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Sri Lanka: Interest payments (% of revenue)

79.87percent · 2023+107.5% since 2013

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1990 to 2023.

19902023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202379.874
202277.77
202171.62
202071.383
201947.469
201844.099
201739.986
201636.08
201534.89
201436.764
201338.498
201238.295
201137.571
201042.268
200942.681
200830.951
200730.702
200629.746
200529.143
200437.426
200344.025
200243.639
200139.346
200032.904
199930.654
199830.136
199732.1
199631.771
199526.328
199432.149
199327.174
199227.581
199126.185
199027.805

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments (% of revenue). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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