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Sri Lanka - Government Debt to GDP 1999

Name: Sri Lanka Government Debt to GDP 1999
Creator: IMF WEO
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General government gross debt as % of GDP · IMF WEO

77.70% +3.45% from 1998 Global rank: 102nd

Sri Lanka's government debt to gdp was 77.70% in 1999, increased +3.45% from 74.24% in 1998. This was the 102nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Government Debt to GDP by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	United Arab Emirates	4.73%	-
2nd	Estonia	5.93%	9.9%
3rd	Luxembourg	8.39%	-11.7%
4th	Botswana	9.31%	-17.6%
5th	Kiribati	11.84%	20.7%
6th	Chile	13.28%	9.6%
7th	Latvia	14.83%	51.1%
8th	Senegal	14.99%	-20.3%
9th	Czechia	15.09%	8.7%
10th	Korea	15.76%	14.1%
11th	Dominican Republic	15.98%	20.6%
12th	Eswatini	16.69%	7.0%
13th	Uzbekistan	18.38%	2.1%
14th	Bahamas, The	19.76%	-5.0%
15th	China	21.61%	5.7%
16th	Namibia	21.80%	11.4%
17th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	22.22%	-25.0%
18th	Australia	22.54%	-4.9%
19th	Slovenia	23.82%	4.4%
20th	Uruguay	24.13%	-
21st	Haiti	24.15%	0.6%
22nd	Bahrain	24.67%	23.4%
23rd	Norway	24.96%	5.9%
24th	Azerbaijan	25.41%	77.8%
25th	Kuwait	25.49%	-0.5%
26th	Marshall Islands	26.05%	43.6%
27th	El Salvador	28.00%	9.1%
28th	Lithuania	28.00%	29.1%
29th	St. Lucia	28.80%	-1.0%
30th	Oman	28.93%	-6.5%
31st	North Macedonia	29.83%	-
32nd	Croatia	30.01%	28.6%
33rd	Vanuatu	30.62%	9.2%
34th	New Zealand	32.00%	-7.2%
35th	Paraguay	32.02%	44.6%
36th	Suriname	32.30%	49.2%
37th	Colombia	33.98%	23.8%
38th	Malaysia	34.36%	2.2%
39th	Grenada	34.48%	-14.4%
40th	Cambodia	34.65%	-6.8%
41st	Fiji	34.72%	-8.4%
42nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	35.87%	-14.9%
43rd	Tonga	38.40%	-
44th	Kenya	38.41%	-0.2%
45th	Argentina	38.92%	14.0%
46th	Maldives	38.95%	-0.8%
47th	Costa Rica	38.98%	-4.2%
48th	Armenia	39.20%	-13.3%
49th	Bhutan	39.23%	7.8%
50th	Poland	39.23%	1.7%
51st	Aruba	39.29%	-4.3%
52nd	Benin	39.41%	-26.4%
53rd	United Kingdom	40.41%	-3.7%
54th	Mexico	41.67%	4.9%
55th	Papua New Guinea	41.76%	-8.7%
56th	Solomon Islands	41.96%	6.3%
57th	Trinidad and Tobago	43.37%	-0.1%
58th	Finland	44.02%	-6.0%
59th	Chad	44.68%	-
60th	Nigeria	46.11%	191.7%
61st	Ireland	46.57%	-9.4%
62nd	Slovak Republic	47.13%	39.2%
63rd	Uganda	47.72%	5.8%
64th	Barbados	49.71%	-0.4%
65th	Ghana	51.66%	37.4%
66th	Switzerland	52.69%	-5.8%
67th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	53.43%	34.1%
68th	Philippines	54.22%	6.8%
69th	Panama	55.13%	-5.1%
70th	Portugal	55.41%	-0.4%
71st	Cyprus	55.66%	1.2%
72nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	56.04%	3.0%
73rd	Thailand	56.59%	13.4%
74th	Denmark	56.79%	-5.9%
75th	Netherlands	58.60%	-6.5%
76th	Ukraine	58.96%	26.7%
77th	Samoa	59.44%	0.8%
78th	Sweden	60.28%	-7.8%
79th	Hungary	60.30%	-0.2%
80th	Germany	60.35%	1.5%
81st	Equatorial Guinea	60.48%	2.1%
82nd	Pakistan	60.74%	12.9%
83rd	Spain	60.85%	-2.4%
84th	Austria	61.34%	-11.4%
85th	France	61.42%	-1.1%
86th	Dominica	61.82%	9.9%
87th	Tunisia	61.93%	6.4%
88th	Niger	63.35%	3.4%
89th	Morocco	63.36%	-1.8%
90th	Comoros	64.48%	-7.0%
91st	Cabo Verde	66.36%	-9.0%
92nd	Turkmenistan	66.67%	-18.3%
93rd	Albania	68.18%	-4.2%
94th	Cameroon	68.37%	0.9%
95th	Algeria	69.68%	-12.8%
96th	Malta	69.77%	5.1%
97th	India	71.27%	2.9%
98th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	72.40%	-1.9%
99th	Gabon	73.09%	-16.6%
100th	Iceland	75.54%	74.6%
101st	Honduras	75.76%	12.4%
102nd	Sri Lanka	77.70%	4.6%
103rd	Côte d'Ivoire	78.02%	3.8%
104th	Rwanda	78.37%	11.8%
105th	Bulgaria	78.67%	16.9%
106th	Jamaica	80.66%	-
107th	Qatar	81.85%	6.9%
108th	Lesotho	82.97%	4.5%
109th	Central African Republic	84.16%	-1.4%
110th	Singapore	85.32%	0.8%
111th	Canada	88.97%	-4.6%
112th	St. Kitts and Nevis	89.19%	12.8%
113th	Guinea	92.25%	21.5%
114th	Russian Federation	92.38%	-31.7%
115th	Mozambique	94.68%	-
116th	Antigua and Barbuda	95.92%	1.4%
117th	Yemen, Republic of	96.05%	-
118th	Guyana	97.10%	-10.1%
119th	Jordan	98.13%	-1.6%
120th	Nicaragua	99.83%	15.4%
121st	Greece	102.84%	2.0%
122nd	Saudi Arabia	102.99%	1.4%
123rd	Madagascar	104.12%	-4.0%
124th	Tajikistan	107.81%	11.6%
125th	Guinea-Bissau	109.90%	0.7%
126th	Italy	113.06%	-0.7%
127th	Belgium	115.36%	-3.2%
128th	Japan	129.50%	11.6%
129th	Syrian Arab Republic	147.70%	-2.3%
130th	Myanmar	150.71%	-27.8%
131st	Moldova	150.74%	-5.4%
132nd	Seychelles	159.79%	-0.9%
133rd	Sudan	160.49%	-10.7%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's government debt to gdp in 1999?▾

Sri Lanka's government debt to gdp in 1999 was 77.70%. This ranked 102nd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's government debt to gdp change in 1999?▾

Sri Lanka's government debt to gdp increased by 4.6% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest government debt to gdp in 1999?▾

Sudan had the highest government debt to gdp in 1999 at 160.49%.

What is the government debt to gdp of Sri Lanka in 1999?▾

The government debt to gdp of Sri Lanka in 1999 was 77.70%. This ranked 102nd globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Sri Lanka's government debt to gdp?▾

Sri Lanka's government debt to gdp went from 74.24% in 1998 to 77.70% in 1999, a 4.6% increase.

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