Central government finance
Central government finance in detail, daily to annual, since 1950. Daily, monthly, quarterly and annual, 1950–2026.
Published by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka; read from CBSL Economic Data Library (wizard) and CBSL SDDS 'More Data' workbooks.
External debt statistics (EDS) - outstanding total external debt (debt statistics) ended51.12US$ bn+1.1%
Central government revenue - total tax and non tax revenue (central government revenue) ended634.9Rs bn+42.1%
Central government revenue - total tax and non tax revenue and grants (central government revenue) ended635.3Rs bn+42.1%
Central governmnet expenditure - recurrent expenditure (central government expenditure) ended1,140.2Rs bn+38.9%
Central governmnet expenditure - capital expenditure and net lending (central government expenditure) ended119.8Rs bn+8.7%
Central governmnet expenditure - total expenditure and net lending (central government expenditure) ended1,260.0Rs bn+35.3%
Central government - overall deficit financing - domestic - bank (debt statistics) ended166.0Rs bn−59.5%
Central government - overall deficit financing - domestic - non-bank (debt statistics) ended500.1Rs bn+116.0%
Central government - debt - domestic - medium and long term (debt statistics) ended10,080.8Rs bn+13.0%
Central government operations
Government expenditure on education as a per cent of GDP (central government expenditure) ended1.85Percentage–
Government expenditure on health as a per cent of GDP (central government expenditure) ended2.3Percentage–
External debt statistics (EDS) - outstanding total external debt (debt statistics) ended49.21US$ bn−10.2%
General government revenue - total tax and non tax revenue (central government revenue) ended2,053.0Rs bn+31.5%
General governmnet expenditure - recurrent expenditure (central government expenditure) ended3,603.7Rs bn+28.1%
General governmnet expenditure - capital expenditure (central government expenditure) ended942.7Rs bn+16.1%
General governmnet expenditure - total expenditure (central government expenditure) ended4,546.3Rs bn+25.4%
Capital and net lending (central government expenditure), year to date
Rs bn, monthly. Jan–Aug 2026: 435.9, +31.6% on a year earlier
* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.