Sri Lanka Government Debt Over Time (1990–2024)

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Government Gross Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 21 / 191

Data table

1990	78.9%	2002	96.3%	2014	69.6%
1991	80.5%	2003	86.5%	2015	76.3%
1992	77.9%	2004	86.5%	2016	75%
1993	79.2%	2005	76.6%	2017	72.3%
1994	77.9%	2006	74.3%	2018	83.6%
1995	77.8%	2007	71.8%	2019	82.6%
1996	76.2%	2008	68.8%	2020	96.9%
1997	70.1%	2009	72.8%	2021	102.7%
1998	74.2%	2010	68.7%	2022	115.9%
1999	77.7%	2011	69.4%	2023	110.4%
2000	79.2%	2012	67.5%	2024	100.8%
2001	84.4%	2013	69.5%

Government Gross Debt (Local currency - LKR)

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1990	310.8B	2002	1.86T	2014	7.5T
1991	366.7B	2003	1.86T	2015	8.83T
1992	405.6B	2004	2.14T	2016	9.61T
1993	483.9B	2005	2.22T	2017	10.4T
1994	551.9B	2006	2.58T	2018	12.83T
1995	635.7B	2007	3.04T	2019	13.14T
1996	716.4B	2008	3.59T	2020	15.16T
1997	764.1B	2009	4.16T	2021	18.08T
1998	924.7B	2010	4.56T	2022	27.9T
1999	1.05T	2011	5.2T	2023	30.26T
2000	1.22T	2012	6.07T	2024	30.15T
2001	1.45T	2013	6.9T

Government Net Debt (% of GDP)

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Government Net Debt (Local currency - LKR)

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