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| Table 66 (P.Finance, Payment) | ||||||||||||
| Government Expenditure (% of GDP) (1948-1996) | ||||||||||||
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| Year | Current Expenditure | Capital Expenditure | Total Expenditure | |||||||||
| Public Service | Social Service | Economic Service | Other | Total | Public Service | Social Service | Economic Service | Other | Total | |||
| 1948 | 2.2 | 8.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 15.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 20.5 | |
| 1949 | 2.3 | 8.2 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 14.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 21.9 | |
| 1950 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 11.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 18.5 | |
| 1951 | 2.3 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 20.6 | |
| 1952 | 2.2 | 11.8 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 19.2 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 27.6 | |
| 1953 | 2.6 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 17.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 8.0 | 25.6 | |
| 1954 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 14.2 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 6.2 | 20.4 | |
| 1955 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 14.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 6.7 | 21.3 | |
| 1956 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 16.9 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 25.4 | |
| 1957 | 3.3 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 18.8 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 7.6 | 26.4 | |
| 1958 | 3.6 | 9.9 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 20.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 9.1 | 29.5 | |
| 1959 | 3.2 | 10.2 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 19.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 7.7 | 27.6 | |
| 1960 | 3.3 | 11.1 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 20.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 28.0 | |
| 1961 | 3.6 | 11.7 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 21.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 7.6 | 29.2 | |
| 1962 | 3.4 | 11.8 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 21.7 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 8.5 | 30.2 | |
| 1963 | 3.7 | 11.3 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 21.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 27.5 | |
| 1964 | 3.6 | 13.0 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 22.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 28.8 | |
| 1965 | 3.5 | 12.0 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 21.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 6.7 | 28.1 | |
| 1966 | 3.6 | 11.8 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 21.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 7.2 | 28.7 | |
| 1967 | 3.5 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 20.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 7.9 | 28.0 | |
| 1968 | 3.3 | 10.4 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 20.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 7.4 | 27.8 | |
| 1969 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 10.9 | 20.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 7.7 | 28.1 | |
| 1970 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 10.1 | 19.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 25.9 | |
| 1971 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 11.2 | 21.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 26.9 | |
| 1972 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 12.2 | 22.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 28.2 | |
| 1973 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 9.0 | 12.3 | 21.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 27.3 | |
| 1974 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 10.9 | 19.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 24.3 | |
| 1975 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 11.5 | 19.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 7.5 | 26.9 | |
| 1976 | 3.3 | 9.8 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 18.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 27.4 | |
| 1977 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 16.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 23.1 | |
| 1978 | 4.2 | 12.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 24.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 37.2 | |
| 1979 | 4.2 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 20.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 11.2 | 0.2 | 14.8 | 35.5 | |
| 1980 | 3.7 | 8.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 18.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 14.6 | 0.5 | 18.1 | 36.6 | |
| 1981 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 17.2 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 11.0 | 0.2 | 13.9 | 31.1 | |
| 1982 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 18.5 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 16.3 | 34.8 | |
| 1983 | 2.9 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 18.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 11.4 | 0.1 | 13.8 | 31.9 | |
| 1984 | 2.8 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 16.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 11.8 | 0.3 | 13.6 | 29.6 | |
| 1985 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 20.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 11.7 | 0.4 | 13.8 | 33.9 | |
| 1986 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 18.9 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 12.0 | 0.3 | 14.4 | 33.3 | |
| 1987 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 20.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 10.6 | 0.3 | 13.2 | 33.3 | |
| 1988 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 20.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 12.5 | 33.3 | |
| 1989 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 22.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 10.4 | 33.0 | |
| 1990 | 5.6 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 7.6 | 22.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 8.1 | 30.4 | |
| 1991 | 5.3 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 22.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 8.8 | 31.3 | |
| 1992 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 0.9 | 6.7 | 21.1 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 28.1 | |
| 1993 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 6.6 | 20.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 28.6 | |
| 1994 | 5.3 | 8.2 | 1.1 | 7.4 | 21.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 28.9 | |
| 1995 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 1.2 | 6.1 | 23.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 8.0 | 31.1 | |
| 1996 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 22.2 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 6.3 | 28.5 | |
| © 2011, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) | Revised: 2011(y)/01(m)/30(d) | |||||||||||
| Source: | Chief Editor: | |||||||||||
| Annual Report 2000 , Central Bank of Sri Lanka | Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.) | |||||||||||
| The Former Head, Department of Management Studies | ||||||||||||
| University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||