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

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in Sri Lanka was 1.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.98 in 1973, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 2017.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to 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 exports by the economy.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 17.28
1961 18.16
1962 17.03
1963 16.47
1964 19.75
1965 22.13
1966 23.00
1967 16.33
1968 20.23
1969 18.67
1970 17.87
1971 26.58
1972 46.35
1973 46.98
1974 24.80
1975 19.45
1976 5.50
1977 4.01
1978 9.97
1979 14.34
1980 18.14
1981 15.36
1982 16.51
1983 15.26
1984 15.07
1985 12.68
1986 9.35
1987 9.11
1988 9.07
1989 11.71
1990 11.96
1991 9.13
1992 17.28
1993 11.49
1994 8.28
1995 7.81
1996 7.85
1997 6.63
1998 3.63
1999 4.11
2000 3.36
2001 2.44
2002 1.72
2003 4.53
2004 3.23
2005 4.12
2006 4.78
2007 9.59
2008 11.23
2009 11.71
2010 12.15
2011 10.84
2012 11.00
2013 11.66
2014 0.62
2015 0.21
2016 0.42
2017 0.02
2018 0.86
2019 1.33
2020 1.20

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports