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Sri Lanka: External debt stocks (% of GNI)

58.89percent · 2024+12.5% since 2014

Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202458.89
202374.589
202281.281
202167.856
202069.313
201964.855
201857.489
201755.148
201654.382
201552.88
201452.359
201352.248
201251.617
201138.442
201037.374
200946.907
200841.065
200744.258
200642.5
200546.875
200456.705
200357.326
200262.16
200157.875
200057.753
199964.679
199858.264
199754.341
199660.567
199565.286
199468.357
199366.757
199266.896
199173.727
199073.587
198974.76
198874.838
198771.456
198664.07
198559.54
198451.071
198356.214
198254.632
198151.047
198045.463
197946.515
197855.24
197732.398
197630.812
197524.273
197424.262
197324.084
197223.569
197124.105
197020.338

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks (% of GNI). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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