Sri Lanka: Central government deficit (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1947–2008 · 62 observations · cgovdef_GDP
- 2008
- −9.70%percent of GDP
- Change on 2007
- −1.4 pointsfrom −8.25%
- Average, 1999–2008
- −8.03%10 years
- Record high and low
- 2.28% (1955)low −21.2% (1980)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | -9.70 | |
| 2007 | -8.25 | |
| 2006 | -7.62 | |
| 2005 | -7.09 | |
| 2004 | -7.87 | |
| 2003 | -7.41 | |
| 2002 | -7.87 | |
| 2001 | -9.55 | |
| 2000 | -8.62 | |
| 1999 | -6.33 |
Sources
- Mitchell1947–2008
- World Development Indicators1990–2008
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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