Summary of Government Fiscal Operations (1950-2023)

		Revenue (LKR MILLION)				Expenditure (LKR MILLION)			Deficit (LKR MILLION)			Financing (LKR MILLION)				As % GDP
0	Year	Tax	Total Revenue (Tax and Non Tax)	Grants	Revenue and Grants	Recurrent Expenditure	Capital Expenditure	Total Expenditure	Current Account	Primary Account Surplus(+)/ Deficit(-)	Overall Surplus/Deficit	Foreign	Domestic	Privatization Proceeds	Total Financing	Revenue and grants	Expenditure	Primary Balance	Budget Balance
1	1950	544	623	-	623	461	325	786	162	-143	-163	-	163	-	163	16.1	20.3	-3.6	-4.1
2	1951	736	910	-	910	691	269	960	219	-29	-50	-	50	-	50	19.7	20.8	-0.6	-1.1
3	1952	770	954	7	961	866	357	1223	88	-239	-263	-	263	-	263	21.3	27.1	-5.3	-5.8
4	1953	768	953	3	956	788	402	1190	164	-205	-234	-	234	-	234	21.3	26.5	-4.6	-5.2
5	1954	829	1026	19	1045	673	348	1021	353	58	24	63	-87	-	-24	22	21.5	1.2	0.5
6	1955	937	1159	26	1185	762	306	1068	396	150	117	12	-129	-	-117	22.6	20.4	2.8	2.2
7	1956	1027	1257	23	1280	863	460	1323	394	-8	-42	5	37	-	42	25.2	26	-0.2	-0.8
8	1957	1102	1261	11	1271	977	529	1506	284	-200	-235	19	216	-	235	24.4	29	-3.8	-4.5
9	1958	1017	1280	13	1293	1118	384	1502	162	-171	-209	20	189	-	209	23.5	27.3	-3.1	-3.8
10	1959	1058	1330	18	1349	1274	469	1744	56	-351	-395	30	365	-	395	21	27.2	-5.5	-6.2
11	1960	1120	1404	9	1413	1365	456	1821	38	-355	-408	24	385	-	408	21.1	27.1	-5.3	-6.1
12	1961	1224	1514	13	1527	1471	505	1976	43	-380	-449	10	439	-	449	22.2	28.7	-5.5	-6.5
13	1962	1488	1621	18	1639	1498	579	2077	123	-355	-438	35	403	-	438	23.5	29.8	-5.1	-6.3
14	1963	1462	1593	31	1625	1534	451	1985	59	-263	-361	61	300	-	361	22	26.9	-3.6	-4.9
15	1964	1458	1759	32	1791	1754	467	2221	5	-316	-430	64	366	-	430	23	28.5	-4.1	-5.5
16	1965	1625	1816	24	1841	1732	515	2247	85	-300	-406	76	331	-	406	22.8	27.8	-3.7	-5
17	1966	1610	1833	42	1875	1792	607	2399	41	-401	-525	77	448	-	525	22.5	28.8	-4.8	-6.3
18	1967	1765	1955	19	1974	1819	743	2562	136	-444	-588	189	398	-	588	21.8	28.3	-4.9	-6.5
19	1968	1967	2156	29	2185	2186	685	2871	-30	-520	-686	161	525	-	686	20.4	26.8	-4.9	-6.4
20	1969	2278	2497	20	2517	2384	901	3285	113	-562	-769	334	434	-	769	21.5	28.1	-4.8	-6.6
21	1970	2507	2736	63	2799	2659	1013	3672	77	-620	-873	163	710	-	873	20.5	26.9	-4.5	-6.4
22	1971	2354	2815	60	2875	2981	918	3899	-166	-688	-1024	175	849	-	1024	20.5	27.8	-4.9	-7.3
23	1972	2676	3282	75	3357	3386	931	4317	-104	-548	-961	209	752	-	961	22	28.3	-3.6	-6.3
24	1973	3331	4034	47	4081	3857	1169	5026	177	-431	-945	132	813	-	945	22.2	27.3	-2.3	-5.1
25	1974	4013	4787	252	5039	4506	1316	5822	281	-203	-783	126	657	-	783	21.2	24.5	-0.9	-3.3
26	1975	4258	5084	404	5488	5153	2033	7186	-69	-999	-1698	310	1388	-	1698	20.6	27	-3.8	-6.4
27	1976	4726	5739	367	6106	5554	3098	8652	185	-1707	-2547	591	1956	-	2547	20.2	28.6	-5.7	-8.4
28	1977	5509	6686	501	7187	6148	2665	8813	538	-613	-1626	754	872	-	1626	19.7	24.2	-1.7	-4.5
