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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Sri Lanka 2018

The national debt increased in Sri Lanka

In 2018 Sri Lanka public debt was 66,843 million euros78,974 million dollars, has increased 6,45410,778 million since 2017.

This amount means that the debt in 2018 reached 83.59% of Sri Lanka GDP, a 11.33 percentage point rise from 2017, when it was 72.26% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Sri Lanka debt. It has risen since 2008 in global debt terms, when it was 22,533 million euros 33,137 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 68.78%.

According to the last data point published, Sri Lanka per capita debt in 2018 was 3,085 euros3,644 dollars per inhabitant. In 2017 it was 2,816 euros 3,180 dollars, afterwards rising by 269 euros464 dollars, and if we again check 2008 we can see that then the debt per person was 1,128 euros1,658 dollars .

The position of Sri Lanka, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2018 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 160 in the list of debt to GDP and 109 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
201866,84378,97483.59%€3,085$3,644
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