World Bank · Debt
Sri Lanka: Net transfers on external debt, total
-1.70Bcurrent USD · 2025-233.6% since 2015
Net transfers on external debt are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. 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.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -1,697,598,585 | |
| 2024 | -1,782,640,206.8 | |
| 2023 | -649,184,421.6 | |
| 2022 | -794,136,779 | |
| 2021 | 9,922,937.8 | |
| 2020 | -1,711,895,911.2 | |
| 2019 | 1,408,923,899.3 | |
| 2018 | 277,794,882.7 | |
| 2017 | 2,029,402,881.2 | |
| 2016 | 1,381,968,133.8 | |
| 2015 | 1,270,185,103 | |
| 2014 | 1,358,030,859.1 | |
| 2013 | 3,393,531,725.7 | |
| 2012 | 9,512,500,941.6 | |
| 2011 | 3,475,630,094.1 | |
| 2010 | 1,175,350,060.9 | |
| 2009 | 2,256,996,182.8 | |
| 2008 | 1,380,978,495.1 | |
| 2007 | 1,471,520,730.6 | |
| 2006 | 13,102,767.3 | |
| 2005 | 381,950,344.6 | |
| 2004 | 275,554,138.6 | |
| 2003 | 304,602,157.7 | |
| 2002 | 261,842,615.9 | |
| 2001 | 7,764,026.3 | |
| 2000 | -252,553,515.1 | |
| 1999 | 260,809,990.3 | |
| 1998 | 284,019,119.9 | |
| 1997 | 189,395,824.2 | |
| 1996 | 102,935,765.4 | |
| 1995 | 212,618,823.1 | |
| 1994 | 436,287,895.5 | |
| 1993 | 144,459,381.7 | |
| 1992 | -85,761,680.2 | |
| 1991 | 418,168,753.6 | |
| 1990 | 160,562,459 | |
| 1989 | -72,734,187.6 | |
| 1988 | 422,212,762 | |
| 1987 | -16,934,032.5 | |
| 1986 | 92,744,613.6 | |
| 1985 | 142,571,832.6 | |
| 1984 | 90,844,863.9 | |
| 1983 | 152,933,285.9 | |
| 1982 | 340,696,250.6 | |
| 1981 | 369,587,703.7 | |
| 1980 | 247,516,667 | |
| 1979 | 170,076,889.2 | |
| 1978 | 108,435,572.9 | |
| 1977 | 113,902,816.6 | |
| 1976 | 83,534,932.5 | |
| 1975 | 41,403,270.1 | |
| 1974 | 119,413,045.4 | |
| 1973 | 32,550,560.1 | |
| 1972 | 27,407,488.9 | |
| 1971 | 46,258,588 | |
| 1970 | 44,584,659.8 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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