Sri Lanka — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Sri Lanka, 1960–2025.
GDP for Sri Lanka was 108.83 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 1.24 billion in 1963 (about 87.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.92% per year.
Sri Lanka ranks 72 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 34%. The median for South Asia is 108.83 billion, so Sri Lanka sits level with it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 28%. Within South Asia it ranks 3 of 6 economies; Nepal (45.49 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 39% in 2010. That is 21% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 1997. Doubling roughly every 10 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 52nd of 111 in 1960 → 59th of 146 in 1970 → 86th of 163 in 1980 → 84th of 192 in 1990 → 77th of 204 in 2000 → 71st of 212 in 2010 → 66th of 210 in 2020 → 71st of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108,825,231,671.2 | +9.2% |
| 2024 | 99,616,111,265.76 | +18.5% |
| 2023 | 84,080,307,355.6 | +13.4% |
| 2022 | 74,143,020,303.66 | -16.3% |
| 2021 | 88,556,699,052.2 | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 84,335,574,372.3 | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 88,998,706,178 | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 94,450,015,982.81 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 94,369,350,439.47 | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 88,000,210,878.12 | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 85,090,300,895.65 | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 82,531,125,461.84 | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 76,976,204,074.98 | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 70,447,216,891.34 | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 67,753,285,882.3 | +15.5% |
| 2010 | 58,636,049,581.17 | +39.4% |
| 2009 | 42,066,224,093.01 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 40,713,826,215.01 | +25.9% |
| 2007 | 32,350,238,760.42 | +14.4% |
| 2006 | 28,267,410,542.52 | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 24,405,791,044.78 | +18.1% |
| 2004 | 20,662,525,941.3 | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 18,881,765,437.22 | +14.2% |
| 2002 | 16,536,535,647.08 | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 15,749,753,804.83 | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 16,595,882,818.69 | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 15,711,933,513.28 | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 15,760,736,956.19 | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 15,091,913,883.71 | +8.6% |
| 1996 | 13,897,738,375.25 | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 13,029,697,560.98 | +11.2% |
| 1994 | 11,717,604,208.82 | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 10,338,679,635.76 | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 9,703,011,635.87 | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 9,000,362,581.58 | +12.0% |
| 1990 | 8,032,551,173.24 | +15.0% |
| 1989 | 6,987,267,683.77 | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 6,978,371,581.26 | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 6,682,167,119.57 | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 6,405,210,563.88 | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 5,978,460,972.02 | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 6,043,474,842.77 | +16.9% |
| 1983 | 5,167,913,302.17 | +8.4% |
| 1982 | 4,768,765,016.82 | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 4,415,844,155.84 | +9.7% |
| 1980 | 4,024,621,899.58 | +19.6% |
| 1979 | 3,364,611,432.24 | +23.1% |
| 1978 | 2,733,183,856.5 | -33.4% |
| 1977 | 4,104,509,582.86 | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 3,591,319,857.31 | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 3,791,298,145.51 | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 3,574,586,466.17 | +24.3% |
| 1973 | 2,875,625,000 | +12.6% |
| 1972 | 2,553,936,348.41 | +7.8% |
| 1971 | 2,369,308,600.34 | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 2,296,470,588.24 | +16.8% |
| 1969 | 1,965,546,218.49 | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 1,801,344,537.82 | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 1,859,465,020.58 | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 1,751,470,588.24 | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 1,698,319,327.73 | +29.7% |
| 1964 | 1,309,747,899.16 | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 1,240,672,268.91 | -13.5% |
| 1962 | 1,434,156,378.6 | -0.7% |
| 1961 | 1,444,327,731.09 | +2.4% |
| 1960 | 1,409,873,949.58 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Sri Lanka’s GDP in 1961?
1,444,327,731.09 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Sri Lanka’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Sri Lanka’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +7618.8% in total — about 6.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 108,825,231,671.2; 2024: 99,616,111,265.76; 2023: 84,080,307,355.6; 2022: 74,143,020,303.66; 2021: 88,556,699,052.2. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). 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.