Low & middle income vs Sri Lanka: Debt service (PPG and IMF only, % of exports of goods, services and)
Debt service (PPG and IMF only, % of exports of goods, services and) over time
- Low & middle income
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 15.1% against 5.2% in Low & middle income, a difference of 9.9%.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 2.9 times Low & middle income's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Low & middle income ahead.
Low & middle income ranks 23rd and Sri Lanka ranks 20th of 32 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, Low & middle income averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low & middle income | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 26.2% | 23.4% | 2.8% | Low & middle income |
| 1990s | 19.3% | 13.9% | 5.5% | Low & middle income |
| 2000s | 8.8% | 9.2% | 0.4% | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 16.6% | 12.8% | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 5.0% | 19.9% | 15.0% | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher debt service (ppg and imf only, % of exports of goods, services and), Low & middle income or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 15.1% against 5.2% in Low & middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in debt service (ppg and imf only, % of exports of goods, services and) between Low & middle income and Sri Lanka?
- 9.9%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low & middle income and Sri Lanka?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2024.
- How do Low & middle income and Sri Lanka rank globally for debt service (ppg and imf only, % of exports of goods, services and)?
- Low & middle income ranks 23rd and Sri Lanka ranks 20th of 32 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Debt service (PPG and IMF only, % of exports of goods, services and primary income). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Debt service, the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services, is expressed as a percentage of exports of goods and services--all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, net exports of goods under merchanting, nonmonetary gold, and services. This series differs from the standard debt to exports series in that it covers only long-term public and publicly guaranteed debt and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.