Taxes on goods and services (current LCU), per square kilometre in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Taxes on goods and services (current LCU), per square kilometre was 22.90 million current LCU per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Taxes on goods and services (current LCU), per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current LCU per square kilometre.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 22.90 million current LCU per square kilometre for taxes on goods and services (current lcu), per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 62.3% on the previous year and up 183.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services (current lcu), per square kilometre in Sri Lanka peaked at 22.90 million current LCU per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 500,526 current LCU per square kilometre, in 1990.
Sri Lanka ranks 21st of 157 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taxes on goods and services (current LCU), per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | current LCU per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 500,526 current LCU per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 560,357 current LCU per square kilometre | +12.0% |
| 1992 | 640,233 current LCU per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 789,188 current LCU per square kilometre | +23.3% |
| 1994 | 911,434 current LCU per square kilometre | +15.5% |
| 1995 | 1.15 million current LCU per square kilometre | +25.7% |
| 1996 | 1.26 million current LCU per square kilometre | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 1.40 million current LCU per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1998 | 1.46 million current LCU per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 1.63 million current LCU per square kilometre | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 1.96 million current LCU per square kilometre | +19.9% |
| 2001 | 2.18 million current LCU per square kilometre | +11.3% |
| 2002 | 2.39 million current LCU per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 2.43 million current LCU per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 3.05 million current LCU per square kilometre | +25.6% |
| 2005 | 3.63 million current LCU per square kilometre | +19.0% |
| 2006 | 4.13 million current LCU per square kilometre | +13.7% |
| 2007 | 4.56 million current LCU per square kilometre | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 4.89 million current LCU per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 4.34 million current LCU per square kilometre | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 5.67 million current LCU per square kilometre | +30.5% |
| 2011 | 6.50 million current LCU per square kilometre | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 7.85 million current LCU per square kilometre | +20.8% |
| 2013 | 8.08 million current LCU per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 8.60 million current LCU per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 11.70 million current LCU per square kilometre | +36.1% |
| 2016 | 13.58 million current LCU per square kilometre | +16.1% |
| 2017 | 16.54 million current LCU per square kilometre | +21.8% |
| 2018 | 17.12 million current LCU per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 15.71 million current LCU per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 9.23 million current LCU per square kilometre | -41.2% |
| 2021 | 10.40 million current LCU per square kilometre | +12.6% |
| 2022 | 14.11 million current LCU per square kilometre | +35.7% |
| 2023 | 22.90 million current LCU per square kilometre | +62.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.03 million current LCU per square kilometre | 500,526 current LCU per square kilometre | 1.63 million current LCU per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.36 million current LCU per square kilometre | 1.96 million current LCU per square kilometre | 4.89 million current LCU per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.13 million current LCU per square kilometre | 5.67 million current LCU per square kilometre | 17.12 million current LCU per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.16 million current LCU per square kilometre | 9.23 million current LCU per square kilometre | 22.90 million current LCU per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 18 Maldives 30.47 million current LCU per square kilometre compare
- 19 Burundi 25.49 million current LCU per square kilometre compare
- 20 Jamaica 24.34 million current LCU per square kilometre compare
- 22 Iran 22.50 million current LCU per square kilometre compare
- 23 Serbia 14.16 million current LCU per square kilometre compare
- 24 Dominican Republic 11.73 million current LCU per square kilometre compare
More public sector data for Sri Lanka
- Arms imports 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4107 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 80 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 60.84 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0134 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 14.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.33 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 80.83 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services (current lcu), per square kilometre in Sri Lanka?
- Taxes on goods and services (current lcu), per square kilometre in Sri Lanka was 22.90 million current LCU per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest taxes on goods and services (current lcu), per square kilometre recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 22.90 million current LCU per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services (current lcu), per square kilometre recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 500,526 current LCU per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for taxes on goods and services (current lcu), per square kilometre?
- Sri Lanka ranks 21st out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
- Is taxes on goods and services (current lcu), per square kilometre rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 183.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Taxes on goods and services (current LCU), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Taxes on goods and services (current LCU) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Taxes on goods and services (current LCU) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Taxes on goods and services Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Taxes on goods and services (current LCU) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.