Sri Lanka vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Outstanding Purchase (GRA), SDR

Sri Lanka
1.77 billion
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa
7.59 billion
in 2025
Sri Lanka rank
8th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
6th

Outstanding Purchase (GRA), SDR over time

  • Sri Lanka
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
05.0B10.0B15.0B194519852025

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 7.59 billion against 1.77 billion in Sri Lanka, a difference of 5.81 billion.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 4.3 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 81 shared years of data; in 1945 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th of 194 countries.

Across the 9 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 1 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sri Lanka Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1940s 0 164,000 164,000 Sub-Saharan Africa
1950s 0 1.14 million 1.14 million Sub-Saharan Africa
1960s 34.49 million 44.09 million 9.60 million Sub-Saharan Africa
1970s 124.97 million 541.98 million 417.01 million Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s 262.29 million 3.85 billion 3.58 billion Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s 21.32 million 1.53 billion 1.51 billion Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s 165.60 million 421.66 million 256.06 million Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s 888.17 million 732.01 million 156.16 million Sri Lanka
2020s 1.14 billion 10.84 billion 9.70 billion Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher outstanding purchase (gra), sdr, Sri Lanka or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Sub-Saharan Africa, at 7.59 billion against 1.77 billion in Sri Lanka as of 2025.
What is the difference in outstanding purchase (gra), sdr between Sri Lanka and Sub-Saharan Africa?
5.81 billion, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Sub-Saharan Africa?
81 years are reported by both, from 1945 to 2025.
How do Sri Lanka and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for outstanding purchase (gra), sdr?
Sri Lanka ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Monetary Fund, published as Outstanding Purchase (GRA), SDR. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Outstanding Purchase (GRA), SDR
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
208 places, 16,199 data points, 1945–2025
Last refreshed

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