Sri Lanka on course for lowest budget deficit in decades while outperforming fiscal targets

As 2025 draws to a close, Sri Lanka is set to record its highest revenue intake and lowest fiscal deficit in many decades, with data for the first 11 months showing only a fraction of the deficit recorded in 2024.

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According to the latest available fiscal data, in the 11 months to November 2025, the government collected a record Rs.4,961.76 billion in revenue, up a robust 35.4 percent year-on-year or Rs.1,297.12 billion higher than the same period last year.

This performance is also expected to outperform the revised full-year revenue estimate of Rs.5,100 billion.