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	Table 101(P.Finance, Liabilty, Debt)
	Government Debt (1948-1996)
	Pf１01e
Year	Local Debts				Foreign Debts	Total Debts	As a Percentage of GDP
	Treasury Bills	Rupee Loans	Other	Total			Local	Foreign	Total
	(Rs Mn.)	(Rs Mn.)	(Rs Mn.)	(Rs Mn.)	(Rs Mn.)	(Rs Mn.)	(%)	(%)	(%)
1948	24	368	0	392	125	517	13.6	4.3	17.9
1949	16	424	0	440	125	565	14.4	4.1	18.5
1950	79	436	14	529	125	654	13.7	3.2	16.9
1951	30	582	14	626	125	751	13.6	2.7	16.3
1952	93	684	75	852	192	1,044	18.9	4.3	23.2
1953	184	731	129	1,044	205	1,249	23.2	4.6	27.8
1954	105	782	66	953	211	1,164	20.1	4.4	24.5
1955	60	829	0	889	232	1,121	17.0	4.4	21.4
1956	68	882	0	950	258	1,208	18.6	5.1	23.7
1957	65	962	105	1,132	278	1,410	21.8	5.3	27.1
1958	140	1,007	91	1,238	293	1,531	22.5	5.3	27.8
1959	320	1,102	138	1,560	307	1,867	24.3	4.8	29.1
1960	550	1,217	170	1,937	345	2,282	29.1	5.2	34.3
1961	750	1,397	198	2,345	407	2,752	34.4	6.0	40.4
1962	1,000	1,515	179	2,694	412	3,106	39.0	6.0	45.0
1963	1,125	1,684	222	3,031	489	3,520	41.6	6.7	48.3
1964	1,250	1,909	216	3,375	549	3,924	43.7	7.1	50.8
1965	1,300	2,150	246	3,696	739	4,435	45.7	9.1	54.8
1966	1,425	2,475	295	4,195	1,074	5,269	50.3	12.9	63.2
1967	1,500	2,785	298	4,583	1,376	5,959	50.7	15.2	65.9
1968	1,750	3,118	329	5,197	1,578	6,775	48.5	14.7	63.2
1969	1,750	3,409	354	5,513	1,800	7,313	47.1	15.4	62.5
1970	1,950	3,925	420	6,295	2,394	8,689	46.1	17.5	63.6
1971	2,025	4,512	446	6,983	2,795	9,778	49.7	19.9	69.6
1972	2,325	5,103	498	7,926	2,936	10,862	52.0	19.3	71.3
1973	2,250	5,812	522	8,584	3,705	12,289	46.6	20.1	66.7
1974	2,250	6,591	604	9,445	2,859	12,304	39.7	12.0	51.7
1975	2,350	7,560	949	10,859	3,705	14,564	40.9	13.9	54.8
1976	2,700	9,001	990	12,691	4,968	17,659	42.0	16.4	58.4
1977	2,500	10,391	1,501	14,392	10,593	24,985	39.5	29.1	68.6
1978	2,635	12,049	1,684	16,368	14,583	30,951	38.4	34.2	72.6
1979	3,000	14,929	1,705	19,634	15,840	35,474	37.5	30.2	67.7
1980	9,800	17,611	1,659	29,070	22,276	51,346	43.7	33.5	77.2
1981	13,920	20,025	1,573	35,518	29,172	64,690	41.8	34.3	76.1
1982	17,320	25,800	2,147	45,267	35,267	80,534	45.6	35.5	81.1
1983	17,400	31,953	2,416	51,769	46,688	98,457	42.6	38.4	81.0
1984	14,860	33,228	3,564	51,652	53,681	105,333	33.6	34.9	68.5
1985	22,280	36,570	3,761	62,611	67,673	130,284	38.6	41.7	80.3
1986	26,173	39,130	4,196	69,499	86,208	155,707	38.7	48.0	86.7
1987	29,850	44,957	4,190	78,997	111,812	190,809	40.2	56.8	97.0
1988	43,700	49,797	5,099	98,596	125,657	224,253	44.4	56.6	101.0
1989	57,246	54,217	6,099	117,562	156,298	273,860	46.7	62.0	108.7
1990	67,968	54,677	11,251	133,896	176,883	310,779	41.6	55.0	96.6
1991	72,968	66,823	12,328	152,119	214,579	366,698	40.9	57.6	98.5
1992	87,096	69,180	13,744	170,020	235,539	405,559	40.0	55.4	95.4
1993	97,196	105,707	10,782	213,685	270,224	483,909	42.8	54.1	96.9
1994	98,896	137,554	12,669	249,119	301,812	550,931	43.0	52.1	95.1
1995	113,771	157,928	14,060	285,759	346,286	632,045	43.2	52.3	95.5
1996	124,996	205,975	18,036	349,007	359,852	708,859	45.4	46.8	92.2
© ２００７， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Annual Report 2000 ,  Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Revised:  2007(y)/07(m)/10(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka