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Sri Lanka - Government Revenue 2021

Name: Sri Lanka Government Revenue 2021
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General government revenue as % of GDP · IMF WEO

8.31% −0.47% from 2020 Global rank: 186th

Sri Lanka's government revenue was 8.31% in 2021, decreased +0.47% from 8.78% in 2020. This was the 186th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Government Revenue by Country - 2021
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Nauru	137.45%	-9.7%
2nd	Tuvalu	100.53%	-24.5%
3rd	Libya	79.53%	126.8%
4th	Kiribati	73.28%	-30.7%
5th	Micronesia, Federated States of	70.97%	5.9%
6th	Marshall Islands	69.98%	-0.5%
7th	Dominica	58.77%	-0.8%
8th	Kuwait	58.33%	-7.5%
9th	Norway	56.60%	4.5%
10th	Palau	55.09%	21.9%
11th	Denmark	53.83%	0.2%
12th	France	52.88%	0.2%
13th	Finland	52.46%	3.0%
14th	Austria	50.33%	2.5%
15th	Belgium	49.54%	0.2%
16th	Sweden	49.17%	0.7%
17th	Greece	49.14%	0.4%
18th	Lesotho	48.83%	-12.2%
19th	Germany	47.50%	1.6%
20th	Italy	47.16%	-0.5%
21st	Vanuatu	46.77%	12.9%
22nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	46.62%	39.3%
23rd	Croatia	45.54%	-1.9%
24th	Slovenia	45.27%	2.6%
25th	Portugal	44.52%	2.6%
26th	Tonga	43.75%	1.5%
27th	Netherlands	43.64%	-1.0%
28th	Luxembourg	43.41%	-1.2%
29th	Montenegro	43.40%	-1.1%
30th	Spain	42.83%	3.4%
31st	Canada	42.41%	2.4%
32nd	Poland	41.82%	2.3%
33rd	Serbia	41.24%	5.4%
34th	Cyprus	40.99%	1.5%
35th	Hungary	40.98%	-5.9%
36th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.47%	-1.0%
37th	Iceland	40.38%	-2.5%
38th	Czechia	40.07%	-1.3%
39th	Slovak Republic	39.81%	1.5%
40th	Estonia	39.53%	0.5%
41st	Latvia	38.87%	0.2%
42nd	New Zealand	38.38%	1.9%
43rd	United Kingdom	38.03%	3.3%
44th	Andorra	37.88%	-8.2%
45th	Brazil	37.74%	9.3%
46th	Israel	36.67%	7.5%
47th	Ukraine	36.52%	-8.0%
48th	Belarus	36.49%	3.7%
49th	Azerbaijan	36.37%	7.9%
50th	Japan	36.35%	2.5%
51st	Lithuania	36.18%	0.7%
52nd	Iraq	35.95%	23.7%
53rd	Solomon Islands	35.91%	-5.4%
54th	Ecuador	35.87%	9.3%
55th	Samoa	35.80%	-0.3%
56th	Russian Federation	35.72%	1.6%
57th	Bulgaria	35.63%	2.7%
58th	Australia	35.40%	-0.9%
59th	South Sudan	34.82%	21.7%
60th	Switzerland	34.14%	0.4%
61st	Argentina	33.55%	-0.8%
62nd	Oman	33.32%	15.4%
63rd	Seychelles	33.07%	6.8%
64th	Mongolia	32.85%	17.8%
65th	Malta	32.48%	-2.6%
66th	Moldova	31.96%	1.9%
67th	United States	31.77%	3.8%
68th	Grenada	31.59%	12.3%
69th	Kyrgyz Republic	31.37%	8.1%
70th	Bhutan	30.87%	5.9%
71st	Namibia	30.58%	-8.5%
72nd	Romania	30.34%	6.3%
73rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	29.99%	11.1%
74th	North Macedonia	29.96%	5.6%
75th	United Arab Emirates	29.90%	6.6%
76th	Qatar	29.61%	-9.1%
77th	Botswana	29.07%	13.3%
78th	Nicaragua	28.75%	9.1%
79th	Jamaica	28.40%	4.2%
80th	Uruguay	27.60%	-2.0%
81st	Türkiye	27.56%	-6.3%
82nd	Albania	27.37%	6.4%
83rd	Liberia	27.28%	-12.7%
84th	Colombia	27.22%	2.4%
85th	South Africa	27.11%	8.5%
86th	Tajikistan	27.00%	8.8%
87th	Mozambique	26.89%	-2.8%
88th	Maldives	26.45%	-0.8%
89th	Suriname	26.36%	44.5%
90th	Algeria	26.23%	-2.8%
91st	Saudi Arabia	26.20%	-3.6%
92nd	Chile	26.09%	18.6%
93rd	Barbados	26.03%	-7.5%
94th	China	26.01%	2.9%
95th	Liechtenstein	25.64%	-33.8%
96th	Honduras	25.64%	7.5%
97th	West Bank and Gaza	25.62%	-0.1%
98th	Tunisia	25.61%	0.5%
99th	Jordan	25.60%	8.6%
100th	El Salvador	25.56%	4.2%
101st	Timor-Leste	25.53%	-40.4%
102nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	25.44%	5.8%
103rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	25.42%	22.9%
104th	Georgia	25.22%	1.1%
105th	Morocco	25.09%	-7.1%
106th	Eswatini	24.80%	-11.8%
107th	Rwanda	24.56%	2.7%
108th	Macao SAR, China	24.52%	-12.1%
109th	Mauritius	24.20%	11.9%
110th	São Tomé and Principe	24.12%	-7.7%
111th	Armenia	24.08%	-4.6%
112th	Korea	24.08%	11.7%
113th	Burundi	23.79%	5.3%
114th	Mauritania	23.38%	9.7%
115th	Uzbekistan	23.34%	1.1%
116th	Cabo Verde	23.28%	-7.8%
117th	Nepal	23.27%	10.7%
118th	Trinidad and Tobago	23.00%	-1.2%
119th	Mexico	22.94%	-2.4%
120th	Congo, Republic of	22.57%	12.8%
121st	Belize	22.44%	-8.7%
122nd	Zambia	22.37%	10.4%
123rd	Ireland	22.22%	1.8%
124th	Mali	21.99%	6.3%
125th	Fiji	21.54%	-11.6%
126th	Aruba	21.41%	-14.4%
127th	Brunei Darussalam	21.12%	20.9%
128th	St. Lucia	21.04%	-2.6%
129th	Puerto Rico (US)	20.97%	0.8%
130th	Philippines	20.97%	2.9%
131st	Angola	20.68%	12.8%
132nd	San Marino	20.67%	-4.2%
133rd	Peru	20.65%	18.1%
134th	India	20.44%	12.6%
135th	Burkina Faso	20.36%	5.7%
136th	Djibouti	20.07%	-13.6%
137th	Bahrain	20.06%	16.1%
138th	Thailand	20.02%	-1.9%
139th	Senegal	19.92%	-0.4%
140th	Guinea-Bissau	19.12%	24.2%
141st	Antigua and Barbuda	18.87%	-4.5%
142nd	Viet Nam	18.69%	1.6%
143rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	18.59%	2.0%
144th	Myanmar	18.43%	24.5%
145th	Malaysia	18.42%	-8.5%
146th	Niger	18.16%	3.5%
147th	Guyana	17.84%	-21.6%
148th	Afghanistan	17.45%	-32.1%
149th	Panama	17.30%	-0.2%
150th	Comoros	17.14%	-6.1%
151st	Togo	17.13%	2.9%
152nd	Kazakhstan	17.10%	-2.3%
153rd	Paraguay	17.06%	0.8%
154th	Bahamas, The	17.02%	-3.6%
155th	Kenya	16.82%	0.9%
156th	Gambia, The	16.73%	-27.2%
157th	Singapore	16.68%	-4.2%
158th	Cambodia	15.81%	-11.1%
159th	Costa Rica	15.69%	12.8%
160th	Côte d'Ivoire	15.60%	4.3%
161st	Dominican Republic	15.50%	8.8%
162nd	Equatorial Guinea	15.37%	6.8%
163rd	Gabon	15.33%	-12.8%
164th	Malawi	15.31%	4.2%
165th	Ghana	15.18%	7.9%
166th	Papua New Guinea	15.13%	3.2%
167th	Lao PDR	15.04%	15.8%
168th	Tanzania	14.86%	-0.2%
169th	Uganda	14.20%	3.8%
170th	Benin	14.15%	-1.7%
171st	Cameroon	14.07%	5.0%
172nd	Turkmenistan	13.94%	4.1%
173rd	Indonesia	13.72%	11.1%
174th	Central African Republic	13.40%	-36.0%
175th	Guinea	13.40%	-4.3%
176th	Pakistan	12.42%	-6.4%
177th	Sierra Leone	12.41%	2.3%
178th	Guatemala	12.31%	15.3%
179th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	12.16%	35.7%
180th	Chad	11.69%	-23.7%
181st	Madagascar	11.07%	-10.7%
182nd	Zimbabwe	10.55%	18.1%
183rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.34%	42.2%
184th	Sudan	9.55%	96.3%
185th	Bangladesh	9.36%	10.6%
186th	Sri Lanka	8.31%	-5.3%
187th	Lebanon	8.25%	-47.9%
188th	Yemen, Republic of	7.33%	15.5%
189th	Haiti	6.96%	-11.9%
190th	Nigeria	5.12%	8.8%
191st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	3.97%	-31.1%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's government revenue in 2021?▾

Sri Lanka's government revenue in 2021 was 8.31%. This ranked 186th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's government revenue change in 2021?▾

Sri Lanka's government revenue decreased by 5.3% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Which country had the highest government revenue in 2021?▾

Nauru had the highest government revenue in 2021 at 137.45%.

What is the government revenue of Sri Lanka in 2021?▾

The government revenue of Sri Lanka in 2021 was 8.31%. This ranked 186th globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Sri Lanka's government revenue?▾

Sri Lanka's government revenue went from 8.78% in 2020 to 8.31% in 2021, a 5.3% decrease.

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