{
 "code": "LK.DEBT.IDS.DT_INT_DPPG_CD.IBRD.A",
 "name": "Interest payments on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (INT, current US$), owed to the IBRD (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_DPPG_CD.IBRD.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": "1970", "value": 2.502, "status": null},
  {"period": "1971", "value": 1.689, "status": null},
  {"period": "1972", "value": 1.803, "status": null},
  {"period": "1973", "value": 2.073, "status": null},
  {"period": "1974", "value": 2.154, "status": null},
  {"period": "1975", "value": 2.345, "status": null},
  {"period": "1976", "value": 2.404, "status": null},
  {"period": "1977", "value": 2.392, "status": null},
  {"period": "1978", "value": 2.667, "status": null},
  {"period": "1979", "value": 2.724, "status": null},
  {"period": "1980", "value": 2.583, "status": null},
  {"period": "1981", "value": 2.212, "status": null},
  {"period": "1982", "value": 1.997, "status": null},
  {"period": "1983", "value": 2.475, "status": null},
  {"period": "1984", "value": 4.219, "status": null},
  {"period": "1985", "value": 5.098, "status": null},
  {"period": "1986", "value": 6.812, "status": null},
  {"period": "1987", "value": 7.406, "status": null},
  {"period": "1988", "value": 8.260, "status": null},
  {"period": "1989", "value": 7.334, "status": null},
  {"period": "1990", "value": 7.594, "status": null},
  {"period": "1991", "value": 7.037, "status": null},
  {"period": "1992", "value": 6.477, "status": null},
  {"period": "1993", "value": 5.800, "status": null},
  {"period": "1994", "value": 5.228, "status": null},
  {"period": "1995", "value": 4.931, "status": null},
  {"period": "1996", "value": 4.069, "status": null},
  {"period": "1997", "value": 3.160, "status": null},
  {"period": "1998", "value": 2.463, "status": null},
  {"period": "1999", "value": 2.068, "status": null},
  {"period": "2000", "value": 1.432, "status": null},
  {"period": "2001", "value": 0.880, "status": null},
  {"period": "2002", "value": 0.517, "status": null},
  {"period": "2003", "value": 0.194, "status": null},
  {"period": "2004", "value": 0.110, "status": null},
  {"period": "2005", "value": 0.020, "status": null},
  {"period": "2012", "value": 0.543, "status": null},
  {"period": "2013", "value": 0.318, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014", "value": 0.977, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015", "value": 0.693, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016", "value": 1.508, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017", "value": 4.077, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018", "value": 5.775, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019", "value": 7.930, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020", "value": 6.364, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021", "value": 5.802, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022", "value": 12.608, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023", "value": 44.029, "status": null},
  {"period": "2024", "value": 57.834, "status": null},
  {"period": "2025", "value": 63.165, "status": null},
  {"period": "2026", "value": 62.872, "status": null},
  {"period": "2027", "value": 61.471, "status": null},
  {"period": "2028", "value": 59.105, "status": null},
  {"period": "2029", "value": 56.540, "status": null},
  {"period": "2030", "value": 53.834, "status": null},
  {"period": "2031", "value": 51.098, "status": null},
  {"period": "2032", "value": 47.941, "status": null}
 ]
}