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2024 Presidential Election: Manifesto Proposals on Debt Sustainability

With the upcoming presidential election scheduled for September 21, 2024, candidates have outlined several proposals in their manifestos that could significantly affect Sri Lanka’s debt sustainability.

Sri Lanka in the top 10 countries with the highest interest to revenue ratio, since 1990!

According to data from the World Bank Database, looking at the ratio of interest to revenue, Sri Lanka is the only country to have always ranked among the top 10 countries with the highest ratio globally every year from 1990 onwards, wh...

Interest payments weigh heaviest in 2022!

The central bank's annual report for 2022 reveals that interest payments have reached their highest level. This increase in interest payments suggests a significant debt burden on the government. The ratio of interest payments to total g...