Sri Lanka’s Annual Average Sovereign Foreign Debt Repayments Amount to USD 4.4 bn from 2022 to 2027

Abstract

The infographic shows the actual annual foreign debt service payments of GOSL (Government of Sri Lanka) from 2010 to 2021 and the projected foreign debt service payments from 2022 to 2027.The breakdown of foreign debt service between principal payments and interest payments is provided. During the period from 2011 to 2021, the annual foreign debt service payments averaged USD 2,884 million. However, GOSL witnessed a steep rise in foreign debt service payments to over USD 4,600 million in 2019, a 42% increase compared to USD 3,243 million in 2018. The Ministry of Finance projections show that GOSL on average has an annual foreign debt service payments of USD 4,383 million between 2022 and 2027.