By district, Mullaitivu was the worst affected. According to the report, “in the districts of Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi, the predominant concern is not household debt, but rather the availability of a reliable water source”.
In Jaffna, 42% of households reported a reduction in their income as of October 2022. In addition, 81.4% of households reported that at least one member was receiving some form of social protection.
The situation was even more dire in Kilinochchi, where 47% of households reported a reduction in their income and Mullaitivu where 67% of households were insecure as they too had seen a reduction in incomes since October 2022.
In Mannar, 54% of households surveyed had seen a sharp reduction in incomes since October 2022. And an individual even after doing two jobs would take home a salary of nearly 30,000.
In Vavuniya, 42.4% of respondents reported being in debt. Of these, 36.4% reported indebtedness to banks, while 19.8% indicated that they were indebted to finance companies. 68% of them had seen reductions in incomes since October 2022.
The full report can be found here and District Profiles here.
