Sri Lanka's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) was 74.23% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.37 percentage points from 72.86% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 74.23% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 73.3% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 72.86% | 2015 |
| Highest | 90.61% | 1960 |
| Lowest | 66.97% | 2017 |
| Average since 2016 | 72.65% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 90.61% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Sri Lanka's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) fell 2.03 percentage points on 2024 (from 76.26% to 74.23%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2024), the average change was +0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.64 percentage points in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.86 percentage points in 1961. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.95 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 65% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Sri Lanka had the 91st highest value of the 132 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Sri Lanka in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
All 61 values
| Year | Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.23 |
| 2024 | 76.26 |
| 2023 | 77.88 |
| 2022 | 76.29 |
| 2021 | 70.65 |
| 2020 | 73.3 |
| 2019 | 71.67 |
| 2018 | 68.86 |
| 2017 | 66.97 |
| 2016 | 70.37 |
| 2015 |
Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — 78.02% (2025)
- Bhutan — 73.77% (2024)
- India — 67.44% (2025)
- Maldives — 69.25% (2024)
- Nepal — 93.11% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$9.1 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 2.74 trillion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$6.84 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) — 929.67 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.36% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$18.63 billion (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 5.61 trillion (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 17.12% (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sri Lanka's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)?
- 74.23% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 16.38 percentage points from 90.61% in 1960. The highest value was 90.61% in 1960 and the lowest 66.97% in 2017.
- How does Sri Lanka rank?
- 91st highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) unusual for Sri Lanka?
- In 2025, Sri Lanka's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) fell 2.03 percentage points on 2024 (from 76.26% to 74.23%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2024), the average change was +0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.TOTL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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