World Bank · Debt
Sri Lanka: Net flows on external debt, central bank
-902.02Mcurrent USD · 2025-85970.9% since 2015
Central bank long-term debt are aggregated. The central bank is the financial institution (or institutions) that exercises control over key aspects of the financial system. The monetary authority, normally the agency that issues currency and holds the country’s international reserves. Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. 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. Reported as: PPG. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1971 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -902,023,000 | |
| 2024 | -901,991,000 | |
| 2023 | 2,197,995,000 | |
| 2022 | -2,018,000 | |
| 2021 | 1,548,538,203.4 | |
| 2020 | 397,908,000 | |
| 2019 | -1,407,000 | |
| 2018 | -1,285,000 | |
| 2017 | -1,156,000 | |
| 2016 | -1,039,000 | |
| 2015 | -1,048,000 | |
| 2014 | -1,140,000 | |
| 2013 | -1,138,106 | |
| 2012 | -1,142,000 | |
| 2011 | -1,184,000 | |
| 2010 | -1,136,000 | |
| 2009 | -412,000 | |
| 2008 | -254,000 | |
| 2007 | -119,000 | |
| 2006 | 549,000 | |
| 2005 | 3,967,000 | |
| 2004 | 9,378,000 | |
| 2003 | 7,611,000 | |
| 2002 | 10,305,000 | |
| 2001 | 1,893,611 | |
| 2000 | 8,659,737.6 | |
| 1999 | 8,323,091.2 | |
| 1998 | -66,992.8 | |
| 1997 | -8,815,686.7 | |
| 1996 | -8,875,064.2 | |
| 1995 | -8,899,020.5 | |
| 1994 | 24,856,174.8 | |
| 1993 | -399,444 | |
| 1992 | -423,688.5 | |
| 1991 | -399,249.2 | |
| 1990 | -409,511.7 | |
| 1989 | -351,538.8 | |
| 1988 | -376,593 | |
| 1987 | -375,006.4 | |
| 1986 | -305,289.3 | |
| 1985 | -648,052.3 | |
| 1984 | -624,703.3 | |
| 1983 | -624,083.7 | |
| 1982 | -611,315.3 | |
| 1981 | -607,193.5 | |
| 1980 | -656,733.9 | |
| 1979 | -451,193.9 | |
| 1978 | -253,000 | |
| 1977 | -235,000 | |
| 1976 | 299,000 | |
| 1975 | 199,000 | |
| 1974 | 205,000 | |
| 1973 | 2,240,596.2 | |
| 1972 | 4,301,295.9 | |
| 1971 | 617,000 |
Source
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