Sri Lanka vs Turkey: Interest payments

Sri Lanka

2.46 trillion current LCU

in 2023

Turkey

1.65 trillion current LCU

in 2024

Sri Lanka rank

16th

Turkey rank

19th

Interest payments over time

Sri Lanka
Turkey

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 2.46 trillion current LCU against 1.65 trillion current LCU in Turkey, a difference of 807.72 billion current LCU.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.5 times Turkey's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.

Globally, Sri Lanka ranks 16th and Turkey ranks 19th of 155 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Interest payments (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 155 places, 4,505 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.