Sri Lanka debt service US$2,435mn in 2025, most already paid: President

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s debt service in 2025 amounts to 2,435 million US dollars of which 1,948 million dollars has been paid by September, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said presenting a budget for 2026. “Another 487 million US dollars is to be paid by December 31 of this year,” President Dissanayake said. In 2024, Sri Lanka serviced debt of 1,674 million dollars, he said. There is a narrative that Sri Lanka’s debt repayment will begin in 2028. Sri Lanka’s Treasury at the moment uses new loans from multilaterals and reserves from the central bank to repay debt. If the central…

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