Topics
Explore
Featured Insight
2025 Vote on Account’s revenue gains may fall short of primary spending increase
On 6 December, Parliament approved the 2025 Vote on Account, allocating funds for the first four months of the year. To understand what a Vote on Account entails, read our blog here. For January to April 2025, primary expenditure—which includes both recurring and capital spending but excludes interest payments—is budgeted at LKR 1,425 billion. This breaks down into LKR 425 billion for capital projects and LKR 1,000 billion for recurrent expenses. The government expects revenue of LKR 1,600 billion, resulting in a primary balance (revenue minus primary expenditure) of LKR 175 billion. Compared to 2024, both expenditure and revenue have increased significantly. Primary expenditure for 2025 is projected to be LKR 454 billion (47%) higher than the LKR 971 billion spent during an average four-month* period in 2024. However, revenue is expected to grow by only LKR 400 billion (33%). This indicates that the primary balance expected for 2025 could be lower than what is achieved in 2024, extrapolating from the first four months of revenue and expenditure budgeted in the vote on account.
Featured Insight
2025 Vote on Account’s revenue gains may fall short of primary spending increase
On 6 December, Parliament approved the 2025 Vote on Account, allocating funds for the first four months of the year. To understand what a Vote on Account entails, read our blog here. For January to April 2025, primary expenditure—which includes both recurring and capital spending but excludes interest payments—is budgeted at LKR 1,425 billion. This breaks down into LKR 425 billion for capital projects and LKR 1,000 billion for recurrent expenses. The government expects revenue of LKR 1,600 billion, resulting in a primary balance (revenue minus primary expenditure) of LKR 175 billion. Compared to 2024, both expenditure and revenue have increased significantly. Primary expenditure for 2025 is projected to be LKR 454 billion (47%) higher than the LKR 971 billion spent during an average four-month* period in 2024. However, revenue is expected to grow by only LKR 400 billion (33%). This indicates that the primary balance expected for 2025 could be lower than what is achieved in 2024, extrapolating from the first four months of revenue and expenditure budgeted in the vote on account.
Featured Insight
2025 Vote on Account’s revenue gains may fall short of primary spending increase
On 6 December, Parliament approved the 2025 Vote on Account, allocating funds for the first four months of the year. To understand what a Vote on Account entails, read our blog here. For January to April 2025, primary expenditure—which includes both recurring and capital spending but excludes interest payments—is budgeted at LKR 1,425 billion. This breaks down into LKR 425 billion for capital projects and LKR 1,000 billion for recurrent expenses. The government expects revenue of LKR 1,600 billion, resulting in a primary balance (revenue minus primary expenditure) of LKR 175 billion. Compared to 2024, both expenditure and revenue have increased significantly. Primary expenditure for 2025 is projected to be LKR 454 billion (47%) higher than the LKR 971 billion spent during an average four-month* period in 2024. However, revenue is expected to grow by only LKR 400 billion (33%). This indicates that the primary balance expected for 2025 could be lower than what is achieved in 2024, extrapolating from the first four months of revenue and expenditure budgeted in the vote on account.
Featured Insight
2025 Vote on Account’s revenue gains may fall short of primary spending increase
On 6 December, Parliament approved the 2025 Vote on Account, allocating funds for the first four months of the year. To understand what a Vote on Account entails, read our blog here. For January to April 2025, primary expenditure—which includes both recurring and capital spending but excludes interest payments—is budgeted at LKR 1,425 billion. This breaks down into LKR 425 billion for capital projects and LKR 1,000 billion for recurrent expenses. The government expects revenue of LKR 1,600 billion, resulting in a primary balance (revenue minus primary expenditure) of LKR 175 billion. Compared to 2024, both expenditure and revenue have increased significantly. Primary expenditure for 2025 is projected to be LKR 454 billion (47%) higher than the LKR 971 billion spent during an average four-month* period in 2024. However, revenue is expected to grow by only LKR 400 billion (33%). This indicates that the primary balance expected for 2025 could be lower than what is achieved in 2024, extrapolating from the first four months of revenue and expenditure budgeted in the vote on account.
Data
Reports
Acts and Gazettes
Insights
Dashboards
Annual Budget Dashboard
Budget Promises
Fiscal Indicators
Fuel Price Tracker
IMF Tracker
Infrastructure Watch
PF Wire
About Us
EN
English
සිංහල
தமிழ்
;
Thank You
Free and Open Access to
Public Finance Data and Analysis
Home
Topics
Expenditure
Expenditure
Insights and analysis of government expenditure.
New Year “Kevili” Table Costs 7 Percent More in 2025
The cost of preparing a traditional kevili table for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year has risen by 7 percent in 2025 compared to the previous year. It remains more than twice as expensive as in 2019.
From The PF Wire
Source:
Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka risks stagflation as prices continue to...
Sri Lanka appears to be entering into an era of extremely high inflation and low growth, stoking serious concerns of stagflation, as the policymakers seem to have lost their grips on the economy, which is now going haywire w...
Read More
Source:
Daily Mirror
National inflation surges to 16.8% in January
In line with Colombo prices, the national consumer prices too climbed in January reaching its highest levels since officials began compiling data for the index in October 2015 as food prices climbed and the non-food prices continued to gain...
Read More
Source:
Ceylon Today
Govt to table Supplementary Estimate of Rs 200B
The Government is planning to table a Supplementary Estimate of Rs 200 billion in Parliament shortly, with the aim of getting it passed to control the spread of COVID-19 pandemic as well as to look after State-related expenses....
Read More
Insight on Expenditure
How did the government finance its expen...
The 2023 fiscal numbers, recently release...
Large Scale Infrastructure Small Scale D...
Sect...
Defence Sector Claims Nearly Half of Sta...
According to the 2023 Budget Estimates, 1...
The Cost of Inflation: Sustaining 2015 C...
Sri Lanka's is set to experience a 160% increase in nominal GDP from the 2015 levels of LKR 1...
Total SOE Losses in the first four month...
During the first four months of 2022 the cumulative loss of State-Ow...
Government Expenditure from 2012-2021
Government Expenditure increased by 126% over the past decade. Expen...
How did the government finance its expen...
The infographics provides details on government expenditure and the...
Fuel Price Tracker : Methodology
FUEL PRICE TRACKER
A Sri Lankan Household Spends 24% of Av...
Sri Lanka's fuel prices increased rapidly within the last few mo...
page
2
of
7
‹
1
2
...
2
...
6
7
›
Featured
Sri Lanka's best kept secret
The lack of fiscal transparency is a key factor that contributed to the present crisis and loss of credibility of the government, both at home and abroad. Several commitments made by the government in its agreement with the International Mon...
Read More
State of the Budget Report Estimates 14% Shortfall...
Sri Lanka is projected to fall short of its budget target on revenue to GDP (gross domestic product) for the 33rd consecutive year in 2024, according to the recently released ‘State of the Budget Report 2024’.
Read More
Sri Lanka’s new personal income tax structure redu...
In his recent address to Parliament, the President announced proposed reforms to Sri Lanka’s Personal Income Tax (PIT) system. These changes include raising the tax-free monthly income threshold from LKR 100,000 to LKR 150,000, a...
Read More
