Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP was 0.2% in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP in Sri Lanka, 1998–2020
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in %.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.2% for outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Sri Lanka peaked at 2.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2019.
That places Sri Lanka 88th out of 90 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.4% | — |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | +132.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | -15.3% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | -13.7% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -12.6% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -51.8% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | +197.5% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | +240.7% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | +15.2% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | -26.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -76.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -56.9% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 0.2% | 2.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1 |
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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 outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Sri Lanka?
- Outstanding international private debt securities to gdp in Sri Lanka was 0.2% in 2020, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest outstanding international private debt securities to gdp recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest outstanding international private debt securities to gdp recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2019.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for outstanding international private debt securities to gdp?
- Sri Lanka ranks 88th out of 90 countries with data for 2020.
- Is outstanding international private debt securities to gdp rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of Outstanding international private debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Amount of private international debt securities (amounts outstanding), as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes and money market instruments placed on international markets. (Table 12A (international debt amount: all issuers) - Table 12D (international debt amount: governments)) / GDP. End of year data (i.e. December data) are considered for debt securities. The figures are deflated using the following methodology: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is the level intenational private debt, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. GDP is from World Development Indicators.End-of period CPI is taken from IFS line 64M..ZF month of December (or if not available Q4). Average annual CPI is constructed from the monthly CPI figure taken from IFS line 64..ZF.