29	1978	10320	11688	661	12349	10408	7280	17688	1280	-3999	-5339	3292	2047	-	5339	28.9	41.5	-9.4	-12.5
30	1979	11015	11966	1390	13356	10825	8367	19192	1141	-4169	-5836	2348	3488	-	5836	25.5	36.6	-8	-11.1
31	1980	12158	13022	2620	15642	12319	16069	28388	703	-10505	-12746	3516	9230	-	12746	23.5	42.7	-15.8	-19.2
32	1981	13696	14775	2721	17496	14649	13365	28014	126	-6780	-10518	4880	5638	-	10518	20.6	33	-8	-12.4
33	1982	14737	16210	3376	19586	18341	15171	33512	-2131	-8822	-13926	4744	9182	-	13926	19.7	33.8	-8.9	-14
34	1983	19912	23317	3473	26790	22002	17635	39637	1315	-6241	-12847	6372	6475	-	12847	22	32.6	-5.1	-10.6
35	1984	29939	34061	3293	37354	24630	23207	47837	9431	-3745	-10483	6492	3991	-	10483	24.3	31.1	-2.4	-6.8
36	1985	30442	36249	3307	39556	32645	22589	55234	3604	-8250	-15678	7109	8569	-	15678	24.4	34	-5.1	-9.7
37	1986	31272	37238	3753	40991	33966	25227	59193	3272	-9440	-18202	9061	9141	-	18202	22.8	33	-5.3	-10.1
38	1987	35119	42145	4677	46822	39560	24334	63894	2585	-6915	-17072	5716	11356	-	17072	23.8	32.5	-3.5	-8.7
39	1988	35946	41749	6588	48337	46132	30400	76532	-4383	-15605	-28195	7128	21067	-	28195	21.8	34.5	-7	-12.7
40	1989	47513	53979	6407	60386	56884	25280	82164	-2905	-7426	-21778	5926	15852	-	21778	24	32.6	-2.9	-8.6
41	1990	61206	67964	6698	74662	71771	28043	99814	-3807	-4484	-25152	11644	13508	-	25152	23.2	31	-1.4	-7.8
42	1991	68157	76179	7870	84049	83756	36613	120369	-7577	-14247	-36320	19329	16149	841	36320	22.6	32.3	-3.8	-9.8
43	1992	76353	85781	8280	94061	89639	30186	119824	-3858	177	-25763	7361	15551	2850	25763	22.1	28.2	0	-6.1
44	1993	85891	98339	8025	106364	102288	39371	141659	-3949	-5092	-35295	9855	24241	1200	35295	21.3	28.4	-1	-7.1
45	1994	99417	110038	8257	118295	127084	43680	170764	-17046	-14439	-52470	11778	37696	2995	52470	20.4	29.5	-2.5	-9.1
46	1995	118543	136258	9028	145286	154159	49325	203484	-17901	-19972	58198	21224	33972	3001	58198	21.8	30.5	-3	-8.7
47	1996	130202	146279	7739	154018	175148	43512	218660	-28869	-15719	-64642	10160	49754	4728	64642	20.1	28.5	-2	-8.4
48	1997	142512	165036	7329	172365	184749	50348	235097	-19713	-7486	-62732	9958	30275	22499	62732	19.4	26.4	-0.8	-7
49	1998	147368	175032	7200	182232	199648	68531	268179	-24616	-31049	-85947	10197	71362	4389	85947	17.9	26.3	-3.1	-8.4
50	1999	166029	195905	6761	202666	207271	71888	279159	-11366	-14370	-76493	1484	74876	134	76493	18.3	25.2	-1.3	-6.9
51	2000	182392	211282	5145	216427	254279	81544	335823	-42997	-48196	-119396	495	118500	401	119396	17.2	26.7	-3.8	-9.5
52	2001	205840	234296	5500	239796	303361	83157	386518	-69065	-52415	-146722	14538	123595	8589	146722	17	27.5	-3.7	-10.4
53	2002	221839	261888	7079	268967	330847	72142	402990	-68959	-17507	-134022	1978	126351	5693	134022	17	25.4	-1.1	-8.5
54	2003	231597	276465	7956	284421	334694	82979	417673	-58229	-8125	-133251	43117	79911	10223	133251	15.6	22.9	-0.4	-7.3
55	2004	281552	311473	8681	320154	389679	87228	476907	-78206	-36970	-156752	37071	117243	2437	156752	15.3	22.8	-1.8	-7.5
