Sri Lanka - Budget Deficit 2022
-10.22%
+1.46% from 2021
Sri Lanka's budget deficit was -10.22% in 2022, increased +1.46% from -11.68% in 2021. This was the 12th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Macao SAR, China | -37.04% | -187.3% |
| 2nd | Timor-Leste | -29.47% | -46.3% |
| 3rd | Kiribati | -18.31% | -70.0% |
| 4th | Senegal | -16.13% | -18.0% |
| 5th | Ukraine | -15.60% | -292.8% |
| 6th | Tuvalu | -14.60% | -9.9% |
| 7th | Fiji | -12.28% | 13.7% |
| 8th | Ghana | -11.76% | 2.3% |
| 9th | Maldives | -11.16% | 21.3% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | -10.89% | -46.2% |
| 11th | Burundi | -10.73% | -133.3% |
| 12th | Sri Lanka | -10.22% | 12.5% |
| 13th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -9.35% | -30.0% |
| 14th | Malawi | -9.32% | -11.7% |
| 15th | India | -8.97% | 5.1% |
| 16th | Togo | -8.34% | -79.1% |
| 17th | Italy | -8.11% | 8.7% |
| 18th | Pakistan | -7.84% | -29.7% |
| 19th | Zambia | -7.82% | 3.9% |
| 20th | Lebanon | -7.77% | -191.3% |
| 21st | China | -7.32% | -24.0% |
| 22nd | Dominica | -7.21% | 12.3% |
| 23rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -7.12% | 23.7% |
| 24th | Bhutan | -6.95% | -20.7% |
| 25th | Tunisia | -6.91% | 9.1% |
| 26th | Jordan | -6.80% | 19.6% |
| 27th | Niger | -6.77% | -11.0% |
| 28th | Côte d'Ivoire | -6.74% | -38.7% |
| 29th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -6.58% | -73,155.6% |
| 30th | Vanuatu | -6.50% | -373.3% |
| 31st | Lesotho | -6.41% | -29.5% |
| 32nd | Colombia | -6.34% | 12.7% |
| 33rd | Namibia | -6.33% | 27.1% |
| 34th | Hungary | -6.17% | 13.2% |
| 35th | Kenya | -6.06% | 15.8% |
| 36th | Guinea-Bissau | -6.06% | -3.0% |
| 37th | Bahrain | -6.02% | 43.0% |
| 38th | Sierra Leone | -5.93% | -36.3% |
| 39th | Romania | -5.83% | 13.0% |
| 40th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -5.75% | 17.4% |
| 41st | Rwanda | -5.74% | 18.1% |
| 42nd | Gambia, The | -5.72% | -19.9% |
| 43rd | Benin | -5.56% | 2.7% |
| 44th | Bahamas, The | -5.53% | 53.6% |
| 45th | Philippines | -5.48% | 12.1% |
| 46th | Madagascar | -5.46% | -93.1% |
| 47th | Uganda | -5.45% | 29.8% |
| 48th | Morocco | -5.37% | 9.4% |
| 49th | Liberia | -5.33% | -112.9% |
| 50th | Malta | -5.31% | 23.6% |
| 51st | Eswatini | -5.28% | -15.5% |
| 52nd | Papua New Guinea | -5.25% | 23.2% |
| 53rd | North Macedonia | -5.23% | 1.6% |
| 54th | Central African Republic | -5.23% | 9.9% |
| 55th | Mozambique | -5.22% | 0.3% |
| 56th | Guyana | -5.11% | 26.3% |
| 57th | Mali | -4.75% | 3.3% |
| 58th | France | -4.74% | 28.1% |
| 59th | Spain | -4.63% | 30.4% |
| 60th | Thailand | -4.61% | 31.7% |
| 61st | Malaysia | -4.56% | 24.4% |
| 62nd | United Kingdom | -4.56% | 41.0% |
| 63rd | Bangladesh | -4.53% | -27.4% |
| 64th | Mexico | -4.32% | -15.3% |
| 65th | Cabo Verde | -4.25% | 43.4% |
| 66th | South Africa | -4.25% | 23.3% |
| 67th | Japan | -4.22% | 31.2% |
| 68th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -4.16% | -176.9% |
| 69th | New Zealand | -4.16% | -18.8% |
