{
 "code": "LK.POP.WDI.SP_RUR_TOTL_ZS.A",
 "name": "Rural population (% of total population) (modelled estimate) (World Bank WDI)",
 "unit": "Per cent",
 "frequency": "Annual",
 "base_year": null,
 "producer": "World Bank",
 "publisher": "World Bank",
 "source_url": "https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka",
 "latest_vintage": "2026-10-08",
 "page": "/data/series/LK.POP.WDI.SP_RUR_TOTL_ZS.A/",
 "notice": "Compiled by Macro Lab; not an official publication of the source agency. Provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Not investment advice.",
 "licence": "Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "observations": [
  {"period": "1960", "value": 82.45, "status": null},
  {"period": "1961", "value": 81.98, "status": null},
  {"period": "1962", "value": 81.539301, "status": null},
  {"period": "1963", "value": 81.13, "status": null},
  {"period": "1964", "value": 80.69, "status": null},
  {"period": "1965", "value": 80.16, "status": null},
  {"period": "1966", "value": 79.59, "status": null},
  {"period": "1967", "value": 79.02, "status": null},
  {"period": "1968", "value": 78.49, "status": null},
  {"period": "1969", "value": 78.04, "status": null},
  {"period": "1970", "value": 77.72, "status": null},
  {"period": "1971", "value": 77.57, "status": null},
  {"period": "1972", "value": 77.56, "status": null},
  {"period": "1973", "value": 77.60, "status": null},
  {"period": "1974", "value": 77.67, "status": null},
  {"period": "1975", "value": 77.75, "status": null},
  {"period": "1976", "value": 77.86, "status": null},
  {"period": "1977", "value": 77.98, "status": null},
  {"period": "1978", "value": 78.109194, "status": null},
  {"period": "1979", "value": 78.25, "status": null},
  {"period": "1980", "value": 78.39, "status": null},
  {"period": "1981", "value": 78.544949, "status": null},
  {"period": "1982", "value": 78.74, "status": null},
  {"period": "1983", "value": 79.00, "status": null},
  {"period": "1984", "value": 79.32, "status": null},
  {"period": "1985", "value": 79.677094, "status": null},
  {"period": "1986", "value": 80.08, "status": null},
  {"period": "1987", "value": 80.50832, "status": null},
  {"period": "1988", "value": 80.96, "status": null},
  {"period": "1989", "value": 81.43, "status": null},
  {"period": "1990", "value": 81.91, "status": null},
  {"period": "1991", "value": 82.39, "status": null},
  {"period": "1992", "value": 82.85, "status": null},
  {"period": "1993", "value": 83.307597, "status": null},
  {"period": "1994", "value": 83.74, "status": null},
  {"period": "1995", "value": 84.13, "status": null},
  {"period": "1996", "value": 84.49, "status": null},
  {"period": "1997", "value": 84.81, "status": null},
  {"period": "1998", "value": 85.06, "status": null},
  {"period": "1999", "value": 85.26, "status": null},
  {"period": "2000", "value": 85.38, "status": null},
  {"period": "2001", "value": 85.426046, "status": null},
  {"period": "2002", "value": 85.39, "status": null},
  {"period": "2003", "value": 85.274337, "status": null},
  {"period": "2004", "value": 85.09, "status": null},
  {"period": "2005", "value": 84.832726, "status": null},
  {"period": "2006", "value": 84.52, "status": null},
  {"period": "2007", "value": 84.145572, "status": null},
  {"period": "2008", "value": 83.72, "status": null},
  {"period": "2009", "value": 83.26, "status": null},
  {"period": "2010", "value": 82.751379, "status": null},
  {"period": "2011", "value": 82.21, "status": null},
  {"period": "2012", "value": 81.74, "status": null},
  {"period": "2013", "value": 81.57, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014", "value": 81.38, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015", "value": 81.20, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016", "value": 81.025232, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017", "value": 80.85, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018", "value": 80.68, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019", "value": 80.51, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020", "value": 80.34, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021", "value": 80.17, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022", "value": 80.01, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023", "value": 79.85, "status": null},
  {"period": "2024", "value": 79.70, "status": null},
  {"period": "2025", "value": 79.55, "status": null}
 ]
}