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Sri Lanka: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

2024
100.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−9.5 pointsfrom 110.4%
Average, 2015–2024
91.6%10 years
Record high and low
120.0% (1884)low 7.68% (1861)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024100.8
2023110.4
2022115.9
2021102.7
202096.9
201982.6
201883.6
201772.3
201675.0
201576.3

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Sri Lanka documentation (PDF)

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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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