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South Asia: Central Government Expenditures
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Country |
Current Revenue % of GDP (a) |
Total Expenditure % of GDP |
Overall Budget Deficit (Including Grants) % of GDP |
Financing From Abroad % of GDP |
Domestic Financing % of GDP |
Debt & Interest Payments |
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Total debt % of GDP |
Interest % of current revenue |
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|
1990 |
1998 |
1990 |
1998 |
1990 |
1998 |
1990 |
1998 |
1990 |
1998 |
1998 |
1998 |
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Bangladesh |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
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India |
12.6 |
11.5 |
16.3 |
14.9 |
-7.7 |
-4.8 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
7.1 |
4.8 |
49.7 |
35.7 |
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Nepal |
8.4 |
10.4 |
17.2 |
17.3 |
-6.8 |
-4.6 |
5.4 |
2.8 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
66.4 |
12.0 |
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Pakistan |
19.1 |
16.2 |
22.4 |
21.8 |
-5.4 |
-6.4 |
2.3 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
4.8 |
79.1 |
42.2 |
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Sri Lanka |
21.0 |
17.2 |
28.4 |
24.9 |
-7.8 |
-8.0 |
3.6 |
1.0 |
4.2 |
7.0 |
89.2 |
31.4 |
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Note: (a) =
Excluding grants
Data Sources: The data on Central Government Finances are from
the IMF’ s “Government Finance Statistics Yearbook, 2000” and IMF data
files. Each country’s accounts are reported using the system of common
definitions and classifications in the IMF’ s “Manual on Government Finance
Statistics (1986)”. See these sources for complete and authoritative
explanations of concepts, definitions and data sources
Report: World Development Indicators: 2001, The
World Bank, Washington, 2001.