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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)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
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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