Sri Lanka — Government consumption
millions of LKR · 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 LKR in 2025. Against 2.08T LKR in 2024, the period change was +5.57%. It was above the selected 10-year average of 1.61T LKR. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 6.75% in 2025.
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Latest observations
2010–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.20T LKR |
| 2024 | 2.08T LKR |
| 2023 | 1.86T LKR |
| 2022 | 1.74T LKR |
| 2021 | 1.66T LKR |
11 earlier values, back to 2010
| 2020 | 1.63T LKR |
| 2019 | 1.43T LKR |
| 2018 | 1.32T LKR |
| 2017 | 1.13T LKR |
| 2016 | 1.05T LKR |
| 2015 | 1.03T LKR |
| 2014 | 894.36B LKR |
| 2013 | 765.64B LKR |
| 2012 | 676.02B LKR |
| 2011 | 636.81B LKR |
| 2010 | 558.75B LKR |