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Sri Lanka - Government Revenue 2017

Name: Sri Lanka Government Revenue 2017
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General government revenue as % of GDP · IMF WEO

12.79% −0.43% from 2016 Global rank: 179th

Sri Lanka's government revenue was 12.79% in 2017, decreased +0.43% from 13.22% in 2016. This was the 179th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Government Revenue by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Kiribati	126.15%	5.9%
2nd	Nauru	118.45%	3.1%
3rd	Tuvalu	108.54%	-26.2%
4th	South Sudan	106.53%	128.2%
5th	Micronesia, Federated States of	79.49%	13.5%
6th	Marshall Islands	68.08%	12.3%
7th	Kuwait	67.19%	0.0%
8th	France	54.30%	1.3%
9th	Norway	54.18%	-0.5%
10th	Timor-Leste	53.50%	-5.2%
11th	Denmark	52.29%	-0.7%
12th	Finland	52.22%	-2.2%
13th	Belgium	51.49%	1.1%
14th	Dominica	50.71%	-14.9%
15th	Sweden	50.54%	0.3%
16th	Greece	49.59%	-1.9%
17th	Austria	49.05%	-0.3%
18th	Lesotho	48.43%	8.4%
19th	Italy	46.27%	-0.6%
20th	Germany	45.88%	0.0%
21st	Croatia	44.86%	0.1%
22nd	Iceland	44.79%	-23.0%
23rd	Slovenia	44.66%	-0.5%
24th	Hungary	44.19%	-1.5%
25th	Netherlands	44.11%	-0.1%
26th	Tonga	43.26%	12.0%
27th	Luxembourg	42.64%	1.7%
28th	Portugal	42.48%	-1.0%
29th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.77%	-0.1%
30th	Montenegro	40.72%	-1.9%
31st	Cyprus	40.56%	1.2%
32nd	Canada	40.34%	0.1%
33rd	Czechia	39.93%	-0.3%
34th	Serbia	39.83%	1.6%
35th	Poland	39.65%	2.5%
36th	Palau	39.64%	-3.6%
37th	Ukraine	39.31%	2.6%
38th	Slovak Republic	38.80%	1.3%
39th	Belarus	38.71%	-0.8%
40th	Andorra	38.19%	-1.2%
41st	Solomon Islands	38.11%	5.7%
42nd	Spain	37.95%	0.2%
43rd	Estonia	37.79%	-1.3%
44th	Israel	37.21%	3.0%
45th	Latvia	36.98%	-0.1%
46th	New Zealand	36.94%	-1.2%
47th	Eritrea	36.76%	24.6%
48th	United Kingdom	36.66%	0.9%
49th	Brazil	36.33%	-3.2%
50th	Malta	36.11%	-1.2%
51st	Vanuatu	35.94%	4.2%
52nd	Australia	35.06%	0.5%
53rd	Ecuador	34.71%	2.6%
54th	Argentina	34.43%	-1.3%
55th	Azerbaijan	34.23%	-0.1%
56th	Iraq	33.97%	21.7%
57th	Lithuania	33.73%	-2.3%
58th	Japan	33.59%	-0.1%
59th	Switzerland	33.57%	2.7%
60th	Botswana	33.53%	-3.7%
61st	Russian Federation	33.36%	1.4%
62nd	Kyrgyz Republic	33.29%	0.5%
63rd	Namibia	33.10%	2.0%
64th	Bulgaria	32.85%	-4.1%
65th	Seychelles	32.58%	-5.5%
66th	Macao SAR, China	31.92%	5.6%
67th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	30.79%	-6.0%
68th	Türkiye	30.56%	-4.7%
69th	United States	30.40%	-1.9%
70th	Moldova	30.33%	5.0%
71st	North Macedonia	29.03%	2.2%
72nd	Oman	28.97%	15.9%
73rd	Samoa	28.90%	7.0%
74th	São Tomé and Principe	28.82%	-13.4%
75th	Algeria	28.70%	13.3%
76th	China	28.68%	1.1%
77th	Mongolia	28.46%	16.7%
78th	Romania	28.16%	-3.9%
79th	Tajikistan	28.13%	-5.4%
80th	Eswatini	27.98%	9.2%
81st	Liberia	27.94%	-12.5%
82nd	Qatar	27.84%	-10.0%
83rd	Albania	27.76%	0.4%
84th	Maldives	27.34%	-0.3%
85th	Jamaica	27.32%	3.9%
86th	West Bank and Gaza	27.29%	-3.6%
87th	Uruguay	27.22%	0.9%
88th	St. Kitts and Nevis	27.21%	-8.8%
89th	United Arab Emirates	27.08%	-5.8%
90th	Afghanistan	27.06%	-3.9%
91st	Colombia	26.83%	-3.2%
92nd	Georgia	26.76%	1.6%
93rd	Liechtenstein	26.63%	-2.2%
94th	Mozambique	26.61%	12.4%
95th	Honduras	26.45%	-2.0%
96th	Brunei Darussalam	26.18%	48.2%
97th	Bhutan	26.09%	-7.3%
98th	Jordan	25.98%	-0.6%
99th	Fiji	25.85%	-2.0%
100th	South Africa	25.84%	-1.3%
101st	Barbados	25.83%	0.9%
102nd	Grenada	25.60%	-2.3%
103rd	El Salvador	25.56%	5.0%
104th	Nicaragua	25.55%	2.6%
105th	Cabo Verde	25.35%	6.0%
