Sri Lanka - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Sri Lanka was 2,535,270,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,535,270,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 79,275,000,000 in 1990.

Definition: Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 79,275,000,000
1991 94,988,000,000
1992 101,982,000,000
1993 114,095,000,000
1994 140,729,000,000
1995 173,292,000,000
1996 191,849,000,000
1997 203,264,000,000
1998 221,563,000,000
1999 234,678,000,000
2000 289,114,000,000
2001 335,149,000,000
2002 362,362,000,000
2003 373,202,000,000
2004 433,036,000,000
2005 495,363,000,000
2006 621,464,000,000
2007 717,409,000,000
2008 847,371,000,000
2009 1,013,400,000,000
2010 1,080,690,000,000
2011 1,167,010,000,000
2012 1,354,540,000,000
2013 1,406,950,000,000
2014 1,530,450,000,000
2015 1,976,570,000,000
2016 2,006,620,000,000
2017 2,205,700,000,000
2018 2,346,510,000,000
2019 2,535,270,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Sri Lanka was 16.89 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 25.95 in 1995, while its lowest value was 14.67 in 2013.

Definition: Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 24.64
1991 25.51
1992 23.98
1993 22.84
1994 24.30
1995 25.95
1996 24.98
1997 22.83
1998 21.76
1999 21.22
2000 22.99
2001 23.81
2002 22.91
2003 20.48
2004 20.71
2005 20.20
2006 21.15
2007 20.05
2008 19.21
2009 20.96
2010 16.85
2011 16.17
2012 15.51
2013 14.67
2014 14.77
2015 18.05
2016 16.73
2017 16.55
2018 16.42
2019 16.89

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance