SRI LANKA AT A GLANCE
Last Update on 6th July 2017
GDP
| GDP at Market Prices (Rs.Bn.) |
6,414 |
9,785 |
11,183 |
11,839 |
| GDP at Market Prices (US$ Bn.) |
56.7 |
74.9 |
82.3 |
81.3 |
| Per Capita GDP at Market Prices (Rs.) |
310,214 |
473,261 |
533,398 |
558,363 |
| Per Capita GDP at Market Prices (US$) |
2,744 |
3,625 |
3,925 |
3,835 |
| GDP (Growth %) |
8.0(a) |
7.4 |
4.8 |
4.4 |
| GNP (Growth %) |
7.9(a) |
7.5 |
4.8 |
4.1 |
| Inflation - GDP Implicit Price Deflator (%) 2010=100 |
7.3(a) |
5.1 |
2.1 |
3.6 |
| Inflation - CCPI (%) (Annual Average) |
6.2 |
6.2 |
0.9 |
3.7 |
| Unemployment (%) |
4.9 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
| Labour Force Participation Rate (%) |
48.1 |
53.3 |
53.8 |
53.8 |
GOVERNMENT DEBT
| TOTAL GOVERNMENT DEBT (Rs. Bn) |
4,590 |
7,391 |
8,503 |
9,387 |
| Total Government Debt (Percent of GDP) |
71.6 |
75.5 |
76.0 |
79.3 |
| Domestic (Percent of GDP) |
40.0 |
43.7 |
44.3 |
45.1 |
| Foreign (Percent of GDP) |
31.6 |
31.8 |
31.7 |
34.2 |
| Total Debt Service (Percent of GDP) |
14.6 |
11.0 |
11.8 |
11.4 |
PROVINCIAL BUDGET
| Revenue (Rs. Bn) |
36.8 |
58.6 |
66.1 |
77.1 |
| Tax Revenue (Rs. Bn) |
31.0 |
52.1 |
59.5 |
69.3 |
| Expenditure (Rs. Bn) |
145.5 |
213.0 |
267.7 |
273.6 |
| Central Government Transfers (Rs. Bn) |
107.0 |
154.4 |
201.6 |
196.5 |
STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
| Share of GDP (%) |
| Agriculture |
8.5 |
9.9 |
9.9 |
7.1 |
| Industry |
26.6 |
33.8 |
26.2 |
26.8 |
| Services |
54.6 |
56.3 |
56.6 |
56.6 |
| Taxes - Subsidier |
10.2 |
- |
9.3 |
9.6 |
| Sectoral Growth (%) |
| Agriculture |
7.0(a) |
0.3 |
5.5 |
-4.2 |
| Industry |
8.4(a) |
11.4 |
3 |
6.7 |
| Services |
8.0(a) |
6.5 |
5.3 |
4.2 |
