Gross external debt, quarterly (World Bank QEDS): Sri Lanka

The latest reading SOTW holds for Sri Lanka is 55,124 USD mn for 2026-Q2, from World Bank.

Source series · Listed tier · External · Quarterly · USD mn · WB.L.QEDS.EXTDEBT.USD.Q · LKA

Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.

Latest
55,124
USD mn · 2026-Q2
Previous
54,875
USD mn · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
12,807
USD mn · 2008-Q1
Readings shown
74
Every reading SOTW holds

Sri Lanka · history

USD mn · Quarterly

Source: World Bank. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:19:57.031Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Gross external debt, quarterly (World Bank QEDS): Sri Lanka: 74 readings, newest first. Source: World Bank.
PeriodValue (USD mn)
2026-Q255,124
2026-Q154,875
2025-Q454,807
2025-Q353,748
2025-Q253,447
2025-Q153,760
2024-Q457,133
2024-Q356,093
2024-Q255,593
2024-Q155,351
2023-Q454,832
2023-Q353,376
2023-Q253,134
2023-Q151,551
2022-Q449,678
2022-Q348,834
2022-Q249,530
2022-Q151,217
2021-Q450,724
2021-Q351,019
2021-Q250,343
2021-Q148,761
2020-Q449,212
2020-Q350,553
2020-Q250,035
2020-Q149,808
2019-Q455,916
2019-Q355,316
2019-Q255,624
2019-Q154,473
2018-Q452,310
2018-Q352,641
2018-Q253,261
2018-Q151,850
2017-Q451,604
2017-Q349,465
2017-Q248,811
2017-Q146,220
2016-Q446,418
2016-Q347,502
2016-Q245,006
2016-Q144,790
2015-Q444,797
2015-Q343,430
2015-Q243,633
2015-Q142,171
2014-Q442,914
2014-Q342,978
2014-Q243,366
2014-Q141,736
2013-Q439,905
2013-Q339,278
2013-Q238,361
2013-Q137,908
2012-Q437,160
2012-Q324,627
2012-Q223,011
2012-Q10
2011-Q40
2011-Q30
2011-Q20
2011-Q10
2010-Q421,066
2010-Q319,372
2010-Q217,557
2010-Q116,778
2009-Q416,943
2009-Q315,892
2009-Q213,928
2009-Q113,535
2008-Q413,666
2008-Q312,456
2008-Q213,659
2008-Q112,807

Source: World Bank. All 74 readings held, 2008-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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