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Sri Lanka: Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed

1.03Bcurrent USD · 2025-68.4% since 2015

Commitments are the total amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified; data for private nonguaranteed debt are not available. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20251,032,500,000
20241,358,000,000
20231,310,000,000
20221,805,355,762.6
20214,193,424,456.1
20201,680,845,000
20197,797,492,453.7
20184,759,556,015.8
20175,395,988,372.8
20165,672,720,073
20153,262,743,992.4
20146,344,102,248.4
20133,548,246,970.9
20126,536,955,286
20112,961,109,754.1
20104,178,071,523.4
20092,447,432,486
20081,994,873,001.5
20072,189,631,641.3
20061,208,342,521.4
2005938,232,997.9
2004915,429,861.6
2003926,719,290.8
2002868,011,438.4
2001738,084,994.7
2000449,977,178.9
1999716,255,089
1998792,096,372.2
1997776,421,984.8
19961,187,042,464.3
1995624,915,498.7
1994778,378,244.1
1993649,946,222.9
1992549,148,613.7
1991912,778,499
1990837,117,789
1989271,461,452.1
1988879,425,381.3
1987344,822,381.3
1986586,245,150.2
1985354,511,553.8
1984371,370,688.5
1983311,399,026.4
1982639,530,779.3
1981831,575,958.3
1980751,907,819.3
1979320,678,708.1
1978280,772,196.8
1977159,580,485.2
1976213,630,784.3
1975285,779,895
1974235,603,671.7
197392,141,951.1
1972149,712,834.5
1971108,443,306
197081,149,942.1

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-commitments-public-and-publicly-guaranteed (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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