However, measurements of the extent and depth of energy poverty in Sri Lanka are generally absent and the research and discussion of energy poverty are largely missing in the policy and public domain in the country. This research study, using the 2016 Sri Lankan Household Income and Expenditure Survey data collected by the Census and Statistics Department, constructed the Multidimensional Energy Poverty Index (MEPI) to examine the incidence, intensity, inequality, and determinants of energy poverty in Sri Lanka. The results revealed that the incidence of energy poverty in Sri Lanka is 71.6% and that the average intensity of simultaneous deprivations among the energy poor is 60.2%. Figure 1 presents the distribution of energy poverty at the District level, a further disaggregated visualisation of sub-national location-based energy poverty in the country. As such, this study also investigated the link between energy poverty and income poverty in the country.

Source: The Nation August 10, 2021 16:18 UTC