Liquid liabilities to GDP in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 63.0% in 2019. β² Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Sri Lanka, 1960β2019
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for liquid liabilities to gdp in Sri Lanka is 63.0%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 60 years on record.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 68.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Sri Lanka peaked at 63.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 17.9%, in 1975.
Sri Lanka ranks 96th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 60 years of available data.
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% | 34.6% | 41.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.4% | 32.7% | 63.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More financial sector data for Sri Lanka
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 46.9% (2019)
- Total reserves in months of imports 2.86 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 11.70 trillion current LCU (2019)
- Net foreign assets 212.60 billion current LCU (2019)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 47.0% (2019)
- Broad money 59.5% (2019)
- Claims on central government, etc. 21.2% (2019)
- Domestic credit to private sector 47.0% (2019)
- Official exchange rate 327.51 LCU per US$, period average (2023)
- Net migration -30,724 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Sri Lanka?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Sri Lanka was 63.0% in 2019, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 63.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.9% in 1975.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Sri Lanka ranks 96th out of 185 countries with data for 2019.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.5%. 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 (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.