World Bank Group data provides statistics on Sri Lanka's external debt stocks and flows. The dataset likely contains quarterly external debt statistics for high-income and emerging markets, as well as public sector debt data on valuation methods and instruments. Data are gathered from national statistical organizations, central banks, and multilateral institutions.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in external debt stocks and flows for Sri Lanka based on quarterly statistics mentioned in the description
- Model public sector debt sustainability based on data covering central, state, and local government tiers
- Compare debt instrument composition and valuation methods for the public sector as described
- Study global financial flows by integrating this country-level data with other external debt statistics
Strengths
- Data sourced from authoritative institutions like national statistical organizations and central banks
- Covers multiple tiers of government debt including central, state, and local levels
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Gathered from national statistical organizations and central banks as well as by various major multilateral institutions and World Bank staff.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 06:21:35.726480; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Sri Lanka