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Sri Lanka: Net foreign assets

212.60Bcurrent LCU · 2019-49.6% since 2009

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1960 to 2019.

19802019

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
2019212,598,027,151.15
201820,464,315,313.356
201760,724,115,963.509
2016-318,753,609,189.621
2015-364,124,473,584.384
2014-51,329,725,710.588
2013-147,460,107,983.988
20129,444,652,571.859
2011131,578,831,187.313
2010389,100,128,218.797
2009422,234,297,524.262
200888,005,707,334.624
2007224,430,838,634.235
2006171,105,490,126.865
2005207,813,074,870.897
2004163,458,078,813.434
2003162,507,402,375.791
2002101,310,441,998.33
200167,473,347,009.452
200061,573,359,834.724
199994,870,385,142.334
199898,861,757,907.864
199782,210,243,463.825
199653,867,164,447.426
199556,232,013,334.805
199425,167,135,928.145
199313,772,449,718.884
1992-2,992,217,500
1991-6,053,278,920.084
1990-11,096,809,720.544
1989-12,166,729,952
1988-4,448,266,118.486
1987-1,477,943,040.035
19862,738,883.084
19851,075,072,212.254
19842,956,039,913.86
1983-5,458,824,336.943
1982-4,961,620,604.287
1981-4,392,578,598.973
1980-3,399,859,736.165
19792,506,395,430.922
19782,370,504,263.078
19771,744,287,762.375
1976-633,065,871.281
1975-720,827,629.055
1974-384,494,683.738
1973-139,981,089.361
1972-434,942,167.986
1971-393,753,978.699
1970-629,641,997.596
1969-628,551,362.598
1968-339,560,902.396
1967-209,635,032.498
1966-13,528,384
1965220,733,446.002
1964126,352,438
1963109,000,000
1962163,000,000
1961248,000,000
1960323,000,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Net foreign assets. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-foreign-assets (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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