Sri Lanka: Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Sri Lanka's grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) rose 33.7% on 2022 (from US$240.07 million to US$320.89 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +7.4% and a typical year strayed about 46.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 228.5% in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 46.7% in 1972. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$9.79 million a year. A straight line explains 39% 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.

How it compares

In 2023, Sri Lanka had the 67th highest value of the 136 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 2023 ranking

• Togo — 63rd of 136: US$335.45 million
• Brazil — 64th of 136: US$332 million
• Mauritania — 65th of 136: US$331.42 million
• Mexico — 67th of 136: US$313.61 million
• Kyrgyz Republic — 68th of 136: US$302.42 million
• Georgia — 69th of 136: US$293.39 million

What this measures

Grants are transfers made in cash, goods or services for which no repayment is required. For ODA reporting purposes, they also include forgiveness of non-military debt, support to non-governmental organisations, certain interest subsidies, and certain costs incurred in the implementation of aid. Grants to multilateral agencies intended to soften the terms of the latter’s lending are a direct resource outflow and should also be recorded as ODA grants. For OOF reporting purposes, grants for commercial purposes such as subsidies to national private investors, and grants to forgive military debt, are also included. Grant-like flows are assimilated to grants. They comprise a) loans for which the service payments are to be made into an account in the borrowing country and used in the borrowing country for its own benefit, and b) provision of commodities for sale in the recipient’s currency the proceeds of which are used in the recipient country for its own benefit. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 64 values

Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies

• Bangladesh — US$1.45 billion (2023)
• Bhutan — US$40.14 million (2023)
• India — US$645.38 million (2023)
• Maldives — US$148.38 million (2023)
• Nepal — US$488.98 million (2023)

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 grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$)?

US$320.89 million in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 2,947% from US$10.53 million in 1960 (5.57% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$635.1 million in 2005 and the lowest US$6.02 million in 1964.

How does Sri Lanka rank?

67th highest of 136 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) unusual for Sri Lanka?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GRT.EXTA.CD.WD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: DAC2A: Aid (ODA) disbursements to countries and regions, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: DSD_DAC2@DF_DAC2A, note: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows, Developm… 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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