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Sri Lanka owes approximately 40% of its total central government debt to foreign creditors in the form of bilateral debt, multilateral debt and financial markets. The above infographic shows the distribution of ownership of the outstanding foreign debt balance as at end of 2020.
A Detailed breakdown of the loans can be found below:
| Agency | Value of Debt in (LKR Mn) |
Percentage Contributed |
| Multilateral | 1,601,482 | 23% |
| ADB | 865,457 | 13% |
| IDA | 593,238 | 9% |
| IFAD | 32,153 | 0% |
| Other | 110,634 | 2% |
| Bilateral | 1,162,973 | 17% |
| Japan | 659,260 | 10% |
| India | 146,530 | 2% |
| China | 124,665 | 2% |
| Other | 232,518 | 3% |
| Financial Markets | 4,110,181 | 60% |
| ISB | 2,619,035 | 38% |
| Export-Import Bank of China | 528,403 | 8% |
| Foreign Currency Term Financing Facilities | 279,612 | 4% |
| Other | 683,131 | 10% |
| Total Debt | 6,874,636 | 100% |
