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Sri Lanka: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1861–2024 · 129 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
99.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−10.9 pointsfrom 110.4%
Average, 2015–2024
91.5%10 years
Record high and low
120.0% (1884)low 7.68% (1861)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202499.4
2023110.4
2022115.9
2021102.7
202096.9
201982.6
201883.6
201772.3
201675.0
201576.3

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1861–2009
  • IMF Global Debt Database1951–2024
  • WDI (archive)1970–1997
  • World Development Indicators1990–2015

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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