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Sri Lanka - External Debt to GNI 1978

Name: Sri Lanka External Debt to GNI 1978
Creator: World Bank
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External debt stocks as % of GNI · World Bank

55.24% +22.84pp from 1977 Global rank: 58th

Sri Lanka's external debt to gni was 55.24% in 1978, increased +22.84pp from 32.40% in 1977. This was the 58th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1978▾

External Debt to GNI by Country - 1978
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Nepal	6.99%	-3.5%
2nd	Lesotho	7.65%	11.7%
3rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	9.35%	-2.7%
4th	Zimbabwe	11.24%	118.7%
5th	India	12.05%	-5.3%
6th	Fiji	12.53%	-26.2%
7th	Burundi	12.54%	42.6%
8th	Madagascar	13.34%	-59.8%
9th	Rwanda	14.07%	19.5%
10th	Guinea	14.15%	-3.2%
11th	Guatemala	15.03%	10.1%
12th	Argentina	15.27%	-26.3%
13th	Guinea-Bissau	16.46%	86.6%
14th	Solomon Islands	16.83%	-
15th	Uganda	17.69%	72.1%
16th	São Tomé and Principe	17.87%	322.3%
17th	Burkina Faso	17.94%	21.3%
18th	Mauritius	18.61%	52.5%
19th	Thailand	21.10%	24.4%
20th	Botswana	21.26%	-48.3%
21st	Bangladesh	21.30%	-12.2%
22nd	Grenada	22.02%	7.4%
23rd	Türkiye	22.69%	15.6%
24th	Colombia	23.06%	-15.6%
25th	Central African Republic	23.27%	-10.6%
26th	Chad	25.09%	14.3%
27th	Belize	25.72%	39.5%
28th	Senegal	27.93%	28.2%
29th	Brazil	28.07%	14.4%
30th	Paraguay	28.58%	6.7%
31st	Gambia, The	29.09%	6.9%
32nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	29.38%	-3.3%
33rd	Dominican Republic	29.73%	12.7%
34th	Papua New Guinea	30.37%	-27.8%
35th	Benin	30.56%	7.9%
36th	El Salvador	32.46%	16.2%
37th	Honduras	34.10%	-34.8%
38th	Niger	34.94%	160.3%
39th	Ghana	34.99%	4.3%
40th	Ecuador	35.09%	52.9%
41st	Cameroon	35.86%	-15.3%
42nd	Mexico	36.01%	-8.6%
43rd	Indonesia	36.46%	-2.2%
44th	Samoa	36.59%	19.9%
45th	Sierra Leone	37.57%	-13.3%
46th	Sudan	39.13%	11.2%
47th	Maldives	41.89%	-
48th	Philippines	42.04%	13.7%
49th	Jordan	42.25%	12.5%
50th	Kenya	42.49%	11.1%
51st	Mali	45.73%	1.8%
52nd	Tanzania	47.20%	5.0%
53rd	Pakistan	47.24%	-6.7%
54th	Côte d'Ivoire	50.53%	19.2%
55th	Tunisia	51.36%	12.2%
56th	Morocco	53.12%	3.5%
57th	Liberia	53.74%	40.9%
58th	Sri Lanka	55.24%	70.5%
59th	Jamaica	57.68%	7.2%
60th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	61.39%	7.6%
61st	Algeria	62.69%	17.1%
62nd	Gabon	69.95%	25.9%
63rd	Togo	71.72%	79.1%
64th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	72.82%	13.8%
65th	Nicaragua	78.84%	21.2%
66th	Peru	82.39%	25.4%
67th	Mauritania	87.75%	27.0%
68th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	90.88%	8.2%
69th	Congo, Republic of	95.00%	19.4%
70th	Zambia	97.85%	0.7%
71st	Myanmar	109.05%	56.5%
72nd	Guyana	126.99%	2.0%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's external debt to gni in 1978?▾

Sri Lanka's external debt to gni in 1978 was 55.24%. This ranked 58th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's external debt to gni change in 1978?▾

Sri Lanka's external debt to gni increased by 70.5% in 1978 compared to 1977.

Which country had the highest external debt to gni in 1978?▾

Guyana had the highest external debt to gni in 1978 at 126.99%.

What is the external debt to gni of Sri Lanka in 1978?▾

The external debt to gni of Sri Lanka in 1978 was 55.24%. This ranked 58th globally.

How does 1978 compare to 1977 for Sri Lanka's external debt to gni?▾

Sri Lanka's external debt to gni went from 32.40% in 1977 to 55.24% in 1978, a 70.5% increase.

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