Sri Lanka - Budget Deficit 2015
-6.64%
−0.65% from 2014
Sri Lanka's budget deficit was -6.64% in 2015, decreased +0.65% from -5.99% in 2014. This was the 32nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Timor-Leste | -33.21% | 11.5% |
| 2nd | Libya | -28.49% | 6.6% |
| 3rd | Congo, Republic of | -17.81% | -65.9% |
| 4th | Bahrain | -17.46% | -426.1% |
| 5th | South Sudan | -16.42% | -81.1% |
| 6th | Djibouti | -15.54% | -124.7% |
| 7th | Equatorial Guinea | -15.10% | -100.2% |
| 8th | Saudi Arabia | -14.94% | -339.1% |
| 9th | Brunei Darussalam | -14.52% | -506.1% |
| 10th | Algeria | -13.88% | -94.2% |
| 11th | Oman | -13.47% | -754.4% |
| 12th | Iraq | -12.83% | -127.8% |
| 13th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -10.37% | 3.3% |
| 14th | Brazil | -9.28% | -47.9% |
| 15th | Zambia | -8.88% | -63.4% |
| 16th | Yemen, Republic of | -8.75% | -111.6% |
| 17th | Vanuatu | -8.66% | -703.7% |
| 18th | Namibia | -8.30% | -28.8% |
| 19th | Suriname | -8.29% | -212.9% |
| 20th | Barbados | -8.15% | -23.6% |
| 21st | São Tomé and Principe | -7.60% | -21.1% |
| 22nd | Burundi | -7.56% | -92.4% |
| 23rd | Lebanon | -7.48% | -20.4% |
| 24th | Trinidad and Tobago | -7.37% | -70.0% |
| 25th | India | -7.21% | -1.9% |
| 26th | Jordan | -7.10% | 54.2% |
| 27th | Togo | -7.04% | 1.1% |
| 28th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -6.94% | -103.4% |
| 29th | Ecuador | -6.87% | 15.3% |
| 30th | Niger | -6.75% | -10.2% |
| 31st | Kenya | -6.68% | -16.1% |
| 32nd | Sri Lanka | -6.64% | -10.8% |
| 33rd | Mozambique | -6.56% | 32.8% |
| 34th | Guinea | -6.53% | -116.7% |
| 35th | Maldives | -6.52% | -169.5% |
| 36th | United Arab Emirates | -6.35% | -464.5% |
| 37th | Kazakhstan | -6.26% | -352.2% |
| 38th | Montenegro | -6.03% | -760.9% |
| 39th | Argentina | -6.00% | -41.1% |
| 40th | Eswatini | -5.88% | -405.4% |
| 41st | Lao PDR | -5.57% | -77.8% |
| 42nd | Benin | -5.55% | -236.3% |
| 43rd | Costa Rica | -5.52% | -1.2% |
| 44th | Gambia, The | -5.38% | -36.5% |
| 45th | Spain | -5.27% | 13.3% |
| 46th | Belize | -5.14% | -198.3% |
| 47th | Mongolia | -5.04% | -35.4% |
| 48th | Viet Nam | -4.98% | 0.7% |
| 49th | Tunisia | -4.95% | -58.9% |
| 50th | Armenia | -4.84% | -148.9% |
| 51st | Azerbaijan | -4.83% | -276.3% |
| 52nd | Botswana | -4.82% | -223.7% |
| 53rd | Pakistan | -4.74% | -8.5% |
| 54th | West Bank and Gaza | -4.66% | -83.0% |
| 55th | United Kingdom | -4.59% | 16.9% |
| 56th | Morocco | -4.59% | 3.9% |
| 57th | Papua New Guinea | -4.55% | 27.4% |
| 58th | Portugal | -4.37% | 40.2% |
| 59th | South Africa | -4.37% | -11.4% |
| 60th | Myanmar | -4.33% | -306.2% |
| 61st | Albania | -4.32% | 20.9% |
| 62nd | Cameroon | -4.25% | -3.9% |
| 63rd | Malawi | -4.17% | -35.2% |
| 64th | Cabo Verde | -4.16% | 40.0% |
| 65th | Ghana | -4.01% | 48.7% |
| 66th | Fiji | -3.91% | -12.1% |
| 67th | France | -3.89% | 15.0% |
| 68th | Sudan | -3.87% | 18.0% |
