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Sri Lanka — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Sri Lanka, 1962–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.95%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +29.7% since 1962
GDP growth for Sri Lanka was 4.95% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 64 years, from 1962 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 8.67% in 2011. The lowest was -7.35% in 2022 (about -1.5× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.41% per year.
Sri Lanka ranks 55 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 26%. The median for South Asia is 6.31%, so Sri Lanka sits below it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 43% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 18%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.95%
First (1962)
3.82%
Change
+29.7%
Highest
8.67%
in 2011
Lowest
-7.35%
in 2022
Average
4.34%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.41%
Years of data
64
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.95% |
| 2024 | 4.99% |
| 2023 | -2.03% |
| 2022 | -7.35% |
| 2021 | 4.21% |
| 2020 | -4.62% |
| 2019 | -0.22% |
| 2018 | 2.31% |
| 2017 | 6.46% |
| 2016 | 5.05% |
| 2015 | 4.21% |
| 2014 | 6.38% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.