Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Sri Lanka: Final consumption expenditure
Final consumption expenditure over time
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 5.3% against 2.4% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 2.9%.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 2.2 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 27 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 36th and Sri Lanka ranks 39th of 42 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.8% | 3.4% | 2.4% | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1970s | 6.7% | 2.5% | 4.2% | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 2.0% | 7.6% | 5.6% | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 2.9% | 4.6% | 1.7% | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 3.0% | 4.7% | 1.7% | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 3.3% | 2.6% | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher final consumption expenditure, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 5.3% against 2.4% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in final consumption expenditure between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Sri Lanka?
- 2.9%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Sri Lanka?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Sri Lanka rank globally for final consumption expenditure?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 36th and Sri Lanka ranks 39th of 42 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as Final consumption expenditure (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.