{"url":"https://aibuildindex.com/countries/sri-lanka","updated":"2026-11-04","window":{"start":"2025-12-01","end":"2026-11-04"},"currency":"USD","country":{"name":"Sri Lanka","iso3":"LKA","iso2":"LK","region":"Asia","population":21756000,"gdpPerCapita":5002,"referenceYear":"2025"},"sample":{"posts":48,"priced":30,"ranked":true},"cost":{"p25":112.5,"median":1600,"p75":9450,"p90":19200,"fixedMedian":100,"hourlyEstimateMedian":9600,"postedValue":163660},"rate":{"p25":15,"median":20,"p75":29.75},"measures":{"posts":48,"median":1600,"rate":20,"applicants":7,"expert":25,"perMillion":2.206287920573635,"burden":31.987205117952822,"seasoned":4.3478260869565215},"ranks":{"posts":{"rank":67,"of":72,"percentile":0.07042253521126762},"median":{"rank":45,"of":72,"percentile":0.3802816901408451},"rate":{"rank":69,"of":72,"percentile":0},"applicants":{"rank":60,"of":72,"percentile":0.12676056338028174},"expert":{"rank":69,"of":72,"percentile":0.04225352112676062},"perMillion":{"rank":60,"of":72,"percentile":0.16901408450704225},"burden":{"rank":11,"of":72,"percentile":0.8591549295774648},"seasoned":{"rank":68,"of":72,"percentile":0.05633802816901412}},"insights":["n8n appears in 16.7% of posts, 2.4 times the worldwide share.","Budgets run below the market: the median build in Sri Lanka is $1,600 against $2,500 overall.","Against local income this is a large purchase: the median build equals 32% of GDP per person.","25% of posts ask for expert-level talent, against 41% worldwide."],"useCases":[{"slug":"workflow-automation-n8n","posts":8,"median":500,"share":16.67,"worldShare":6.78},{"slug":"ai-saas-mvp","posts":6,"median":6860,"share":12.5,"worldShare":17.27},{"slug":"back-office-automation","posts":5,"median":15360,"share":10.42,"worldShare":13.04}],"terms":[{"label":"n8n","count":8,"share":16.666666666666664,"world":7.07423889242071,"lift":2.355966050923614}],"systems":[],"scope":[{"label":"Production","count":9,"share":18.75,"world":18.55619128346401,"lift":1.010444423296536}],"peers":{"region":["georgia","thailand","kazakhstan","india"],"world":["italy","sweden","romania","turkey"],"neighbours":["india"]},"note":"Country is the buyer's stated location, not where the work is done. Figures come from public job posts from December 2025 to November 2026 and show what posts offered, not what was paid. Hourly posts are estimated from rate, length and workload. Countries need 30 priced posts to be ranked, and are left out of rankings when one account makes up over a quarter of posts. Counts under 5 are hidden. Population and GDP per person are the latest World Bank figures.","method":"https://aibuildindex.com/methodology"}