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Sri Lanka: Central government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1947–2008 · 62 observations · cgovdef

2008
−499 billionlocal currency

Central government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2008-499,235
2007-342,599
2006-258,011
2005-199,138
2004-188,361
2003-154,542
2002-147,422
2001-156,819
2000-127,063
1999-82,419

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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