Sri Lanka Government Revenue and Spending Over Time (1990–2024)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Revenue (% of GDP)

Global rank: 181 / 195

Data table

1990	19%	2002	13.9%	2014	11.2%
1991	18.4%	2003	13.2%	2015	12.6%
1992	18.1%	2004	12.9%	2016	13.2%
1993	17.4%	2005	14.2%	2017	12.8%
1994	16.7%	2006	14.6%	2018	12.6%
1995	17.7%	2007	14.1%	2019	11.9%
1996	16.2%	2008	13.2%	2020	8.8%
1997	15.7%	2009	12.7%	2021	8.3%
1998	14.6%	2010	12.6%	2022	8.4%
1999	14.9%	2011	13.1%	2023	11.2%
2000	14%	2012	11.9%	2024	13.7%
2001	13.9%	2013	11.6%

Government Revenue (Local currency - LKR)

Data table

1990	74.66B	2002	269B	2014	1.2T
1991	84.05B	2003	284.4B	2015	1.46T
1992	94.06B	2004	320.2B	2016	1.69T
1993	106.4B	2005	412.4B	2017	1.84T
1994	118.3B	2006	507.9B	2018	1.93T
1995	144.2B	2007	595.6B	2019	1.9T
1996	152.3B	2008	686.5B	2020	1.37T
1997	171B	2009	725.6B	2021	1.46T
1998	181.7B	2010	834.2B	2022	2.01T
1999	202B	2011	983B	2023	3.07T
2000	214.7B	2012	1.07T	2024	4.09T
2001	239.8B	2013	1.15T

Government Spending (% of GDP)

Global rank: 165 / 195

Data table

1990	25.4%	2002	20.8%	2014	17.2%
1991	26.4%	2003	19.3%	2015	19.3%
1992	23%	2004	19.3%	2016	18.2%
1993	23.2%	2005	20.1%	2017	17.9%
1994	24.1%	2006	20.5%	2018	17.5%
1995	24.8%	2007	19.9%	2019	19.5%
1996	23.1%	2008	19.1%	2020	22.1%
1997	21.4%	2009	21%	2021	20%
1998	21.4%	2010	19.3%	2022	18.6%
1999	20.5%	2011	19.1%	2023	19.5%
2000	21.7%	2012	17.3%	2024	19.1%
2001	22.4%	2013	16.6%

Government Spending (Local currency - LKR)

Data table

1990	99.81B	2002	402.6B	2014	1.85T
1991	120.4B	2003	417.1B	2015	2.23T
1992	119.8B	2004	476.5B	2016	2.33T
1993	141.7B	2005	584.6B	2017	2.57T
1994	170.8B	2006	713.5B	2018	2.69T
1995	202.3B	2007	841.5B	2019	3.1T
1996	217.1B	2008	995.9B	2020	3.46T
1997	233.2B	2009	1.2T	2021	3.52T
1998	266.2B	2010	1.28T	2022	4.47T
1999	277.5B	2011	1.43T	2023	5.36T
2000	334.4B	2012	1.56T	2024	5.71T
2001	385.8B	2013	1.65T