Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: Net financial flows, RDB concessional

Bangladesh
368.00 million NFL, current US$
in 2024
Sri Lanka
419.76 million NFL, current US$
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
2nd
Sri Lanka rank
1st

Net financial flows, RDB concessional over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Sri Lanka
-200.0M0200.0M400.0M600.0M197119972024

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 419.76 million NFL, current US$ against 368.00 million NFL, current US$ in Bangladesh, a difference of 51.76 million NFL, current US$.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 2nd and Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 94 countries.

Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1970s 21.75 million NFL, current US$ 10.42 million NFL, current US$ 11.33 million NFL, current US$ Bangladesh
1980s 126.24 million NFL, current US$ 33.12 million NFL, current US$ 93.12 million NFL, current US$ Bangladesh
1990s 246.89 million NFL, current US$ 105.04 million NFL, current US$ 141.86 million NFL, current US$ Bangladesh
2000s 121.82 million NFL, current US$ 85.45 million NFL, current US$ 36.37 million NFL, current US$ Bangladesh
2010s 99.04 million NFL, current US$ -10.50 million NFL, current US$ 109.53 million NFL, current US$ Bangladesh
2020s 320.02 million NFL, current US$ 58.75 million NFL, current US$ 261.27 million NFL, current US$ Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net financial flows, rdb concessional, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 419.76 million NFL, current US$ against 368.00 million NFL, current US$ in Bangladesh as of 2024.
What is the difference in net financial flows, rdb concessional between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?
51.76 million NFL, current US$, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?
50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Sri Lanka rank globally for net financial flows, rdb concessional?
Bangladesh ranks 2nd and Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 94 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), note: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/debt-statistics, published as Net financial flows, RDB concessional (NFL, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Net financial flows, RDB concessional (NFL, current US$)
Unit
NFL, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), note: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/debt-statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 4,574 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Net financial flows received by the borrower during the year are disbursements of loans and credits less repayments of principal. Concessional financial flows cover disbursements made through concessional lending facilities. Regional development banks are the African Development Bank, in Tunis, Tunisia, which serves all of Africa, including North Africa; the Asian Development Bank, in Manila, Philippines, which serves South and Central Asia and East Asia and Pacific; the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in London, United Kingdom, which serves Europe and Central Asia; and the Inter-American Development Bank, in Washington, D.C., which serves the Americas. Aggregates include amounts for economies not specified elsewhere. Data are in current U.S. dollars.