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Sri Lanka: Reserves and related items

-56.59Mcurrent USD · 2025-106.6% since 2015

Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency.Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-56,594,085.843
20241,556,809,041.676
20231,951,565,509.474
2022-1,094,083,796.649
2021-2,460,289,883.447
2020-1,977,143,701.742
201910,594,693.959
2018-1,253,193,110.244
20172,600,330,362.947
2016-349,572,931.697
2015860,693,525.69
20142,267,824,783.444
20131,566,130,870.403
2012-22,993,960.015
2011-3,071,847,979.268
2010-2,781,973,571.151
2009-1,303,835,079.124
2008-2,967,778,063.879
2007-1,374,199,877.265
2006-717,000,902.758
2005-498,426,934.918
2004-934,816,413.217
2003-365,032,661.008
2002-262,202,131.605
2001-308,119,687.366
2000-360,829,666.998
1999-95,173,789.522
1998223,576,378.348
1997307,155,478.875
19968,976,970.51
1995238,726,078.844
1994307,663,439.654
1993767,901,081.614
1992201,700,108.302
1991323,685,715.586
1990115,730,526.052
198951,540,422.101
1988-103,890,045.054
1987-53,230,817.407
1986-91,996,298.546
1985-88,213,728.798
1984247,004,436.659
1983-2,941,577.912
198231,378,950.34
1981-34,327,814.378
1980-279,190,406.008
197914,740,293.171
19786,667,677.371
1977153,160,749.715
197638,819,302.982
1975-25,904,308.714

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World Bank (2026). Reserves and related items. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-reserves-and-related-items (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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