Economic snapshot

Key Observations

 Sri Lanka’s health spend per capita is above South Asian Counter parts
 More than 200 private hospitals with 5,120 beds
 Total number of Doctors amount to 20,947 which is 1 doctor for every
1035 patients
 1.5% government expenditure as a percentage of GDP and a total of Rs
218.5B was spent on Healthcare.

Factors Affecting Demand

 Demand driven by an aging populating and the rising incidence of

noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
 Increase in disposable income, awareness levels and education.
 Patients from overseas markets such as Maldives, Seychelles, Middle East
and China.

Factors affecting supply

 The availability of qualified medical staff such as doctors, nurses

and other professionals
 Barriers to entry in the healthcare Sector in Sri Lanka
 Government spending on Healthcare

Medical tourism

Outlook

 Sri Lanka is a country which is recognised for highly skilled doctors and
well established private sector hospitals offering a high quality service
 The savings in cost is a major advantage associated with Sri Lanka.
 Sri Lanka offers a myriad of medical tourism related services ranging
from western medicine to ayuredic wellness related treatment options.

Expertise

 Sri Lanka offers a large number of highly skilled foreign educated doctors
educated at leading universities around the world.
 Sri Lanka specializes in treatment options such as kidney transplants,
holiday dialysis and a large number of ayuredic doctors

Major Markets