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Sri Lanka
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)

Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Global rank#26out of 118 countries
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Historical trend

61 B46 B30 B15 B436 M197019972024Sri Lanka · 2024: $56.83BSri Lanka

Analytical takeaways

  • Sri Lanka records $56.83B for External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) in 2024, ranking #26 globally out of 118 countries.
  • External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) increased from $435.68M in 1970 to $56.83B in 2024, a gain of $56.39B.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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