Summary of Central Government Debt (1950-2023)

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	Year	Domestic Debt (LKR Million)					Foreign Debt (LKR Million)	Total Debt (LKR Million)	As a % of GDP
0		Treasury Bills	Rupee Loans	Treasury Bonds	Other	Total Domestic Debt			Domestic	Foreign	Total
1	1950	79	436	-	14	529	125	654	13.7	3.2	16.9
2	1951	30	582	-	14	626	125	751	13.6	2.7	16.3
3	1952	93	684	-	75	852	192	1044	18.9	4.3	23.2
4	1953	184	731	-	129	1044	205	1249	23.2	4.6	27.8
5	1954	105	782	-	66	953	211	1164	20.1	4.4	24.5
6	1955	60	829	-	-	889	232	1121	17	4.4	21.4
7	1956	68	882	-	-	950	258	1208	18.6	5.1	23.7
8	1957	65	962	-	105	1132	278	1410	21.8	5.3	27.1
9	1958	140	1007	-	91	1238	293	1531	22.5	5.3	27.9
10	1959	320	1102	-	138	1560	307	1867	24.3	4.8	29.1
11	1960	550	1217	-	170	1937	345	2282	28.9	5.1	34
12	1961	750	1397	-	198	2345	407	2752	34.1	5.9	40
13	1962	1000	1515	-	179	2694	412	3106	38.7	5.9	44.6
14	1963	1125	1684	-	222	3031	489	3520	41.1	6.6	47.7
15	1964	1250	1909	-	216	3375	549	3924	43.3	7	50.4
16	1965	1300	2150	-	246	3696	739	4435	45.7	9.1	54.9
17	1966	1425	2475	-	295	4195	1074	5269	50.3	12.9	63.2
18	1967	1500	2785	-	298	4583	1376	5959	50.7	15.2	65.9
19	1968	1750	3118	-	329	5197	1578	6775	48.5	14.7	63.2
20	1969	1750	3409	-	354	5513	1800	7313	47.1	15.4	62.5
21	1970	1950	3925	-	420	6295	2394	8689	46.1	17.5	63.6
22	1971	2025	4512	-	446	6983	2795	9778	49.7	19.9	69.6
23	1972	2325	5103	-	498	7926	2936	10862	52	19.3	71.2
24	1973	2250	5812	-	522	8584	3705	12289	46.6	20.1	66.8
25	1974	2250	6591	-	604	9445	2859	12304	39.7	12	51.8
26	1975	2350	7560	-	949	10859	3705	14564	40.9	13.9	54.8
27	1976	2700	9001	-	990	12691	4968	17659	42	16.4	58.5
28	1977	2500	10391	-	1501	14392	10593	24985	39.5	29.1	68.6
29	1978	2635	12049	-	1684	16368	14583	30951	38.4	34.2	72.5
30	1979	3000	14929	-	1705	19634	15840	35474	37.5	30.2	67.7
31	1980	9800	17611	-	1659	29070	22276	51346	43.7	33.5	77.2
32	1981	13920	20025	-	1573	35518	29172	64690	41.8	34.3	76.1
33	1982	17320	25800	-	2147	45267	35267	80534	45.6	35.5	81.2
34	1983	17400	31953	-	2416	51769	46688	98457	42.6	38.4	81
35	1984	14860	33228	-	3564	51652	53681	105333	33.6	34.9	68.5
36	1985	22280	36570	-	3761	62611	67673	130284	38.6	41.7	80.2
37	1986	26173	39130	-	4196	69499	86208	155707	38.7	48	86.8
38	1987	29850	44957	-	4190	78997	111812	190809	40.2	56.8	97
39	1988	43700	49797	-	5099	98596	125657	224253	44.4	56.6	101
40	1989	57246	54217	-	6099	117562	156298	273860	46.7	62	108.7
41	1990	67968	54677	-	11251	133896	176883	310779	41.6	55	96.6
42	1991	72968	66823	-	12328	152119	214579	366698	40.9	57.6	98.5
43	1992	87096	69180	-	13744	170020	235539	405559	40	55.4	95.4
44	1993	97196	105707	-	10782	213685	270224	483909	42.8	54.1	96.9
45	1994	98896	137554	-	12669	249119	301812	550931	43	52.1	95.1
46	1995	113771	157928	-	17711	289410	346286	635696	43.3	51.9	95.2
47	1996	124996	205975	-	25731	356703	359685	716388	46.4	46.8	93.3
48	1997	114996	239475	10000	23269	387740	376331	764071	43.6	42.3	85.8
49	1998	119996	250570	48915	43945	463426	461273	924699	45.5	45.3	90.8

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Provides the annual central government debt decomposed into domestic and foreign debt in LKR millions and as a share of GDP. Source: Table 6 ,Special Statistical Appendix, CBSL Annual Report

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