Tax revenue in Sri Lanka
Central government tax revenue in Sri Lanka was equal to 9.9% of GDP in 2023.
Sri Lanka, 2023
9.9%
Change from 2022
+2.6percentage points
World, 2023
13.9%
Tax revenue in Sri Lanka over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 13.9% |
| 2023 | 9.9% | 13.9% |
| 2022 | 7.3% | 14.5% |
| 2021 | 7.4% | 14.3% |
| 2020 | 7.8% | 13.7% |
| 2019 | 10.9% | 13.8% |
| 2018 | 11.2% | 13.9% |
| 2017 | 11.6% | 14.2% |
| 2016 | 11.4% | 13.9% |
| 2015 | 11.7% | 14.0% |
| 2014 | 9.7% | 14.0% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | 14.0% |
| 2012 | 10.1% | 13.8% |
| 2011 | 10.8% | 13.7% |
| 2010 | 10.9% | 13.3% |
| 2009 | 12.8% | 13.1% |
| 2008 | 13.3% | 14.3% |
| 2007 | 14.2% | 14.8% |
| 2006 | 14.6% | 14.5% |
| 2005 | 13.7% | 14.1% |
| 2004 | 13.5% | 14.5% |
| 2003 | 12.7% | 14.4% |
| 2002 | 14.0% | 14.6% |
| 2001 | 14.6% | – |
| 2000 | 14.5% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.6 percentage points from 7.3% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 10.1%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 13.9%.