Sri Lanka - Interest payments

Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in Sri Lanka was 901,352,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 901,352,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 20,668,000,000 in 1990.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 20,668,000,000
1991 22,073,000,000
1992 25,940,000,000
1993 28,926,000,000
1994 38,031,000,000
1995 38,225,000,000
1996 48,923,000,000
1997 55,246,000,000
1998 54,898,000,000
1999 62,123,000,000
2000 71,200,000,000
2001 94,307,000,000
2002 116,515,000,000
2003 125,126,000,000
2004 119,782,000,000
2005 120,159,000,000
2006 150,777,000,000
2007 182,681,000,000
2008 212,475,000,000
2009 309,676,000,000
2010 352,591,000,000
2011 356,896,000,000
2012 408,498,000,000
2013 444,007,000,000
2014 436,395,000,000
2015 509,674,000,000
2016 610,895,000,000
2017 735,566,000,000
2018 852,190,000,000
2019 901,352,000,000

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Sri Lanka was 47.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 47.47 in 2019, while its lowest value was 26.18 in 1991.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 27.80
1991 26.18
1992 27.58
1993 27.17
1994 32.15
1995 26.33
1996 31.77
1997 32.10
1998 30.14
1999 30.65
2000 32.90
2001 39.35
2002 43.64
2003 44.02
2004 37.43
2005 29.14
2006 29.75
2007 30.70
2008 30.95
2009 42.68
2010 42.27
2011 37.57
2012 38.30
2013 38.50
2014 36.76
2015 34.89
2016 36.08
2017 39.99
2018 44.10
2019 47.47

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Sri Lanka was 35.55 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 36.32 in 2018, while its lowest value was 22.06 in 1995.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 26.07
1991 23.24
1992 25.44
1993 25.35
1994 27.02
1995 22.06
1996 25.50
1997 27.18
1998 24.78
1999 26.47
2000 24.63
2001 28.14
2002 32.15
2003 33.53
2004 27.66
2005 24.26
2006 24.26
2007 25.46
2008 25.07
2009 30.56
2010 32.63
2011 30.58
2012 30.16
2013 31.56
2014 28.51
2015 25.79
2016 30.44
2017 33.35
2018 36.32
2019 35.55

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance