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Government debt to GDP in Sri Lanka

Latest: 73.5%
Previous: 68.6%
Change: +4.92 (+7.2%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2015
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Government debt to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Government debt to GDP in Sri Lanka
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	96.6%
Dec 31, 1991	98.5%
Dec 31, 1992	95.4%
Dec 31, 1993	96.8%
Dec 31, 1994	94.9%
Dec 31, 1995	94.6%
Dec 31, 1996	92.3%
Dec 31, 1997	86.1%
Dec 31, 1998	89.2%
Dec 31, 1999	95.1%
Dec 31, 2000	96.9%
Dec 31, 2001	103.2%
Dec 31, 2002	105.5%
Dec 31, 2003	102.3%
Dec 31, 2004	102.3%
Dec 31, 2005	90.6%
Dec 31, 2006	88.7%
Dec 31, 2007	85.0%
Dec 31, 2008	—
Dec 31, 2009	86.1%
Dec 31, 2010	69.3%
Dec 31, 2011	68.5%
Dec 31, 2012	66.7%
Dec 31, 2013	68.4%
Dec 31, 2014	68.6%
Dec 31, 2015	73.5%
Dec 31, 2016	—
Dec 31, 2017	—
Dec 31, 2018	—
Dec 31, 2019	—
Dec 31, 2020	—
Dec 31, 2021	—
Dec 31, 2022	—
Dec 31, 2023	—
Dec 31, 2024	—
Dec 31, 2025	—

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