Sri Lanka — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1947–2024 · 78 observations

About this series

Combined government expenditure records government expense plus net investment in nonfinancial assets within the source series' coverage. It is a flow over the period. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

In Sri Lanka, the combined government expenditure reading was 19.3% of GDP in 2024, compared with 19.5% of GDP in 2023. The period change was −0.22 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 19.2% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2009–2024

PeriodValue
202419.3 % of GDP
202319.5 % of GDP
202218.6 % of GDP
202120 % of GDP
202022.1 % of GDP
11 earlier values, back to 2009
201919.5 % of GDP
201817.5 % of GDP
201717.9 % of GDP
201618.2 % of GDP
201519.3 % of GDP
201417.2 % of GDP
201316.6 % of GDP
201217.3 % of GDP
201119.1 % of GDP
201019.3 % of GDP
200921 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.