| 70th | Montenegro | -4.07% | -136.6% |
| 71st | Nigeria | -4.00% | -0.9% |
| 72nd | Palau | -3.99% | 59.9% |
| 73rd | Panama | -3.98% | 38.5% |
| 74th | Brazil | -3.97% | -50.7% |
| 75th | Latvia | -3.94% | 31.0% |
| 76th | Comoros | -3.93% | -39.7% |
| 77th | Iceland | -3.93% | 52.8% |
| 78th | Tanzania | -3.92% | -10.4% |
| 79th | Argentina | -3.84% | 11.5% |
| 80th | United States | -3.72% | 67.5% |
| 81st | Uzbekistan | -3.65% | 10.9% |
| 82nd | Albania | -3.64% | 20.4% |
| 83rd | Belgium | -3.62% | 33.0% |
| 84th | Poland | -3.44% | -97.0% |
| 85th | Austria | -3.31% | 41.9% |
| 86th | Zimbabwe | -3.30% | -47.5% |
| 87th | Dominican Republic | -3.25% | -11.3% |
| 88th | Moldova | -3.24% | -23.8% |
| 89th | Mauritius | -3.15% | 23.0% |
| 90th | Nepal | -3.12% | 21.5% |
| 91st | Mauritania | -3.10% | -219.1% |
| 92nd | Czechia | -3.07% | 38.0% |
| 93rd | Slovenia | -3.02% | 34.6% |
| 94th | Algeria | -2.96% | 53.1% |
| 95th | Antigua and Barbuda | -2.84% | 37.1% |
| 96th | Myanmar | -2.82% | -14.0% |
| 97th | Costa Rica | -2.81% | 44.8% |
| 98th | Suriname | -2.69% | 52.5% |
| 99th | El Salvador | -2.68% | 51.5% |
| 100th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -2.64% | 12.3% |
| 101st | Paraguay | -2.64% | 22.2% |
| 102nd | Uruguay | -2.52% | 3.6% |
| 103rd | Solomon Islands | -2.51% | -34.9% |
| 104th | Greece | -2.46% | 67.6% |
| 105th | Indonesia | -2.31% | 47.6% |
| 106th | São Tomé and Principe | -2.24% | -47.8% |
| 107th | Australia | -2.21% | 65.2% |
| 108th | Georgia | -2.20% | 63.2% |
| 109th | Yemen, Republic of | -2.15% | -141.7% |
| 110th | Sudan | -2.15% | -648.1% |
| 111th | Armenia | -2.11% | 53.9% |
| 112th | Belarus | -1.98% | -786.1% |
| 113th | Germany | -1.91% | 39.7% |
| 114th | Barbados | -1.90% | 56.2% |
| 115th | Guinea | -1.88% | -10.3% |
| 116th | Haiti | -1.75% | 28.5% |
| 117th | Guatemala | -1.70% | -45.9% |
| 118th | St. Lucia | -1.66% | 65.4% |
| 119th | Korea | -1.49% | -7,752.6% |
| 120th | Djibouti | -1.48% | 51.4% |
| 121st | Peru | -1.38% | 44.5% |
| 122nd | Russian Federation | -1.34% | -273.1% |
| 123rd | Slovak Republic | -1.16% | 77.3% |
| 124th | Cameroon | -1.11% | 63.0% |
| 125th | Türkiye | -1.10% | 63.2% |
| 126th | Estonia | -1.08% | 58.0% |
| 127th | Belize | -1.04% | 68.3% |
| 128th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.01% | 40.1% |
| 129th | Afghanistan | -1.00% | -105.6% |
| 130th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.92% | 82.3% |
| 131st | Gabon | -0.89% | 53.8% |
| 132nd | Bulgaria | -0.80% | 71.4% |
| 133rd | Seychelles | -0.76% | 86.8% |
| 134th | Lithuania | -0.72% | 38.0% |
| 135th | Aruba | -0.51% | 94.9% |
| 136th | Portugal | -0.31% | 89.0% |
| 137th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.29% | 58.4% |
| 138th | Cambodia | -0.29% | 94.3% |
| 139th | Tajikistan | -0.23% | 63.5% |
| 140th | Finland | -0.18% | 93.4% |
| 141st | Serbia | -0.14% | 95.5% |
| 142nd | Tonga | -0.10% | 88.4% |
| 143rd | Botswana | -0.01% | 99.7% |
