South Asia · Partial data: missing GF10, GF0107
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
19.3%
-5.4 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
1.28%
-4.6 pts since 1995
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
96.8%
of GDP · +19 pts since 1995
Population · 2025
21.8m
23.9% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Sri Lanka yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare fell from 2.2% to 1.2% of GDP between 2000 and 2023.
Defence fell from 5.9% to 1.3% of GDP between 1995 and 2025.
Education fell from 3.0% to 1.8% of GDP between 1995 and 2023.
Total spending fell from 24.8% to 16.6% of GDP between 1995 and 2013, then rose to 19.3% by 2024.
Gross debt rose from 77.8% to 115.9% of GDP between 1995 and 2022, then fell to 96.8% by 2025.
Population grew from 17.6 million in 1995 to 21.8 million in 2025; the UN projects 23.1 million by 2050.