Broad money in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Broad money was 59.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Broad money in Sri Lanka, 1960–2019
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for broad money in Sri Lanka is 59.5%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 60 years on record.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 59.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad money in Sri Lanka peaked at 59.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 17.9%, in 1975.
That places Sri Lanka 85th out of 166 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 60 years of available data.
Broad money in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 23.2% | — |
| 1961 | 23.6% | +1.9% |
| 1962 | 24.8% | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 29.6% | +19.2% |
| 1964 | 28.6% | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 28.6% | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 27.2% | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 27.9% | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 25.6% | -8.2% |
| 1969 | 24.7% | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 22.9% | -7.2% |
| 1971 | 24.6% | +7.6% |
| 1972 | 26.2% | +6.6% |
| 1973 | 22.4% | -14.8% |
| 1974 | 19.4% | -13.3% |
| 1975 | 17.9% | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 20.9% | +16.6% |
| 1977 | 24.2% | +15.8% |
| 1978 | 27.2% | +12.1% |
| 1979 | 31.6% | +16.3% |
| 1980 | 32.0% | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 30.0% | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 32.3% | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 31.8% | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 29.2% | -8.2% |
| 1985 | 31.2% | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 29.4% | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 31.0% | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 31.5% | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 30.1% | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 28.3% | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 29.8% | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 30.4% | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 31.9% | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 33.0% | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 38.9% | +17.8% |
| 1996 | 37.6% | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 37.5% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 37.1% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 38.7% | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 38.4% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 39.0% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 39.4% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 39.4% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 41.1% | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 41.7% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 41.0% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 39.2% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 34.5% | -12.0% |
| 2009 | 37.4% | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 31.5% | -15.5% |
| 2011 | 41.9% | +32.7% |
| 2012 | 41.0% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 43.2% | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 45.6% | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 49.7% | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 52.1% | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 54.5% | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 56.9% | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 59.5% | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.4% | 23.2% | 29.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 23.7% | 17.9% | 31.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 30.9% | 29.2% | 32.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 34.3% | 28.3% | 38.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.1% | 34.5% | 41.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.6% | 31.5% | 59.5% | 10 |
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More financial sector data for Sri Lanka
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 536,545 current LCU per person (2019)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 131.44 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.91 % change on previous year (2019)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 528,500 SDR (2024)
- Gold reserves at market value 30.21 million SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 4.64 billion SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold 4.64 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 4.67 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 4.67 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 213.23 SDR per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is broad money in Sri Lanka?
- Broad money in Sri Lanka was 59.5% in 2019, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest broad money recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 59.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest broad money recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.9% in 1975.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for broad money?
- Sri Lanka ranks 85th out of 166 countries with data for 2019.
- Is broad money rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Broad money (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.