boatDvora-class fast patrol boatPatrol vessels Shaldag-class fast patrol boatShaldag-class fast patrol boatPatrol vessels Type 062 gunboatType 062 gunboatFast attack craft Super Dvora Mk II-class patrol boatSuper Dvora Mk II-class patrol boatPatrol vessels Super Dvora Mk III-class patrol boatSuper Dvora Mk III-class patrol boatPatrol vessels SLNS SagaraSLNS SagaraPatrol vessels SLNS SayuraSLNS SayuraPatrol vessels Super Dvora-class patrol boatSuper Dvora-class patrol boatPatrol vessels SLNS SayuralaSLNS SayuralaPatrol vessels SLNS SinduralaSLNS SinduralaCorvettes Ultra Fast Attack CraftPatrol vessels Jayasagara-class patrol vesselPatrol vessels

Weapons made in Sri Lanka (1)

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Solas Marine fast interceptor boatSolas Marine fast interceptor boatPatrol vessels

Others in the region

  1. 4India86.4 VS
  2. 35Bangladesh61.9 VS
  3. 49Nepal33.8 VS
  4. 168Bhutan8.7 VS
  5. 169Maldives8.6 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance personnel via Wikipedia; equipment GlobalMilitary.net 2026 inventory · Year 2026 · ↗