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
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.20T LCU |
| 2024 | 2.08T LCU |
| 2023 | 1.86T LCU |
| 2022 | 1.74T LCU |
| 2021 | 1.66T LCU |
11 earlier values, back to 2010
| 2020 | 1.63T LCU |
| 2019 | 1.43T LCU |
| 2018 | 1.32T LCU |
| 2017 | 1.13T LCU |
| 2016 | 1.05T LCU |
| 2015 | 1.03T LCU |
| 2014 | 894.36B LCU |
| 2013 | 765.64B LCU |
| 2012 | 676.02B LCU |
| 2011 | 636.81B LCU |
| 2010 | 558.75B LCU |