56	2005	336828	379746	32640	412387	443350	141433	584783	-63603	-52237	-172396	47773	123604	1020	172396	16.8	23.8	-2.1	-7
57	2006	428378	477833	30068	507901	547960	165687	713646	-70127	-54968	-205745	41942	163805	-	205745	17.3	24.3	-1.9	-7
58	2007	508947	565051	30508	595559	622758	218846	841604	-57707	-63364	-246045	100907	145137	-	246045	16.6	23.5	-1.8	-6.9
59	2008	585621	655259	31222	686482	743710	252416	996126	-88450	-97169	-309644	-4643	314287	-	309643	15.6	22.6	-2.2	-7
60	2009	618933	699644	25922	725566	879575	322352	1201927	-179931	-166686	-476361	230807	245554	-	476361	15	24.9	-3.4	-9.9
61	2010	724747	817279	16909	834188	937094	343111	1280205	-119815	-93425	-446017	243788	202229	-	446017	12.6	19.3	-1.5	-6.7
62	2011	845697	967862	15141	983003	1024906	408276	1433182	-57043	-93481	-450180	218956	231224	-	450180	13.1	19.1	-1.3	-6
63	2012	908913	1051460	16071	1067532	1131023	425476	1556499	-79563	-80469	-488967	286455	202511	-	488967	11.9	17.3	-0.9	-5.4
64	2013	1005895	1137447	15859	1153306	1205180	464216	1669396	-67733	-72083	-516090	123700	392390	-	516090	11.6	16.8	-0.8	-5.2
65	2014	1050362	1195206	9415	1204621	1322898	472967	1795865	-127692	-154849	-591244	212523	378721	-	591244	11.2	16.7	-1.5	-5.5
66	2015	1355779	1454878	6014	1460892	1701658	588737	2290394	-246779	-319828	-829502	236803	592699	-	829502	12.6	19.8	-2.9	-7.2
67	2016	1463689	1686062	7496	1693558	1757782	576101	2333883	-71719	-29430	-640325	391914	248411	-	640325	13.2	18.2	-0.2	-5
68	2017	1670178	1831531	8031	1839562	1927693	645363	2573056	-96162	2071	-733494	439243	294251	-	733494	12.8	17.9	0	-5.1
69	2018	1712318	1919973	12486	1932459	2089713	603515	2693228	-169740	91421	-760769	323535	437234	-	760769	12.6	17.5	0.6	-5
70	2019	1734925	1890899	7909	1898808	2301154	614136	2915290	-111077	-115130	-1016482	542641	473842	-	1016483	11.9	21	-0.8	-9
71	2020	1216542	1367960	5348	1373308	2671787	791816	3463603	-1603005	-1109992	-2090294	-83199	2173493		2090294	8.8	19.4	-4.6	-10.7
72	2021	1298019	1457071	6740	1463810	2747512	774223	3521735	-1290441	-1009542	-2057925	-13901	2071826	-	2057925	8.3	20	-6	-11.7
73	2022	1751132	1979184	33405	2012589	3519633	952923	4472556	-1540448	-894777	2459967	424822	2035145	-	2459967	8.4	18.6	-3.7	-10.2
74	2023	2720563	3048822	25502	3074324	4699679	656912	5356591	-1650857	173332	-2282267	494655	1787612	-	2282267	11.1	19.4	0.6	-8.3
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76	Government Fiscal Operations (1950 - 2023)
77	Source: Table 6 ,Special Statistical Appendix, CBSL Annual Report (Various Years)

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Provides yearly fiscal data on revenue, expenditure, deficits, financing in LKR millions and as a share of GDP. Source: Table 6, Special Statistical Appendix, CBSL Annual Report (Various Years)

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