| 69th | Mexico | -3.86% | 11.7% |
| 70th | Samoa | -3.79% | 29.6% |
| 71st | Liberia | -3.74% | 24.0% |
| 72nd | Japan | -3.68% | 34.5% |
| 73rd | Senegal | -3.66% | 6.0% |
| 74th | El Salvador | -3.63% | 9.6% |
| 75th | United States | -3.53% | 12.3% |
| 76th | Croatia | -3.53% | 32.1% |
| 77th | Colombia | -3.52% | -101.8% |
| 78th | Mauritius | -3.48% | -13.9% |
| 79th | North Macedonia | -3.48% | 17.2% |
| 80th | Russian Federation | -3.39% | -216.4% |
| 81st | Bahamas, The | -3.34% | 26.0% |
| 82nd | San Marino | -3.32% | -412.4% |
| 83rd | Chad | -3.29% | -2.2% |
| 84th | Bangladesh | -3.29% | -25.6% |
| 85th | Serbia | -3.25% | 42.1% |
| 86th | Tanzania | -3.17% | -8.9% |
| 87th | Guinea-Bissau | -3.16% | -29.8% |
| 88th | Greece | -3.03% | 29.4% |
| 89th | Belarus | -2.96% | -3,321.7% |
| 90th | Sierra Leone | -2.87% | -3.5% |
| 91st | Madagascar | -2.85% | -45.3% |
| 92nd | Slovenia | -2.84% | 37.3% |
| 93rd | Australia | -2.79% | 4.5% |
| 94th | Slovak Republic | -2.78% | 14.3% |
| 95th | Bulgaria | -2.78% | 24.0% |
| 96th | Eritrea | -2.77% | -2,167.2% |
| 97th | Tonga | -2.75% | -143.1% |
| 98th | Indonesia | -2.72% | -50.9% |
| 99th | Nigeria | -2.70% | -56.3% |
| 100th | Rwanda | -2.68% | 31.5% |
| 101st | Poland | -2.60% | 29.1% |
| 102nd | Uganda | -2.59% | 5.3% |
| 103rd | Angola | -2.58% | 49.2% |
| 104th | Malaysia | -2.55% | 3.1% |
| 105th | Kyrgyz Republic | -2.52% | 18.0% |
| 106th | China | -2.50% | -272.0% |
| 107th | Belgium | -2.48% | 22.0% |
| 108th | Italy | -2.46% | 12.8% |
| 109th | Mauritania | -2.44% | 7.5% |
| 110th | Finland | -2.43% | 19.0% |
| 111th | Antigua and Barbuda | -2.42% | 7.0% |
| 112th | St. Lucia | -2.33% | 23.7% |
| 113th | Panama | -2.30% | 28.5% |
| 114th | Puerto Rico (US) | -2.12% | 31.1% |
| 115th | Burkina Faso | -2.09% | -20.3% |
| 116th | Chile | -2.09% | -39.6% |
| 117th | Côte d'Ivoire | -2.04% | -30.2% |
| 118th | Peru | -2.02% | -974.5% |
| 119th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -2.01% | 28.6% |
| 120th | Hungary | -2.00% | 27.8% |
| 121st | Ireland | -1.97% | 43.9% |
| 122nd | Tajikistan | -1.96% | -312.9% |
| 123rd | Moldova | -1.93% | -20.4% |
| 124th | Uruguay | -1.86% | 28.6% |
| 125th | Netherlands | -1.84% | 15.6% |
| 126th | Mali | -1.82% | 36.9% |
| 127th | Nicaragua | -1.64% | -83.3% |
| 128th | Latvia | -1.57% | 9.8% |
| 129th | Aruba | -1.48% | 80.2% |
| 130th | Guatemala | -1.47% | 23.4% |
| 131st | Haiti | -1.47% | 59.6% |
| 132nd | Zimbabwe | -1.45% | -104.8% |
| 133rd | Lesotho | -1.38% | -143.7% |
| 134th | Afghanistan | -1.38% | 19.8% |
| 135th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.35% | -136.3% |
| 136th | Romania | -1.35% | 23.4% |
| 137th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.30% | -43.2% |
| 138th | Israel | -1.21% | 47.2% |
| 139th | Georgia | -1.16% | 34.6% |
| 140th | Ukraine | -1.16% | 74.0% |
| 141st | Gabon | -1.12% | -118.7% |
