This publication presents the first estimates of Sri Lanka's health expenditure based on the new System of Health Accounts 2011 (SHA 2011), which has been endorsed for international reporting by the WHO, OECD and Eurostat.

This publication presents revised estimates of health spending in Sri Lanka for 1990–2012 that comply with the System of Health Accounts (SHA) which is the global standard for reporting health expenditures published by the OECD.