106th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	25.09%	-7.4%
107th	Ireland	24.98%	-6.6%
108th	Morocco	24.58%	1.9%
109th	Belize	24.19%	4.3%
110th	Mexico	23.98%	0.6%
111th	Libya	23.86%	87.2%
112th	Djibouti	23.65%	-5.8%
113th	Guyana	23.17%	5.5%
114th	Tunisia	23.12%	8.3%
115th	Chile	22.87%	0.7%
116th	Hong Kong SAR, China	22.85%	0.9%
117th	Rwanda	22.58%	-1.3%
118th	Saudi Arabia	22.36%	11.3%
119th	San Marino	22.08%	-5.0%
120th	Mauritius	21.98%	6.8%
121st	St. Lucia	21.98%	0.6%
122nd	Aruba	21.97%	-7.2%
123rd	Lebanon	21.92%	13.0%
124th	Armenia	21.24%	-0.8%
125th	Thailand	21.10%	-3.1%
126th	Congo, Republic of	21.03%	-13.3%
127th	Nepal	20.95%	3.9%
128th	Uzbekistan	20.93%	-12.8%
129th	Mauritania	20.83%	-0.7%
130th	Puerto Rico (US)	20.82%	8.8%
131st	Korea	20.71%	3.2%
132nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	20.66%	7.7%
133rd	Trinidad and Tobago	20.49%	-4.2%
134th	Suriname	20.12%	13.5%
135th	Mali	20.06%	9.5%
136th	India	20.00%	-0.5%
137th	Antigua and Barbuda	19.83%	-16.1%
138th	Kazakhstan	19.82%	16.5%
139th	Malaysia	19.63%	-3.1%
140th	Viet Nam	19.57%	2.6%
141st	Senegal	19.50%	-5.8%
142nd	Burkina Faso	19.34%	4.3%
143rd	Panama	19.29%	-0.6%
144th	Gambia, The	19.27%	46.6%
145th	Burundi	19.09%	23.4%
146th	Singapore	18.85%	1.7%
147th	Comoros	18.75%	40.1%
148th	Philippines	18.71%	2.4%
149th	Peru	17.83%	-3.0%
150th	Kenya	17.80%	-0.5%
151st	Paraguay	17.62%	1.7%
152nd	Equatorial Guinea	17.48%	3.4%
153rd	Zambia	17.48%	-4.2%
154th	Bahrain	17.31%	3.6%
155th	Bahamas, The	17.01%	1.6%
156th	Guinea-Bissau	16.79%	10.6%
157th	Gabon	16.41%	-4.2%
158th	Lao PDR	16.29%	1.7%
159th	Myanmar	16.27%	-13.1%
160th	Togo	16.06%	1.2%
161st	Papua New Guinea	15.89%	-1.4%
162nd	Malawi	15.84%	6.7%
163rd	Cambodia	15.42%	3.2%
164th	Niger	15.39%	3.3%
165th	Angola	15.29%	-1.0%
166th	Guinea	15.28%	-4.4%
167th	Tanzania	15.21%	2.6%
168th	Turkmenistan	14.93%	27.2%
169th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	14.86%	1.5%
170th	Côte d'Ivoire	14.84%	1.6%
171st	Cameroon	14.50%	1.4%
172nd	Indonesia	14.18%	-1.3%
173rd	Dominican Republic	14.14%	1.7%
174th	Pakistan	13.96%	1.2%
175th	Ghana	13.62%	3.6%
176th	Benin	13.51%	21.3%
177th	Costa Rica	13.28%	-2.8%
178th	Madagascar	12.84%	3.2%
179th	Sri Lanka	12.79%	-3.3%
180th	Uganda	12.46%	-0.7%
181st	Zimbabwe	12.43%	3.9%
182nd	Central African Republic	12.06%	-1.5%
183rd	Guatemala	11.39%	-0.5%
184th	Chad	11.14%	14.8%
185th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	10.60%	-20.9%
186th	Haiti	9.92%	-7.0%
187th	Sierra Leone	9.36%	-1.7%
188th	Bangladesh	8.07%	-4.4%
189th	Sudan	6.74%	11.3%
190th	Nigeria	4.67%	28.5%
191st	Yemen, Republic of	3.49%	-53.9%
192nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	3.25%	40.6%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's government revenue in 2017?▾

Sri Lanka's government revenue in 2017 was 12.79%. This ranked 179th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's government revenue change in 2017?▾

Sri Lanka's government revenue decreased by 3.3% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest government revenue in 2017?▾

Kiribati had the highest government revenue in 2017 at 126.15%.

What is the government revenue of Sri Lanka in 2017?▾

The government revenue of Sri Lanka in 2017 was 12.79%. This ranked 179th globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Sri Lanka's government revenue?▾

Sri Lanka's government revenue went from 13.22% in 2016 to 12.79% in 2017, a 3.3% decrease.

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