Sri Lanka - Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Sri Lanka was 21.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.72 in 2007, while its lowest value was 5.19 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 15.17
1961 13.60
1962 11.15
1963 12.19
1964 10.61
1965 12.28
1966 10.85
1967 9.04
1968 9.10
1969 11.70
1970 12.91
1971 14.61
1972 9.40
1973 6.98
1974 11.07
1975 7.25
1976 10.24
1977 10.94
1978 10.43
1979 12.72
1980 6.50
1981 5.19
1982 5.21
1983 7.31
1984 7.08
1985 6.41
1986 7.89
1987 6.75
1988 7.98
1989 6.07
1990 6.98
1991 10.07
1992 12.15
1993 10.39
1994 11.55
1995 12.16
1996 13.65
1997 11.76
1998 10.35
1999 10.05
2000 10.84
2001 12.80
2002 15.94
2003 18.17
2004 20.22
2005 22.98
2006 23.49
2007 30.72
2008 25.83
2009 23.98
2010 27.19
2011 27.58
2012 24.73
2013 19.80
2014 22.34
2015 30.68
2016 22.07
2017 24.35
2018 21.88
2019 21.28
2020 21.16

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports