Sri Lanka: GDP, PPP (current international $)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Sri Lanka's GDP, PPP (current international $) rose 7.9% on 2024 (from 344.11 billion to 371.27 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.3% and a typical year strayed about 4.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.8% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.8% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 8.04 billion a year. A straight line explains 76% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 380.52 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 11.26 billion, against 30.28 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Sri Lanka had the 62nd highest value of the 185 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Sri Lanka in the 2025 ranking

• Angola — 58th of 185: 400.21 billion
• Qatar — 59th of 185: 383.07 billion
• Finland — 60th of 185: 372.01 billion
• Dominican Republic — 62nd of 185: 330.88 billion
• Myanmar — 63rd of 185: 329.74 billion
• Belarus — 64th of 185: 315.43 billion

What this measures

This indicator provides values for gross domestic product (GDP) expressed in current international dollars, converted by purchasing power parities (PPPs). PPPs account for the different price levels across countries and thus PPP-based comparisons of economic output are more appropriate for comparing the output of economies and the average material well-being of their inhabitants than exchange-rate based comparisons. Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This series has been linked to produce a consistent time series to counteract breaks in series over time due to changes in base years, source data and methodologies. Thus, it may not be comparable with other national accounts series in the database for historical years. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. The PPP conversion factor is a currency conversion factor and a spatial price deflator.

All 36 values

GDP, PPP (current international $) in nearby economies

• Bangladesh — 1.78 trillion (2025)
• Bhutan — 15.61 billion (2025)
• India — 17.2 trillion (2025)
• Maldives — 15.12 billion (2025)
• Nepal — 182.9 billion (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Sri Lanka

• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$9.1 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 2.74 trillion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$6.84 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) — 929.67 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.36% (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$18.63 billion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 5.61 trillion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 17.12% (2025)
• Industry, including construction, value added (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Sri Lanka's GDP, PPP (current international $)?

371.27 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 798.3% from 41.33 billion in 1990 (6.47% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 371.27 billion in 2025 and the lowest 41.33 billion in 1990.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Comparison Program (ICP), World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/icp/data, note: This information is for ICP’s PPPs utilized in WDI, publisher: International Comparison Program (ICP), date accessed: May 30, 2024, date published: May 30, 2024; The Eurostat PPP Progr… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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