Environmentally related tax revenue in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Environmentally related tax revenue was 0.8655 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Environmentally related tax revenue in Sri Lanka, 1994–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, environmentally related tax revenue in Sri Lanka stood at 0.8655 Percentage of GDP.
That represents a change of up 34.7% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmentally related tax revenue in Sri Lanka peaked at 2.67 Percentage of GDP in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0 Percentage of GDP, in 1994.
Sri Lanka ranks 73rd of 123 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Environmentally related tax revenue in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1995 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1996 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1997 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1998 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1999 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2000 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2001 | 1.54 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2002 | 1.37 Percentage of GDP | -11.0% |
| 2003 | 1.19 Percentage of GDP | -13.2% |
| 2004 | 1.04 Percentage of GDP | -12.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8835 Percentage of GDP | -14.8% |
| 2006 | 1.36 Percentage of GDP | +53.7% |
| 2007 | 1.02 Percentage of GDP | -24.8% |
| 2008 | 0.6812 Percentage of GDP | -33.3% |
| 2009 | 0.5421 Percentage of GDP | -20.4% |
| 2010 | 0.7427 Percentage of GDP | +37.0% |
| 2011 | 1.26 Percentage of GDP | +69.2% |
| 2012 | 1.19 Percentage of GDP | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 1.24 Percentage of GDP | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 1.18 Percentage of GDP | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 2.67 Percentage of GDP | +125.9% |
| 2016 | 1.89 Percentage of GDP | -29.1% |
| 2017 | 1.83 Percentage of GDP | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 1.76 Percentage of GDP | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 1.21 Percentage of GDP | -31.4% |
| 2020 | 0.6511 Percentage of GDP | -46.1% |
| 2021 | 0.417 Percentage of GDP | -35.9% |
| 2022 | 0.2808 Percentage of GDP | -32.7% |
| 2023 | 0.6425 Percentage of GDP | +128.8% |
| 2024 | 0.8655 Percentage of GDP | +34.7% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.8655 Percentage of GDP is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8578 Percentage of GDP, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.8655 Percentage of GDP is below the median for South Asia, which is 1.08 Percentage of GDP, 80% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9621 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 1.54 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5 Percentage of GDP | 0.7427 Percentage of GDP | 2.67 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5714 Percentage of GDP | 0.2808 Percentage of GDP | 0.8655 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More economy & growth data for Sri Lanka
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 314.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP -8.07 Percent per annum (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP -7.82 Percent per annum (2022)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -66.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.0483 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -68.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.0353 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 33.41 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is environmentally related tax revenue in Sri Lanka?
- Environmentally related tax revenue in Sri Lanka was 0.8655 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 2.67 Percentage of GDP in 2015.
- What is the lowest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Percentage of GDP in 1994.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for environmentally related tax revenue?
- Sri Lanka ranks 73rd out of 123 countries with data for 2024.
- Is environmentally related tax revenue rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Environmentally related tax revenue. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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<!DOCTYPE html> ERTR Database body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } p { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } Environmentally related taxes are effective policy instruments to shape relative prices of goods and services. The Environmental Related Tax Revenue Database (ERTR) categorises taxes based on their environmental relevance, constructing environmentally related tax revenue with a breakdown by tax-base category (including energy, transport, pollution, and resources) and 22 environmental domains. Note that tax-base categories are mutually exclusive, while domains are not. Therefore, one should not aggregate revenue across domains as it may lead to double counting. Data source(s): ERTR draws from the OECD Policy Instruments for the Environment (PINE) database. The database contains detailed qualitative and quantitative information on environmentally related taxes and fees, tradable permits and offsets, deposit-refund schemes, environmentally beneficial subsidies and payments and voluntary approaches used for environmental policy. It is updated annually and covers OECD member countries, accession countries and selected non-OECD countries. The data has been cross-validated and complemented with Revenue statistics from the Global Revenue Statistics databases, Eurostat National Tax Lists, and official national sources. Contact: pinedatabase@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 For further details on the dataset consult the dataset documentation and oe.cd/pine. For revenue data at the individual-tax level, please consult https://oe.cd/pinedatabase.