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Sri Lanka: Net flows on external debt, long-term

-1.09Bcurrent USD · 2025-145.4% since 2015

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. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-1,085,428,000
2024-622,724,000
20232,748,957,000
20221,311,964,000
20211,494,584,000
202069,143,000
20192,640,135,000
20181,732,767,000
20172,624,533,000
20162,903,797,000
20152,391,474,000
20142,410,893,000
20134,258,060,000
20126,573,285,000
20112,378,153,000
20102,363,500,000
20091,235,914,000
2008421,997,000
20071,131,908,000
2006518,565,000
2005682,920,000
2004333,784,000
2003528,474,000
2002201,602,000
2001116,348,000
2000303,327,000
199990,037,000
1998623,518,000
1997519,151,000
1996384,085,000
1995424,472,000
1994258,580,000
1993227,872,000
1992150,730,000
1991595,061,000
1990317,550,000
1989251,807,000
1988191,370,000
1987185,041,000
1986357,615,000
1985339,896,000
1984341,961,000
1983298,517,000
1982395,435,000
1981344,521,000
1980220,323,000
1979112,745,000
1978126,483,000
197749,236,000
197695,936,000
197538,883,000
197494,112,000
197344,738,000
197237,850,000
197159,951,000
197036,230,000

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Net flows on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-flows-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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