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 "code": "LK.DEBT.IDS.DT_INT_DECT_CD.ALL.A",
 "name": "Interest payments on external debt, total (INT, current US$), owed to all creditors (World Bank IDS)",
 "unit": "US dollars million",
 "frequency": "Annual",
 "base_year": null,
 "producer": "World Bank",
 "publisher": "World Bank",
 "source_url": "https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka",
 "latest_vintage": "2026-09-30",
 "page": "/data/series/LK.DEBT.IDS.DT_INT_DECT_CD.ALL.A/",
 "notice": "Compiled by Macro Lab; not an official publication of the source agency. Provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Not investment advice.",
 "licence": "Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "observations": [
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  {"period": "1974", "value": 20.9, "status": null},
  {"period": "1975", "value": 27.7, "status": null},
  {"period": "1976", "value": 32.8, "status": null},
  {"period": "1977", "value": 41.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "1978", "value": 52.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "1979", "value": 68.9, "status": null},
  {"period": "1980", "value": 85.636896, "status": null},
  {"period": "1981", "value": 102.822008, "status": null},
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  {"period": "1984", "value": 149.8, "status": null},
  {"period": "1985", "value": 156.072996, "status": null},
  {"period": "1986", "value": 159.2, "status": null},
  {"period": "1987", "value": 175.1, "status": null},
  {"period": "1988", "value": 169.7, "status": null},
  {"period": "1989", "value": 156.1, "status": null},
  {"period": "1990", "value": 170.247165, "status": null},
  {"period": "1991", "value": 166.042076, "status": null},
  {"period": "1992", "value": 154.077292, "status": null},
  {"period": "1993", "value": 146.9, "status": null},
  {"period": "1994", "value": 154.6, "status": null},
  {"period": "1995", "value": 172.163943, "status": null},
  {"period": "1996", "value": 179.3, "status": null},
  {"period": "1997", "value": 182.016209, "status": null},
  {"period": "1998", "value": 191.6, "status": null},
  {"period": "1999", "value": 224.6, "status": null},
  {"period": "2000", "value": 252.3, "status": null},
  {"period": "2001", "value": 234.074854, "status": null},
  {"period": "2002", "value": 220.858615, "status": null},
  {"period": "2003", "value": 188.4, "status": null},
  {"period": "2004", "value": 219.5, "status": null},
  {"period": "2005", "value": 156.619118, "status": null},
  {"period": "2006", "value": 271.3, "status": null},
  {"period": "2007", "value": 301.004178, "status": null},
  {"period": "2008", "value": 350.395624, "status": null},
  {"period": "2009", "value": 348.2, "status": null},
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