| 142nd | Denmark | -0.90% | -162.7% |
| 143rd | Malta | -0.84% | 43.6% |
| 144th | Grenada | -0.80% | 80.9% |
| 145th | Honduras | -0.78% | 72.2% |
| 146th | Cyprus | -0.77% | 91.3% |
| 147th | Lithuania | -0.77% | 57.2% |
| 148th | Guyana | -0.75% | 80.7% |
| 149th | Turkmenistan | -0.70% | -178.7% |
| 150th | Czechia | -0.67% | 68.2% |
| 151st | Cambodia | -0.65% | 48.0% |
| 152nd | Central African Republic | -0.54% | 82.3% |
| 153rd | Türkiye | -0.51% | 46.8% |
| 154th | Bhutan | -0.49% | -120.0% |
| 155th | Austria | -0.48% | 75.2% |
| 156th | Paraguay | -0.44% | -61.3% |
| 157th | Iceland | -0.39% | -233.9% |
| 158th | Uzbekistan | -0.28% | -114.6% |
| 159th | Jamaica | -0.28% | 43.1% |
| 160th | Sweden | -0.27% | 85.2% |
| 161st | Estonia | -0.24% | -158.3% |
| 162nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.19% | 93.2% |
| 163rd | Canada | -0.06% | -135.4% |
| 164th | Dominican Republic | -0.03% | 98.8% |
| 165th | Philippines | 0.14% | -89.1% |
| 166th | Thailand | 0.19% | 126.7% |
| 167th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.24% | 532.1% |
| 168th | New Zealand | 0.37% | 208.6% |
| 169th | Nepal | 0.46% | -66.1% |
| 170th | Korea | 0.50% | -13.3% |
| 171st | Switzerland | 0.55% | 321.1% |
| 172nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.60% | -83.4% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | 0.81% | -62.0% |
| 174th | Germany | 0.92% | 25.0% |
| 175th | Luxembourg | 1.30% | -2.1% |
| 176th | Seychelles | 1.39% | -51.7% |
| 177th | Andorra | 1.65% | -22.8% |
| 178th | Comoros | 2.60% | 892.1% |
| 179th | Marshall Islands | 2.81% | -12.0% |
| 180th | Singapore | 2.86% | -37.8% |
| 181st | Liechtenstein | 3.56% | 68.3% |
| 182nd | Palau | 5.08% | 41.4% |
| 183rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 5.66% | -33.6% |
| 184th | Norway | 5.99% | -30.2% |
| 185th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 10.48% | -6.7% |
| 186th | Nauru | 10.74% | -63.7% |
| 187th | Dominica | 11.38% | 305.2% |
| 188th | Macao SAR, China | 13.82% | -42.8% |
| 189th | Tuvalu | 14.72% | 351.2% |
| 190th | Kuwait | 16.58% | -44.7% |
| 191st | Qatar | 18.45% | 38.2% |
| 192nd | Kiribati | 42.52% | 21.6% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's budget deficit in 2015?▾
Sri Lanka's budget deficit in 2015 was -6.64%. This ranked 32nd globally.
How did Sri Lanka's budget deficit change in 2015?▾
Sri Lanka's budget deficit decreased by 10.8% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest budget deficit in 2015?▾
Kiribati had the highest budget deficit in 2015 at 42.52%.
What is the budget deficit of Sri Lanka in 2015?▾
The budget deficit of Sri Lanka in 2015 was -6.64%. This ranked 32nd globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Sri Lanka's budget deficit?▾
Sri Lanka's budget deficit went from -5.99% in 2014 to -6.64% in 2015, a 10.8% decrease.
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