| 144th | Netherlands | 0.00% | 100.1% |
| 145th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.02% | 102.7% |
| 146th | Ecuador | 0.04% | 102.8% |
| 147th | Lao PDR | 0.06% | 108.8% |
| 148th | Kazakhstan | 0.11% | 102.1% |
| 149th | Croatia | 0.12% | 104.7% |
| 150th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.15% | 184.2% |
| 151st | Luxembourg | 0.18% | -81.6% |
| 152nd | Jamaica | 0.26% | -69.3% |
| 153rd | Israel | 0.32% | 109.5% |
| 154th | San Marino | 0.42% | 102.6% |
| 155th | Canada | 0.56% | 118.2% |
| 156th | Angola | 0.58% | -82.8% |
| 157th | Nicaragua | 0.65% | 151.5% |
| 158th | Viet Nam | 0.67% | 146.9% |
| 159th | Mongolia | 0.67% | 122.1% |
| 160th | Marshall Islands | 0.68% | 276.2% |
| 161st | Grenada | 0.93% | 184.7% |
| 162nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.96% | 111.4% |
| 163rd | Sweden | 1.00% | 773.2% |
| 164th | Switzerland | 1.19% | 512.1% |
| 165th | Singapore | 1.21% | 7.3% |
| 166th | Chile | 1.36% | 118.1% |
| 167th | Honduras | 1.57% | 149.6% |
| 168th | Ireland | 1.67% | 222.0% |
| 169th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.79% | 796.1% |
| 170th | Saudi Arabia | 2.24% | 212.4% |
| 171st | Brunei Darussalam | 2.53% | 131.0% |
| 172nd | Cyprus | 2.65% | 261.4% |
| 173rd | Liechtenstein | 3.30% | 35.6% |
| 174th | Turkmenistan | 3.38% | 496.6% |
| 175th | Denmark | 3.39% | -17.8% |
| 176th | Chad | 3.79% | 392.9% |
| 177th | South Sudan | 4.48% | 148.2% |
| 178th | Andorra | 4.84% | 515.4% |
| 179th | Samoa | 5.03% | 193.5% |
| 180th | Azerbaijan | 5.96% | 41.8% |
| 181st | Iraq | 8.10% | 2,248.0% |
| 182nd | Congo, Republic of | 8.94% | 449.0% |
| 183rd | United Arab Emirates | 9.81% | 147.4% |
| 184th | Qatar | 10.39% | 4,175.7% |
| 185th | Oman | 10.53% | 431.9% |
| 186th | Equatorial Guinea | 11.68% | 340.4% |
| 187th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 17.43% | 292.3% |
| 188th | Libya | 23.60% | 59.1% |
| 189th | Nauru | 24.27% | -45.5% |
| 190th | Norway | 25.45% | 147.5% |
| 191st | Kuwait | 29.99% | 200.4% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's budget deficit in 2022?▾
Sri Lanka's budget deficit in 2022 was -10.22%. This ranked 12th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's budget deficit change in 2022?▾
Sri Lanka's budget deficit increased by 12.5% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest budget deficit in 2022?▾
Kuwait had the highest budget deficit in 2022 at 29.99%.
What is the budget deficit of Sri Lanka in 2022?▾
The budget deficit of Sri Lanka in 2022 was -10.22%. This ranked 12th globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Sri Lanka's budget deficit?▾
Sri Lanka's budget deficit went from -11.68% in 2021 to -10.22% in 2022, a 12.5% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Sri Lanka matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 2022. Historically: 128 occurrences, 35 successful (27%). Outcome 24 months later: -0.4%. View full analysis →
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