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Sri Lanka: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1947–2010 · 64 observations · cgovrev_GDP

2010
25.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
+1.5 pointsfrom 23.5%
Average, 2001–2010
19.2%10 years
Record high and low
26.9% (1972)low 15.1% (2004)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201025.0
200923.5
200823.0
200721.1
200619.2
200517.1
200415.1
200315.4
200216.2
200116.1

Sources

  • Mitchell1947–2010
  • World Development Indicators1990–2010

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Sri Lanka documentation (PDF)

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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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