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Sri Lanka: Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

28.67percent · 2024-33.9% since 2014

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1975 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202428.672
202341.027
202252.263
202157.168
202063.218
201942.925
201839.884
201741.599
201642.179
201544.449
201443.369
201344.545
201246.8
201125.343
201021.146
200939.056
200826.36
200713.559
20067.841
20059.697
200413.856
200311.29
200215.622
200111.655
200010.488
199916.23
19987.074
19978.197
199611.111
199511.059
199413.11
19937.543
19928.353
199115.722
199016.971
198920.997
198830.812
198715.259
198611.669
198512.542
198410.843
198320.202
198220.461
198114.832
198016.402
197911.589
197811.337
197716.842
197612.898
197511.267

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World Bank (2026). Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-short-term-debt-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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