Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency was 5.63 million million SLC in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency in Sri Lanka, 2001–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 5.63 million million SLC for total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 24.2% on the previous year and up 234.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency in Sri Lanka peaked at 5.63 million million SLC in 2023 and was at its lowest, 385,853 million SLC, in 2001.
That places Sri Lanka 30th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 385,853 million SLC | — |
| 2002 | 403,024 million SLC | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 422,102 million SLC | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 487,309 million SLC | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 591,932 million SLC | +21.5% |
| 2006 | 725,403 million SLC | +22.5% |
| 2007 | 852,031 million SLC | +17.5% |
| 2008 | 1.01 million million SLC | +18.3% |
| 2009 | 1.21 million million SLC | +20.1% |
| 2010 | 1.29 million million SLC | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 1.41 million million SLC | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 1.57 million million SLC | +11.4% |
| 2013 | 1.69 million million SLC | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 1.81 million million SLC | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 2.30 million million SLC | +27.4% |
| 2016 | 2.35 million million SLC | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 2.58 million million SLC | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 2.71 million million SLC | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 2.93 million million SLC | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 3.04 million million SLC | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 3.54 million million SLC | +16.3% |
| 2022 | 4.53 million million SLC | +28.2% |
| 2023 | 5.63 million million SLC | +24.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 676,138 million SLC | 385,853 million SLC | 1.21 million million SLC | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.07 million million SLC | 1.29 million million SLC | 2.93 million million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.19 million million SLC | 3.04 million million SLC | 5.63 million million SLC | 4 |
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More economy & growth data for Sri Lanka
- 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)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.2432 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 1,216 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU), annual 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU), per 33.06 constant LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU), per 165,349 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 3.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5463 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency in Sri Lanka?
- Total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency in Sri Lanka was 5.63 million million SLC in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 5.63 million million SLC in 2023.
- What is the lowest total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 385,853 million SLC in 2001.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency?
- Sri Lanka ranks 30th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 234.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.