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  Table 66 (P.Finance, Payment)    
  Government Expenditure (% of GDP) (1948-1996)  
  pf66e       (%)  
Year Current Expenditure Capital Expenditure Total Expenditure
Public Service Social Service Economic Service  Other  Total Public Service Social Service Economic Service  Other  Total
1948 2.2 8.5 2.6 1.8 15.1 0.2 0.6 4.6 0.0 5.4 20.5
1949 2.3 8.2 2.9 1.3 14.8 0.4 1.1 5.6 0.0 7.1 21.9
1950 1.9 6.3 2.5 1.2 11.9 0.8 1.3 4.5 0.0 6.6 18.5
1951 2.3 7.9 3.8 1.0 15.0 0.2 1.1 4.0 0.3 5.6 20.6
1952 2.2 11.8 4.1 1.1 19.2 0.3 1.4 5.9 0.8 8.4 27.6
1953 2.6 9.1 4.5 1.4 17.6 0.6 1.7 5.5 0.2 8.0 25.6
1954 2.4 4.7 2.4 4.6 14.2 0.5 1.3 4.3 0.1 6.2 20.4
1955 2.7 4.5 2.7 4.7 14.6 0.3 1.5 4.7 0.2 6.7 21.3
1956 2.9 5.0 2.6 6.4 16.9 0.5 2.0 5.0 1.0 8.5 25.4
1957 3.3 9.3 4.7 1.5 18.8 0.4 1.7 3.4 2.1 7.6 26.4
1958 3.6 9.9 4.7 2.1 20.4 0.7 1.5 4.8 2.1 9.1 29.5
1959 3.2 10.2 4.7 1.8 19.9 0.7 1.2 4.4 1.4 7.7 27.6
1960 3.3 11.1 4.6 1.5 20.5 0.6 1.1 4.3 1.5 7.5 28.0
1961 3.6 11.7 4.8 1.4 21.6 0.4 1.2 4.7 1.3 7.6 29.2
1962 3.4 11.8 4.7 1.8 21.7 0.4 1.4 5.1 1.6 8.5 30.2
1963 3.7 11.3 4.7 1.4 21.1 0.3 1.1 3.5 1.5 6.4 27.5
1964 3.6 13.0 4.5 1.5 22.7 0.2 1.2 3.7 1.0 6.1 28.8
1965 3.5 12.0 4.6 1.4 21.4 0.2 1.1 4.2 1.2 6.7 28.1
1966 3.6 11.8 4.6 1.5 21.5 0.3 0.7 4.8 1.4 7.2 28.7
1967 3.5 10.0 4.8 1.8 20.1 0.3 1.0 5.5 1.1 7.9 28.0
1968 3.3 10.4 4.3 2.5 20.4 0.1 0.9 3.9 2.5 7.4 27.8
1969 2.9 5.5 1.1 10.9 20.4 0.1 1.0 3.8 2.8 7.7 28.1
1970 3.0 5.4 1.0 10.1 19.5 0.1 0.9 3.1 2.3 6.4 25.9
1971 3.6 5.3 1.1 11.2 21.2 0.2 0.7 2.5 2.3 5.7 26.9
1972 3.8 5.2 1.0 12.2 22.2 0.3 0.9 2.8 2.0 6.0 28.2
1973 3.1 4.7 9.0 12.3 21.0 0.3 0.7 2.8 2.5 6.3 27.3
1974 3.5 3.8 0.7 10.9 19.0 0.3 0.5 2.7 1.8 5.3 24.3
1975 3.4 3.8 0.6 11.5 19.4 0.3 0.8 3.3 3.1 7.5 26.9
1976 3.3 9.8 1.2 4.1 18.4 0.5 1.0 7.5 0.0 9.0 27.4
1977 3.0 9.7 1.1 3.1 16.9 0.4 0.7 5.1 0.0 6.2 23.1
1978 4.2 12.7 3.2 4.3 24.4 0.8 1.4 10.6 0.0 12.8 37.2
1979 4.2 10.4 2.6 3.5 20.7 1.0 2.4 11.2 0.2 14.8 35.5
1980 3.7 8.4 3.3 3.0 18.5 1.1 1.9 14.6 0.5 18.1 36.6
1981 2.9 6.8 2.5 5.1 17.2 0.6 2.1 11.0 0.2 13.9 31.1
1982 3.1 6.8 2.7 5.8 18.5 1.0 1.7 13.6 0.0 16.3 34.8
1983 2.9 6.4 2.5 6.3 18.1 0.6 1.7 11.4 0.1 13.8 31.9
1984 2.8 5.8 2.2 5.2 16.0 0.6 0.9 11.8 0.3 13.6 29.6
1985 5.4 6.4 1.6 6.8 20.1 0.6 1.1 11.7 0.4 13.8 33.9
1986 4.8 6.1 2.2 5.8 18.9 0.7 1.4 12.0 0.3 14.4 33.3
1987 5.6 6.5 1.5 6.5 20.1 0.9 1.4 10.6 0.3 13.2 33.3
1988 6.0 6.9 1.8 6.0 20.8 1.2 1.3 9.5 0.5 12.5 33.3
1989 5.8 7.8 1.5 7.5 22.6 1.0 1.4 7.5 0.5 10.4 33.0
1990 5.6 7.6 1.6 7.6 22.3 1.1 0.9 5.8 0.3 8.1 30.4
1991 5.3 8.5 1.1 7.6 22.5 0.7 0.8 7.0 0.3 8.8 31.3
1992 5.7 7.7 0.9 6.7 21.1 0.5 1.4 4.8 0.3 7.0 28.1
1993 5.5 7.5 0.9 6.6 20.5 0.8 1.2 5.9 0.2 8.1 28.6
1994 5.3 8.2 1.1 7.4 21.9 0.4 1.3 5.1 0.2 7.0 28.9
1995 7.2 8.6 1.2 6.1 23.1 0.9 1.5 5.4 0.2 8.0 31.1
1996 6.9 7.7 1.1 6.4 22.2 0.4 1.5 4.3 0.1 6.3 28.5
© 2011, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised:  2011(y)/01(m)/30(d)
Source:  Chief Editor:
Annual Report 2000 ,  Central Bank of Sri Lanka    Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka