{
 "code": "LK.DEBT.IDS.DT_INT_DECT_EX_ZS.ALL.A",
 "name": "Interest payments on external debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income), owed to all creditors (World Bank IDS)",
 "unit": "% of exports of goods, services and primary income",
 "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_EX_ZS.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": [
  {"period": "1975", "value": 4.33, "status": null},
  {"period": "1976", "value": 5.16, "status": null},
  {"period": "1977", "value": 4.74, "status": null},
  {"period": "1978", "value": 5.36, "status": null},
  {"period": "1979", "value": 5.87, "status": null},
  {"period": "1980", "value": 6.39, "status": null},
  {"period": "1981", "value": 7.48, "status": null},
  {"period": "1982", "value": 8.96, "status": null},
  {"period": "1983", "value": 10.00, "status": null},
  {"period": "1984", "value": 8.34, "status": null},
  {"period": "1985", "value": 9.49, "status": null},
  {"period": "1986", "value": 10.06, "status": null},
  {"period": "1987", "value": 9.77, "status": null},
  {"period": "1988", "value": 9.00, "status": null},
  {"period": "1989", "value": 8.18, "status": null},
  {"period": "1990", "value": 7.14, "status": null},
  {"period": "1991", "value": 6.38, "status": null},
  {"period": "1992", "value": 5.15, "status": null},
  {"period": "1993", "value": 4.16, "status": null},
  {"period": "1994", "value": 3.76, "status": null},
  {"period": "1995", "value": 3.56, "status": null},
  {"period": "1996", "value": 3.56, "status": null},
  {"period": "1997", "value": 3.17, "status": null},
  {"period": "1998", "value": 3.23, "status": null},
  {"period": "1999", "value": 3.92, "status": null},
  {"period": "2000", "value": 3.87, "status": null},
  {"period": "2001", "value": 3.73, "status": null},
  {"period": "2002", "value": 3.65, "status": null},
  {"period": "2003", "value": 2.81, "status": null},
  {"period": "2004", "value": 2.95, "status": null},
  {"period": "2005", "value": 1.97, "status": null},
  {"period": "2006", "value": 3.08, "status": null},
  {"period": "2007", "value": 3.05, "status": null},
  {"period": "2008", "value": 3.39, "status": null},
  {"period": "2009", "value": 3.83, "status": null},
  {"period": "2010", "value": 5.66, "status": null},
  {"period": "2011", "value": 3.44, "status": null},
  {"period": "2012", "value": 5.04, "status": null},
  {"period": "2013", "value": 5.02, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014", "value": 4.88, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015", "value": 5.44, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016", "value": 6.64, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017", "value": 6.54, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018", "value": 9.13, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019", "value": 9.20, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020", "value": 12.89, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021", "value": 10.93, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022", "value": 7.16, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023", "value": 7.36, "status": null},
  {"period": "2024", "value": 6.94, "status": null}
 ]
}