Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Sri Lanka's gdp annual growth rate stands at 4.95% as of 2025-12-31, down from 4.99% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1962 to 2025 (64 observations).
In 2025, Sri Lanka's gdp annual growth rate was 4.95%, down from 4.99% in 2024.
In 2024, Sri Lanka's gdp annual growth rate was 4.99%, up from -2.03% in 2023.
In 2023, Sri Lanka's gdp annual growth rate was -2.03%, up from -7.35% in 2022.
In 2022, Sri Lanka's gdp annual growth rate was -7.35%, down from 4.21% in 2021.
In 2021, Sri Lanka's gdp annual growth rate was 4.21%, up from -4.62% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.95% | -0.039% |
| 2024 | 4.99% | +7.02% |
| 2023 | -2.03% | +5.32% |
| 2022 | -7.35% | -11.56% |
| 2021 | 4.21% | +8.83% |
| 2020 | -4.62% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | -0.2205% | -2.53% |
| 2018 | 2.31% | -4.15% |
| 2017 | 6.46% | +1.41% |
| 2016 | 5.05% | +0.8477% |
| 2015 | 4.21% | -2.17% |
| 2014 | 6.38% | +2.33% |
| 2013 | 4.05% | -4.58% |
| 2012 | 8.63% | -0.0373% |
| 2011 | 8.67% | +0.6535% |
| 2010 | 8.02% | +4.48% |
| 2009 | 3.54% | -2.41% |
| 2008 | 5.95% | -0.8467% |
| 2007 | 6.8% | -0.8715% |
| 2006 | 7.67% | +1.43% |
| 2005 | 6.24% | +0.7967% |
| 2004 | 5.45% | -0.4952% |
| 2003 | 5.94% | +1.98% |
| 2002 | 3.96% | +5.51% |
| 2001 | -1.55% | -7.55% |
| 2000 | 6% | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 4.3% | -0.3979% |
| 1998 | 4.7% | -1.71% |
| 1997 | 6.41% | +2.61% |
| 1996 | 3.8% | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 5.5% | -0.0998% |
| 1994 | 5.6% | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 6.9% | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 4.4% | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 4.6% | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 6.4% | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 2.3% | -0.1734% |
| 1988 | 2.47% | +0.7471% |
| 1987 | 1.73% | -2.63% |
| 1986 | 4.36% | -0.6439% |
| 1985 | 5% | -0.0997% |
| 1984 | 5.1% | +0.2852% |
| 1983 | 4.81% | +0.6725% |
| 1982 | 4.14% | -1.56% |
| 1981 | 5.7% | -0.1465% |
| 1980 | 5.85% | -0.5575% |
| 1979 | 6.4% | +0.7497% |
| 1978 | 5.65% | +0.5532% |
| 1977 | 5.1% | +1.77% |
| 1976 | 3.34% | -2.79% |
| 1975 | 6.13% | +2.28% |
| 1974 | 3.85% | -3.21% |
| 1973 | 7.06% | +7.47% |
| 1972 | -0.4105% | -1.72% |
| 1971 | 1.31% | -2.54% |
| 1970 | 3.85% | -3.87% |
| 1969 | 7.72% | +1.92% |
| 1968 | 5.8% | -0.6379% |
| 1967 | 6.44% | +1.42% |
| 1966 | 5.02% | +2.49% |
| 1965 | 2.54% | -1.37% |
| 1964 | 3.91% | +1.39% |
| 1963 | 2.52% | -1.3% |
| 1962 | 3.82% | — |
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Sri Lanka's gdp annual growth rate is 4.95% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 4.99% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 8.67% (2011); the lowest is -7.35% (2022), across data from 1962 to 2025.
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