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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Sri Lanka 2017

Sri Lanka national debt goes up

In 2017 Sri Lanka public debt was 60,389 million euros68,196 million dollars, has increased 7472,196 million since 2016.

This amount means that the debt in 2017 reached 72.26% of Sri Lanka GDP, a 2.74 percentage point fall from 2016, when it was 75% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Sri Lanka debt. It has risen since 2007 in global debt terms, when it was 20,061 million euros 27,497 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 71.85%.

According to the last data point published, Sri Lanka per capita debt in 2017 was 2,816 euros3,180 dollars per inhabitant. In 2016 it was 2,813 euros 3,113 dollars, afterwards rising by 3 euros67 dollars, and if we again check 2007 we can see that then the debt per person was 1,011 euros1,386 dollars .

The position of Sri Lanka, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2017 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 153 in the list of debt to GDP and 107 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Sri Lanka. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Sri Lanka in economy of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
201760,38968,19672.26%€2,816$3,180
201659,64266,00075.00%€2,813$3,113
201558,53664,95376.33%€2,791$3,097
201443,17757,37669.56%€2,078$2,761
201340,23453,43669.46%€1,955$2,596
201236,96147,51767.50%€1,810$2,326
201133,78647,02069.43%€1,656$2,305
201030,37840,30668.73%€1,499$1,989
200925,97736,19372.75%€1,291$1,799
200822,53333,13768.78%€1,128$1,658
200720,06127,49771.85%€1,011$1,386
200619,78824,84874.29%€1,005$1,262
200517,76922,11976.59%€909$1,132
200416,99121,12686.50%€876$1,090
200317,08719,32386.45%€889$1,005
200220,62619,48996.30%€1,082$1,022
200118,11916,22884.36%€958$858
200017,14915,84679.20%€913$844
199913,94114,87377.70%€747$797
199814,14374.24%$762
199713,00870.15%$704
199612,64876.23%$689
199511,77077.81%$645
199411,09677.90%$613
19939,77879.17%$546
19929,00577.94%$508
19918,62680.49%$492
19907,72678.94%$446
Sri Lanka: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Sri Lanka: Evolution of debt in millions