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Sri Lanka: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
17.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.4 pointsfrom 19.1%
Average, 2016–2025
19.0%10 years
Record high and low
26.4% (1991)low 16.6% (2013)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202517.7
202419.1
202319.5
202218.6
202120.0
202022.1
201919.5
201817.5
201717.9
201618.2

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2022
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025

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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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