Sri Lanka: Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Sri Lanka's net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$) rose 15.7% on 2022 (from US$9.02 million to US$10.44 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +32.8% and a typical year strayed about 148.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below 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 738.3% in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 72.1% in 1990. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 28% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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 49th highest value of the 134 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

• Cameroon — 45th of 134: US$11.51 million
• Morocco — 46th of 134: US$10.95 million
• Ecuador — 47th of 134: US$10.5 million
• Viet Nam — 49th of 134: US$10 million
• Malawi — 50th of 134: US$9.93 million
• Jamaica — 51st of 134: US$9.34 million

What this measures

Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors are the net disbursements of official development assistance (ODA) or official aid from the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data.

Limitations: Data exclude DAC members’ multilateral aid (contributions to the regular budgets of the multilateral institutions). However, projects executed by multilateral institutions or nongovernmental organizations on behalf of DAC members are classified as bilateral aid (since the donor country effectively controls the use of the funds) and are included in the data. Aid to unspecified economies is included in regional totals and, when possible, income group totals. Aid not allocated by country or region - including administrative costs, research on development, and aid to nongovernmental organizations - is included in the world total.

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

All 64 values

Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$) in nearby economies

• Bangladesh — US$75.38 million (2023)
• Bhutan — US$1.18 million (2023)
• India — US$63.94 million (2023)
• Maldives — US$155,072 (2023)
• Nepal — US$2.45 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 net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$)?

US$10.44 million in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 464.22% from US$1.85 million in 1960 (2.78% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$45.69 million in 2005 and the lowest US$1.37 million in 2000.

How does Sri Lanka rank?

49th highest of 134 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$) unusual for Sri Lanka?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DC.DAC.CANL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Developmen… 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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