Sri Lanka - Imports of goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) in Sri Lanka was 2,501,420,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,997,550,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 172,193,000,000 in 1975.

Definition: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 223,254,000,000
1961 201,187,000,000
1962 224,624,000,000
1963 199,461,000,000
1964 200,328,000,000
1965 195,810,000,000
1966 205,147,000,000
1967 196,185,000,000
1968 217,785,000,000
1969 233,251,000,000
1970 219,458,000,000
1971 197,895,000,000
1972 182,544,000,000
1973 177,883,000,000
1974 173,640,000,000
1975 172,193,000,000
1976 195,607,000,000
1977 184,481,000,000
1978 252,589,000,000
1979 300,447,000,000
1980 358,282,000,000
1981 333,295,000,000
1982 382,128,000,000
1983 423,344,000,000
1984 468,914,000,000
1985 438,494,000,000
1986 472,173,000,000
1987 470,891,000,000
1988 461,467,000,000
1989 452,236,000,000
1990 487,962,000,000
1991 526,511,000,000
1992 568,106,000,000
1993 650,481,000,000
1994 742,850,000,000
1995 750,278,000,000
1996 771,286,000,000
1997 852,028,000,000
1998 949,926,000,000
1999 1,016,490,000,000
2000 1,167,820,000,000
2001 1,056,550,000,000
2002 1,175,070,000,000
2003 1,307,230,000,000
2004 1,425,030,000,000
2005 1,463,330,000,000
2006 1,564,850,000,000
2007 1,623,270,000,000
2008 1,688,390,000,000
2009 1,526,540,000,000
2010 1,719,610,000,000
2011 2,125,430,000,000
2012 2,135,750,000,000
2013 2,103,080,000,000
2014 2,304,270,000,000
2015 2,548,450,000,000
2016 2,749,650,000,000
2017 2,945,750,000,000
2018 2,997,550,000,000
2019 2,823,840,000,000
2020 2,501,420,000,000

Base Period: varies by country

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts