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  Sri Lanka:  GDP at Market Prices

GDP AT MARKET PRICES, CONSUMPTION & INVESTMENT AND SAVINGS (a) - Rupees Million

                   

Net

Domestic Savings

National Savings
     

Consumption

    

Investment

   Private Ratio Ratio
Year GDP Total Private Government   Total Private Government Transfers (% of GDP) (% of GDP)
1959 6,416 5,463 4,582 881 1,113 799 314 -56 14.8 13.4
1960 6,771 5,931 5,020 911   978 675 303   -31 11.7 10.6
1961 6,875 5,838 4,912 926 1,102 707 395 -30 15.2 14.2
1962 6,970 5,989 5,010 979   1,080 677 403   -30 14.2 13.1
1963 7,382 6,350 5,339 1,011 1,160 772 388 -30 14.2 13
1964 7,793 6,845 5,755 1,090   1,113 777 336   -36 12.3 11.3
1965 8,084 7,038 5,881 1,157 1,013 610 403 -24 12.9 12.5
1966 8,337 7,432 6,274 1,158   1,195 842 353   -26 10.8 10.1
1967 9,037 7,917 6,677 1,240 1,377 931 446 -24 12 11.1
1968 10,718 9,336 7,928 1,408   1,699 1,168 531   -13 12.9 12.3
1969 11,695 10,169 8,698 1,471 2,253 1,748 505 -7 13 12.1
1970 13,664 11,505 9,882 1,623   2,589 1,981 608   -5 16.7 15
1971 14,050 11,933 10,169 1,764 2,398 1,662 736 -20 16 14.7
1972 15,247 12,849 10,952 1,897   2,638 1,808 830   -26 16.1 14.8
1973 18,404 16,099 14,083 2,016 2,528 1,874 654 2 12.5 11.5
1974 23,771 21,811 19,068 2,743   3,735 2,261 1,474   -2 8.2 7.5
1975 26,577 24,422 21,942 2,480 4,140 2,637 1,503 19 8.1 7.4
1976 30,203 26,012 22,991 3,021   4,896 2,926 1,970   56 13.9 13.1
1977 36,407 29,816 26,698 3,118 5,259 3,404 1,855 122 18.1 17.7
1978 42,665 36,148 32,105 4,043   8,554 5,831 2,723   342 15.3 15.5
1979 52,387 45,169 40,371 4,798 13,527 9,783 3,744 754 13.8 14.8
                   

Net

Domestic Savings

National Savings
     

Consumption

    

Investment

   Private Ratio Ratio
Year GDP Total Private Government   Total Private Government Transfers (% of GDP) (% of GDP)
1980 66,527 59,084 53,399 5,685   22,465 16,776 5,689   2,260 11.2 13.9
1981 85,005 75,061 68,751 6,310 23,610 19,604 4,006 3,918 11.7 14.3
1982 99,238 87,468 79,226 8,242   30,527 25,583 4,944   5,494 12.1 15.2
1983 121,601 104,834 94,945 9,889 35,132 29,234 5,898 6,441 14.5 17.2
1984 153,746 123,170 111,235 11,935   39,708 32,693 7,015   7,031 20.8 22.9
1985 162,375 143,102 126,503 16,599 38,682 30,890 7,792 7,212 11.9 14.2
1986 179,474 157,850 139,370 18,480   42,463 32,879 9,584   7,983 12.0 14.3
1987 196,723 171,487 151,949 19,538 45,900 34,726 11,174 9,226 12.8 15.3
1988 221,982 195,306 173,457 21,849   50,562 37,437 13,125   10,187 12.0 14.2
1989 251,891 221,090 194,680 26,410 54,722 40,331 14,391 11,840 12.2 14.6
1990 321,784 275,693 244,288 31,405   71,455 58,790 12,665   14,518 14.3 16.8
1991 372,345 324,847 288,214 36,633 85,156 69,273 15,883 16,623 12.8 15.2
1992 425,283 361,438 320,466 40,972   103,239 89,557 13,682   20,253 15.0 17.9
1993 499,565 419,576 373,785 45,791 127,675 106,920 20,755 27,090 16.0 20.2
1994 579,084 490,935 434,933 56,002   156,510 138,849 17,661   30,989 15.2 19.1
1995 667,772 565,661 489,057 76,604 171,825 148,180 23,645 34,820 15.3 19.5
1996 768,128 650,437 569,416 81,021   186,264 162,761 23,503   39,242 15.3 19.0
1997 890,272 736,035 643,839 92,196 217,103 187,150 29,953 46,472 17.3 21.5
1998 1,017,986 823,251 723,506 99,745   255,889 221,879 34,010   54,785 19.1 23.4
1999 1,105,963 890,230 790,379 99,851 301,823 266,593 35,230 62,438 19.5 23.5
2000 1,257,636 1,038,377 906,188 132,189   352,632 311,480 41,152   73,810 17.4 21.5
2001 1,407,398 1,185,482 1,041,041 144,441 309,684 267,318 42,366 87,902 15.8 20.3
2002 1,581,885 1,353,428 1,214,117 139,311   334,804 261,791 73,013   104,940 14.4 19.5
2003(b) 1,761,161 1,481,164  1,341,896  139,268    388,757  295,063  93,693    116,308  15.9  21.6 
2004(c) 2,029,441 1,706,823  1,542,107  164,716    507,189  402,599 104,591    136,607  21.6  21.6 

Notes :                                    

(a)   National account were revised in 1970 and in 1982. The estimates of the latter series are
       given in this table.

The GDP estimates before the revisions are given below:
1970 : GDP (at Market Prices) = Rs. mn. 12,783
1982 : GDP (at Market Prices) = Rs. mn. 100,140
1996 : GDP (at Market Prices) = Rs.  mn. 768,128

(b)   Revised

(c)   Provisional

Sources:    
 

Economic Progress of Independent Sri Lanka, Central Bank, 1998

Annual Report 2000, 2002, Central Bank
Annual Report 1999, Central Bank:
GDP 1996 - 1999, Total Investment 1997 - 1999 (GDP,Investment '97-'99 provisional): Table 10
Consumption: Private '97-99, Government '96-99 (Priv., Gov. '97-99 provisional ): Table 9
Consumption: Total '1996-'99 ( '97-99 provisional): Table 4
Investment: Private,Government 1996-99 ('97-99 provisional): Table 9
Net Private Transfers:1996-99 ('97-99 provisional): Table 10
Domestic,National Saving Ratios: Domestic '96-99, National '95-99 ('97-'99 provisional): Table 1