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Sri Lanka — Combined government deficit

millions of LKR · Annual · 1947–2025 · 79 observations

About this series

The combined government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata.

The combined government deficit reading for Sri Lanka was −729.48B LKR in 2025. The previous reading was −1.62T LKR in 2024; the period change was +892.69B LKR. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −2.24% in 2025.

-3.00T-2.00T-1.00T01.00T1947201020152025LKRSubscribe to view

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Latest observations

2010–2025

PeriodValue
2025-729.48B LKR
2024-1.62T LKR
2023-2.28T LKR
2022-2.46T LKR
2021-2.06T LKR
11 earlier values, back to 2010
2020-2.09T LKR
2019-1.20T LKR
2018-760.77B LKR
2017-733.49B LKR
2016-640.33B LKR
2015-767.93B LKR
2014-645.62B LKR
2013-497.39B LKR
2012-488.96B LKR
2011-450.18B LKR
2010-446.02B LKR
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.