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

398.04Mcurrent USD · 2025+26.8% since 2015

Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. 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
2025398,041,000
2024121,591,000
2023-2,595,094,000
2022-789,671,000
2021221,836,000
2020-55,403,000
2019250,868,000
2018166,000,000
2017490,000,000
2016-234,000,000
2015314,000,000
2014492,000,000
2013352,000,000
20122,843,319,000
20111,160,118,000
2010-1,137,917,000
2009828,457,000
20081,387,601,000
2007645,891,000
2006-80,607,000
2005-258,862,000
2004273,000,000
2003-86,769,000
2002206,709,000
200165,210,000
2000-217,950,000
1999494,780,000
1998-65,980,000
1997-81,640,000
1996-56,520,000
1995-5,840,000
1994264,870,000
199310,480,000
1992-163,550,000
19910
1990-30,000
1989-182,770,000
1988303,650,000
198788,764,000
1986-21,664,000
198511,524,000
1984-88,879,000
19837,745,000
198271,932,000
1981-15,848,000
198083,776,000
197926,000,000
1978-36,000,000
197764,000,000
197610,000,000
19753,000,000
197414,000,000
19736,000,000
19723,000,000
19718,000,000
197038,000,000

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

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