Current account balance in Sri Lanka
The current account balance of Sri Lanka was 1.6% of GDP in 2025.
Sri Lanka, 2025
1.6%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
Current account balance in Sri Lanka over time
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Sri Lanka
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.6% |
| 2024 | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 1.7% |
| 2022 | -2.0% |
| 2021 | -3.7% |
| 2020 | -1.4% |
| 2019 | -2.1% |
| 2018 | -3.0% |
| 2017 | -2.4% |
| 2016 | -2.0% |
| 2015 | -2.2% |
| 2014 | -2.4% |
| 2013 | -3.3% |
| 2012 | -5.7% |
| 2011 | -6.8% |
| 2010 | -1.8% |
| 2009 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | -9.5% |
| 2007 | -4.3% |
| 2006 | -5.3% |
| 2005 | -2.7% |
| 2004 | -3.1% |
| 2003 | -0.4% |
| 2002 | -1.4% |
| 2001 | -1.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 1.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -2.2%, the figure has changed by +3.8 percentage points.