Sri Lanka — Government consumption (% of GDP)

% of GDP · 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. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

Sri Lanka's government consumption reading was 6.75% of GDP in 2025. The period change from 6.96% of GDP in 2024 was −0.21 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 8.12% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2010–2025

PeriodValue
20256.75 % of GDP
20246.96 % of GDP
20236.78 % of GDP
20227.23 % of GDP
20219.45 % of GDP
11 earlier values, back to 2010
202010.4 % of GDP
20198.97 % of GDP
20188.61 % of GDP
20177.85 % of GDP
20168.17 % of GDP
20158.91 % of GDP
20148.3 % of GDP
20137.7 % of GDP
20127.52 % of GDP
20118.5 % of GDP
20108.43 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.