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Sri Lanka: Interest arrears, private creditors

367.23Mcurrent USD · 2025+47045.1% since 2015

Interest in arrears on long-term debt is defined as interest payment due but not paid, on a cumulative basis. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. 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 1971 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025367,232,037.7
2024380,092,605.6
20231,851,904,153
2022807,751,894.1
2021178,978,799.8
2020170,961,280.7
2019169,462,103
2018167,934,605.6
2017160,434,160.8
201660,218,759.1
2015778,940.5
201444,289,141
2013473,219.4
20120
201149,775.7
20108,008.6
200912,643.6
20080
20070
20060
20050
20040
20030
200289,609,661.7
200181,906,365.1
200097,818,380.6
1999120,857,737.9
1998106,807,315.1
199791,547,357.3
1996101,357,718.6
199535,164,260.8
199432,303,998.5
199325,248,098.8
199219,174,348.9
199115,271,564.3
199010,669,642.9
19896,664,342.9
19883,798,173.7
19870
19860
19850
19840
19830
19800
19790
19780
19770
197633,422.5
19750
197411,742.5
197316,262.4
197246,962
197184,359.8

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World Bank (2026). Interest arrears, private creditors. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-arrears-private-creditors (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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