Sri Lanka has ranked first among 97 countries globally on breastfeeding rate according to a new survey conducted by the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi). Sri Lanka’s rank is based on its performance on ten indicators of policies and programs.  WBTi uses to color- code and rank countries. Sri Lanka has scored 91 out of 100 points and earned a green color code, which implies best level of performance. The WBTi congratulating Sri Lanka said its status is the result of persistent efforts since 2005 to pursue improvements. It said Sri Lanka has demonstrated high level of commitment towards health and nutrition of mothers and babies. Experts at the Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India in Delhi developed the WBTi and launched it worldwide. So far,  120 countries have been involved in WBTi and 97 have completed assessments