Sri Lanka - Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Sri Lanka was 2.11 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 43.19 in 1972, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2008.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 10.96
1961 13.35
1962 11.95
1963 12.22
1964 15.83
1965 16.44
1966 15.00
1967 14.62
1968 15.32
1969 16.71
1970 11.69
1971 19.67
1972 43.19
1973 42.39
1974 11.38
1975 4.52
1976 3.96
1977 3.98
1978 4.46
1979 2.44
1980 2.64
1981 4.41
1982 2.46
1983 1.07
1984 1.28
1985 1.42
1986 2.13
1987 4.81
1988 5.02
1989 2.60
1990 2.85
1991 3.71
1992 8.78
1993 10.97
1994 3.40
1995 3.62
1996 3.31
1997 3.12
1998 9.13
1999 14.23
2000 6.26
2001 6.14
2002 0.25
2003 2.60
2004 0.15
2005 0.15
2006 0.61
2007 0.01
2008 0.00
2009 0.01
2010 0.01
2011 0.02
2012 0.04
2013 0.02
2014 0.00
2015 0.00
2016 0.07
2017 0.13
2018 0.04
2019 2.09
2020 2.11

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports