Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Sri Lanka: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service

Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
6.0%
in 2022
Sri Lanka
13.4%
in 2024
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
20th
Sri Lanka rank
23rd

Public and publicly guaranteed debt service over time

  • Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
  • Sri Lanka
0102030197519992024

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 13.4% against 6.0% in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 7.4%.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 2.2 times Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 20th and Sri Lanka ranks 23rd of 32 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1990s 9.4% 8.2% 1.2% Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s 7.3% 8.2% 0.9% Sri Lanka
2010s 6.3% 15.0% 8.8% Sri Lanka
2020s 7.6% 24.2% 16.5% Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public and publicly guaranteed debt service, Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 13.4% against 6.0% in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2024.
What is the difference in public and publicly guaranteed debt service between Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) and Sri Lanka?
7.4%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) and Sri Lanka?
29 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2022.
How do Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) and Sri Lanka rank globally for public and publicly guaranteed debt service?
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 20th and Sri Lanka ranks 23rd of 32 groups.
Where does this data come from?
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Sri Lanka: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service. Statizoid, drawing on International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Retrieved 19 September 2026, from https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/public-and-publicly-guaranteed-debt-service-percent-of-exports-of-goods-services-and/europe-and-central-asia-ida-and-ibrd-countries/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/public-and-publicly-guaranteed-debt-service-percent-of-exports-of-goods-services-and/europe-and-central-asia-ida-and-ibrd-countries/sri-lanka/">Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Sri Lanka: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)
Unit
% of exports of goods, services and primary income
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
152 places, 5,881 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Public and publicly guaranteed debt service to exports of goods, services, and income. Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.