Wagner's Law in Sri Lanka: An Econometric Analysis

Table 2

Public expenditure in selected components (% total expenditure).

Period	DEF	EDU	HEL	AGR	TRC
1980–1985	3.04	7.28	4.09	17.47	8.33
1986–1990	6.93	8.66	4.96	11.02	10.65
1991–1995	11.77	9.53	5.11	5.13	8.58
1996–2000	16.07	9.70	5.54	3.84	7.35
2001–2005	11.96	9.13	6.50	3.71	6.56
2006–2010	11.81	9.52	7.02	5.04	11.45
Average	10.26	8.97	5.54	7.70	8.82

Source: [27].
DEF: defense, EDU: education, HEL: health, AGR: agriculture, and TRC: transport and communication.