Sri Lanka — Government consumption

millions of LCU · Annual · 1950–2025 · 76 observations

About this series

Government final consumption expenditure is government spending on goods and services used to meet individual or collective needs, such as health, education, public order and defence. It is part of GDP and does not represent all government expenditure.

For Sri Lanka, the government consumption reading stood at 2.20T LCU in 2025. Against 2.08T LCU in 2024, the period change was +5.57%. It was above the selected 10-year average of 1.61T LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 6.75% in 2025.

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Latest observations

2010–2025

PeriodValue
20252.20T LCU
20242.08T LCU
20231.86T LCU
20221.74T LCU
20211.66T LCU
11 earlier values, back to 2010
20201.63T LCU
20191.43T LCU
20181.32T LCU
20171.13T LCU
20161.05T LCU
20151.03T LCU
2014894.36B LCU
2013765.64B LCU
2012676.02B LCU
2011636.81B LCU
2010558.75B LCU
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.