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	Table 2801(Capital, Econ., Asset, ex)
	External Assets of Sri Lanka (1940-1997)
	cap2801e					(Rs. Million)
	Government	Government	Currency Board/	Commercial	Total External	Changes in Total
End of Period		Agencies and	Central Bank	Banks	Assets	External Assets
		Institutions				Between Periods
1940	29.3	67.2	80.2	147.7	324.4	-
1945	420.6	142.3	460.5	236.5	1,259.9	935.5
1950	76.8	265.7	565.1	225.3	1,132.9	-127
1955	111.7	237.2	655.2	224.7	1,228.8	95.9
1960	20.0	219.4	190.2	111.7	541.3	-687.5
1961	18.9	223.2	184.7	104.9	531.7	-9.6
1962	22.7	227.6	152.1	101.5	503.9	-27.8
1963	15.7	227.1	114.2	105.3	462.3	-41.6
1964	0.8	107.0	135.9	107.3	351.0	-111.3
1965	11.3	54.6	282.2	91.8	439.9	88.9
1966	4.8	57.3	143.0	112.5	317.6	-122.3
1967	3.7	64.9	260.4	119.9	448.9	131.3
1968	1.8	68.4	235.5	157.3	463.0	14.1
1969	1.2	72.3	165.2	138.4	377.1	-85.9
1970	0.4	57.6	194.0	150.6	402.6	25.5
1971	12.4	62.3	238.2	185.2	498.1	95.5
1972	53.7	67.3	285.4	320.3	726.7	228.6
1973	3.3	70.7	480.5	296.7	851.2	124.5
1974	0.5	74.3	420.1	393.9	888.8	37.6
1975	0.7	0.2	438.0	395.0	833.9	-54.9
1976	6.6	0.2	822.8	572.6	1,402.2	568.3
1977	3.5	0.4	4,326.5	1,242.9	5,573.3	4,171.10
1978	27.9	0.5	6,132.4	1,316.2	7,477.0	1,903.70
1979	10.4	0.5	7,960.2	1,681.2	9,652.3	2,175.30
1980	14.4	0.6	4,404.3	2,346.9	6,766.2	-2,886.10
1981	135.1	0.6	6,743.2	2,343.3	9,222.2	2,456.00
1982	414.6	0.5	7,233.5	3,585.1	11,233.7	2,011.50
1983	196.3	0.5	7,703.9	5,125.5	13,026.2	1,792.50
1984	988.9	0.5	12,734.3	5,217.8	18,941.5	5,915.30
1985	1,089.2	0.6	11,602.3	5,725.8	18,417.9	-523.6
1986	957.5	0.6	9,547.0	6,802.9	17,308.0	-1,109.90
1987	273.7	0.9	8,839.8	9,264.9	18,479.3	1,171.30
1988	589.8	0.9	8,575.0	9,859.7	19,025.4	546.1
1989	1,691.1	1.0	9,962.0	11,729.9	23,384.5	4,359.10
1990	1,104.1	1.1	16,399.2	16,966.8	34,471.6	11,087.10
1991	1,631.6	1.1	28,956.9	18,633.4	49,223.0	14,751.40
1992	1,482.1	1.0	41,591.7	23,160.7	66,235.5	17,012.50
1993	1,597.0	1.0	81,404.0	34,447.0	117,449.0	51,213
1994	1,132.0	-	99,859.0	42,607.0	143,598.0	26149
1995	938.0	-	110,521.0	45,338.0	156,797.0	13,200
1996	1,295.0	-	108,506.0	44,211.0	154,011.0	-2,786
1997	1,192.0	-	123,093.0	67,596.0	191,881.0	37,870
© ２００７， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Annual Report, Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Revised:  2007(y)/05(m)/10(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka