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Sri Lanka: External debt stocks, total

56.83Bcurrent USD · 2024+34.5% since 2014

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. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202456,827,528,393.8
202360,544,707,010.4
202258,718,751,204.5
202158,741,883,598.1
202056,875,086,630.2
201956,118,735,647
201852,920,652,662.2
201750,766,665,978.7
201646,662,738,616.2
201543,926,833,891.1
201442,264,361,571.6
201339,316,198,514.4
201235,735,908,567.5
201125,795,379,781.1
201021,684,210,688.5
200919,504,201,128
200816,320,821,885.1
200714,161,321,567.6
200611,853,449,200.4
200511,300,134,209.5
200411,600,420,988.8
200310,725,993,550
200210,122,942,033.8
20018,952,124,828.1
20009,249,848,286.4
19999,943,050,525
19989,057,333,356.1
19978,106,316,372.4
19968,298,763,054.9
19958,395,502,196.9
19947,960,615,109.6
19936,902,629,411
19926,476,089,777.8
19916,580,740,209.6
19905,867,509,111.8
19895,185,722,277.5
19885,209,633,062.8
19874,754,428,931.3
19864,086,689,689.8
19853,544,639,145.8
19842,998,355,044.3
19832,890,238,573.3
19822,632,029,310.2
19812,241,837,854.3
19801,849,029,664.4
19791,562,193,769.5
19781,381,702,821.7
19771,141,630,267.8
1976941,714,519.8
1975817,840,849.6
1974783,763,828
1973631,606,118.9
1972554,360,219.3
1971520,236,827.6
1970435,678,442.4

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

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