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Sri Lanka: Government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1947–2025 · 79 observations · govrev_GDP

2025
16.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+3.1 pointsfrom 13.7%
Average, 2016–2025
11.8%10 years
Record high and low
26.9% (1972)low 8.31% (2021)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202516.7
202413.7
202311.2
20228.36
20218.31
20208.78
201911.9
201812.6
201712.8
201613.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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