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

-2.38Bcurrent USD · 2025-247.6% since 2015

Net transfers are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. 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
2025-2,381,155,000
2024-1,605,373,000
20231,865,832,000
2022524,692,000
2021-27,097,000
2020-1,520,524,000
20191,097,799,000
2018186,363,000
20171,594,910,000
20161,914,007,000
20151,613,157,000
20141,706,452,000
20133,621,611,000
20126,006,215,000
20111,929,850,000
20101,747,854,000
2009911,050,000
2008135,920,000
2007914,187,000
2006310,662,000
2005577,263,000
2004143,958,000
2003354,536,000
2002-1,840,000
2001-92,346,000
200090,223,000
1999-99,899,000
1998453,021,000
1997363,701,000
1996233,506,000
1995279,729,000
1994123,642,000
199393,416,000
199216,757,000
1991466,803,000
1990195,586,000
1989140,257,000
198866,403,000
198758,008,000
1986235,964,000
1985223,312,000
1984235,372,000
1983206,027,000
1982326,217,000
1981294,731,000
1980187,181,000
197984,603,000
1978101,445,000
197727,336,000
197671,905,000
197518,150,000
197477,511,000
197329,126,000
197224,092,000
197148,652,000
197024,085,000

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 transfers on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-transfers-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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