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Sri Lanka - External Debt to GNI 1979

Name: Sri Lanka External Debt to GNI 1979
Creator: World Bank
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External debt stocks as % of GNI · World Bank

46.52% −8.72pp from 1978 Global rank: 52nd

Sri Lanka's external debt to gni was 46.52% in 1979, decreased +8.72pp from 55.24% in 1978. This was the 52nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1979▾

External Debt to GNI by Country - 1979
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Nepal	7.87%	12.6%
2nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	10.26%	9.8%
3rd	Lesotho	10.55%	37.8%
4th	India	11.87%	-1.4%
5th	Zimbabwe	11.97%	6.5%
6th	Fiji	14.08%	12.4%
7th	Rwanda	14.10%	0.2%
8th	Solomon Islands	14.14%	-16.0%
9th	Guinea	14.33%	1.3%
10th	Botswana	15.86%	-25.4%
11th	Guatemala	16.54%	10.0%
12th	Burkina Faso	16.96%	-5.4%
13th	Burundi	17.63%	40.7%
14th	Türkiye	17.97%	-20.8%
15th	Bangladesh	19.10%	-10.3%
16th	Colombia	21.91%	-5.0%
17th	Grenada	22.23%	1.0%
18th	Madagascar	22.40%	68.0%
19th	Guinea-Bissau	22.68%	37.8%
20th	Central African Republic	22.70%	-2.5%
21st	São Tomé and Principe	24.24%	35.7%
22nd	Thailand	24.55%	16.3%
23rd	Mauritius	25.29%	35.9%
24th	Paraguay	26.87%	-6.0%
25th	Papua New Guinea	27.17%	-10.5%
26th	Uganda	27.64%	56.3%
27th	Senegal	28.03%	0.4%
28th	Brazil	28.22%	0.6%
29th	El Salvador	28.45%	-12.4%
30th	Dominican Republic	30.31%	2.0%
31st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	30.32%	3.2%
32nd	Chad	30.78%	22.7%
33rd	Niger	30.79%	-11.9%
34th	Argentina	30.86%	102.2%
35th	Ghana	32.00%	-8.6%
36th	Mexico	32.94%	-8.5%
37th	Ecuador	33.68%	-4.0%
38th	Mali	35.87%	-21.6%
39th	Honduras	37.43%	9.8%
40th	Indonesia	37.99%	4.2%
41st	Maldives	38.16%	-8.9%
42nd	Benin	38.22%	25.1%
43rd	Sierra Leone	38.91%	3.6%
44th	Cameroon	38.95%	8.6%
45th	Gambia, The	39.71%	36.5%
46th	Samoa	41.08%	12.3%
47th	Philippines	42.85%	1.9%
48th	Jordan	42.86%	1.4%
49th	Tanzania	42.92%	-9.1%
50th	Kenya	45.28%	6.6%
51st	Pakistan	45.84%	-3.0%
52nd	Sri Lanka	46.52%	-15.8%
53rd	Sudan	48.89%	25.0%
54th	Belize	49.03%	90.6%
55th	Tunisia	49.27%	-4.1%
56th	Morocco	52.54%	-1.1%
57th	Côte d'Ivoire	54.96%	8.8%
58th	Algeria	58.68%	-6.4%
59th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	60.90%	-0.8%
60th	Peru	62.52%	-24.1%
61st	Liberia	64.06%	19.2%
62nd	Gabon	64.55%	-7.7%
63rd	Jamaica	76.42%	32.5%
64th	Mauritania	77.64%	-11.5%
65th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	78.08%	7.2%
66th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	87.93%	-3.2%
67th	Togo	89.16%	24.3%
68th	Congo, Republic of	95.58%	0.6%
69th	Zambia	99.17%	1.3%
70th	Nicaragua	113.26%	43.7%
71st	Guyana	137.48%	8.3%
72nd	Myanmar	148.07%	35.8%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's external debt to gni in 1979?▾

Sri Lanka's external debt to gni in 1979 was 46.52%. This ranked 52nd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's external debt to gni change in 1979?▾

Sri Lanka's external debt to gni decreased by 15.8% in 1979 compared to 1978.

Which country had the highest external debt to gni in 1979?▾

Myanmar had the highest external debt to gni in 1979 at 148.07%.

What is the external debt to gni of Sri Lanka in 1979?▾

The external debt to gni of Sri Lanka in 1979 was 46.52%. This ranked 52nd globally.

How does 1979 compare to 1978 for Sri Lanka's external debt to gni?▾

Sri Lanka's external debt to gni went from 55.24% in 1978 to 46.52% in 1979, a 15.8% decrease.

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