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Sri Lanka: Net transfers on external debt, public sector

-2.55Bcurrent USD · 2025-294.6% since 2015

Public sector is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. 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. Reported as: PPG. 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
2025-2,547,042,607
2024-1,122,566,374
20232,578,986,722.2
2022489,528,969.1
2021109,923,627.7
2020-1,497,677,820.6
20191,268,960,143.9
2018660,568,494.8
2017900,958,587.2
20161,875,239,156.6
20151,308,716,197.7
2014734,819,014.9
20132,608,036,161.1
20124,209,215,040.1
20111,681,849,612.6
20101,815,854,005.7
2009717,873,929.9
200875,693,505.6
2007794,461,463.6
2006229,536,209.1
2005507,136,725.5
2004136,703,756.3
2003435,053,206
200280,225,856.8
2001-72,505,709.8
2000-30,262,275.8
1999-92,226,461.9
1998412,903,310.2
1997328,881,081
1996238,002,408.7
1995282,677,866.1
1994127,350,576
199398,360,152
199221,562,799
1991472,257,409.3
1990199,842,258
1989142,262,848.5
198875,229,110.9
198746,502,198.9
1986208,140,662.3
1985172,523,042.2
1984234,718,579.2
1983207,663,653
1982329,615,302.5
1981296,304,621.3
1980178,419,721.6
197982,573,076
1978101,430,149.6
197727,195,513.7
197672,363,804.8
197519,104,672.2
197478,454,140.1
197330,324,983.1
197225,294,547
197149,857,273.5
197019,503,767.2

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World Bank (2026). Net transfers on external debt, public sector. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-transfers-on-external-debt-public-sector (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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