Sri Lanka international reserves
Total reserves
$6.1B
Data for July 2025
1-month change
+1.1%
12-month change
+8.8%
High since 2000
$9.9B
April 2018
Monthly history (IMF)
$6.1 billion
July 2025+274.3% vs January 2000
Gross reserves in US dollars with gold at market value. Source: IMF, International Liquidity.
Composition
What the central bank holds its reserves in, as of July 2025.
- Foreign exchange$6.1B · 98.6%
- Gold$50M · 0.8%
- SDRs$29M · 0.5%
- IMF reserve position$4M · 0.1%
Gold
- Tonnes
- 0.5 t
- Market value
- $50M
- Share of reserves
- 0.8%
Tonnes of gold in reserves
0.5 t
July 2025-94.9% vs January 2000
In context
Reserves per person
US$ 282
Reserves as % of GDP (2025)
5.6%
Months of imports covered
3.0
Usual benchmark: under 3 months is considered low.