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# Upcountry Tamils twice as landless
- URL: https://www.examiner.media/chart-week-04/
- Published: 2025-10-03T08:20:39.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-03T08:23:41.000Z
- Author: The Examiner
- Tags: maintag-Chart, chart, Week-04-2025

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Source: [World Bank](https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/714211468189526474/pdf/100226-CAS-P152526-SecM2015-0298-IDA-SecM2015-0204-IFC-SecM2015-0149-MIGA-SecM2015-0100-Box393220B-PUBLIC-disclosed-10-13-15.pdf?ref=examiner.media)

For decades Upcountry Tamils were the most exploited community in Sri Lanka. They were mostly excluded from land redistribution after independence. Today they are the poorest community and landlessness is a key cause of their poverty.