{
 "code": "LK.DEBT.IDS.DT_INT_DSTC_CD.ALL.A",
 "name": "Interest payments on external debt, short-term (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_DSTC_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": [
  {"period": "1977", "value": 9.760, "status": null},
  {"period": "1978", "value": 15.295, "status": null},
  {"period": "1979", "value": 25.909, "status": null},
  {"period": "1980", "value": 35.750, "status": null},
  {"period": "1981", "value": 35.828, "status": null},
  {"period": "1982", "value": 26.924, "status": null},
  {"period": "1983", "value": 24.359, "status": null},
  {"period": "1984", "value": 18.555, "status": null},
  {"period": "1985", "value": 15.643, "status": null},
  {"period": "1986", "value": 14.299, "status": null},
  {"period": "1987", "value": 29.420, "status": null},
  {"period": "1988", "value": 26.040, "status": null},
  {"period": "1989", "value": 22.200, "status": null},
  {"period": "1990", "value": 27.000, "status": null},
  {"period": "1991", "value": 21.562, "status": null},
  {"period": "1992", "value": 12.653, "status": null},
  {"period": "1993", "value": 9.436, "status": null},
  {"period": "1994", "value": 16.698, "status": null},
  {"period": "1995", "value": 24.298, "status": null},
  {"period": "1996", "value": 25.908, "status": null},
  {"period": "1997", "value": 24.169, "status": null},
  {"period": "1998", "value": 19.115, "status": null},
  {"period": "1999", "value": 29.344, "status": null},
  {"period": "2000", "value": 34.091, "status": null},
  {"period": "2001", "value": 19.984, "status": null},
  {"period": "2002", "value": 10.117, "status": null},
  {"period": "2003", "value": 7.425, "status": null},
  {"period": "2004", "value": 19.029, "status": null},
  {"period": "2005", "value": 36.900, "status": null},
  {"period": "2006", "value": 46.175, "status": null},
  {"period": "2007", "value": 68.860, "status": null},
  {"period": "2008", "value": 55.755, "status": null},
  {"period": "2009", "value": 19.058, "status": null},
  {"period": "2010", "value": 19.057, "status": null},
  {"period": "2011", "value": 13.189, "status": null},
  {"period": "2012", "value": 96.686, "status": null},
  {"period": "2013", "value": 91.165, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014", "value": 99.125, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015", "value": 139.587, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016", "value": 170.187, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017", "value": 222.409, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018", "value": 309.876, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019", "value": 240.030, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020", "value": 102.913, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021", "value": 113.019, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022", "value": 352.266, "status": null},
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  {"period": "2024", "value": 293.294, "status": null}
 ]
}