Sri Lanka - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Sri Lanka was 8.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.74 in 1984, while its lowest value was 0.62 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. 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 0.78
1961 0.62
1962 0.81
1963 1.45
1964 0.66
1965 1.20
1966 0.70
1967 1.78
1968 1.29
1969 0.72
1970 1.58
1971 0.88
1974 16.24
1975 12.86
1976 13.61
1977 13.88
1978 10.25
1979 11.29
1980 18.95
1981 17.54
1982 12.81
1983 5.27
1984 19.74
1985 12.74
1986 8.34
1987 6.99
1988 5.45
1989 5.03
1990 2.86
1991 3.31
1992 2.28
1993 2.40
1994 3.24
1995 5.62
1996 5.38
1997 8.92
1998 3.65
1999 3.80
2000 5.48
2001 4.16
2002 11.06
2003 4.72
2004 5.93
2005 5.80
2006 4.49
2007 6.79
2008 6.61
2009 5.41
2010 6.63
2011 7.96
2012 14.88
2013 13.56
2014 12.41
2015 10.16
2016 6.96
2017 9.23
2018 10.31
2019 11.30
2020 8.94

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Sri Lanka was 16,055,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22,233,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 310,000,000 in 1965.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 413,000,000
1961 358,000,000
1962 349,000,000
1963 313,000,000
1964 415,000,000
1965 310,000,000
1966 400,000,000
1967 365,000,000
1968 359,000,000
1969 420,000,000
1970 386,000,000
1971 354,000,000
1972 368,000,000
1973 430,000,000
1974 720,000,000
1975 816,000,000
1976 585,000,000
1977 700,000,000
1978 969,000,000
1979 1,466,000,000
1980 2,037,000,000
1981 1,849,000,000
1982 1,831,000,000
1983 1,820,000,000
1984 1,867,000,000
1985 1,843,000,000
1986 1,857,000,000
1987 2,058,000,000
1988 2,262,000,000
1989 2,188,000,000
1990 2,685,000,000
1991 3,054,000,000
1992 3,445,000,000
1993 3,991,000,000
1994 4,776,000,000
1995 5,185,000,000
1996 5,416,000,000
1997 5,839,000,000
1998 5,933,000,000
1999 5,870,000,000
2000 6,281,000,000
2001 5,973,000,000
2002 6,105,000,000
2003 6,672,000,000
2004 7,973,000,000
2005 8,834,000,000
2006 10,258,000,000
2007 11,301,000,000
2008 13,953,000,000
2009 10,049,000,000
2010 13,512,000,000
2011 20,269,000,000
2012 19,190,000,000
2013 18,003,000,000
2014 19,417,000,000
2015 18,935,000,000
2016 19,183,000,000
2017 20,980,000,000
2018 22,233,000,000
2019 19,937,000,000
2020 16,055,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Sri Lanka was 38.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 78.34 in 1984, while its lowest value was 38.82 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies 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 53.82
1961 53.20
1962 55.88
1963 51.99
1964 48.26
1965 52.62
1966 47.80
1967 53.77
1968 52.45
1969 54.91
1970 54.50
1971 50.16
1972 42.76
1973 42.85
1974 51.53
1975 60.78
1976 63.78
1977 60.82
1978 68.66
1979 67.83
1980 65.63
1981 73.61
1982 68.85
1983 68.88
1984 78.34
1985 70.94
1986 70.51
1987 68.39
1988 63.95
1989 65.22
1990 61.07
1991 63.88
1992 58.18
1993 60.71
1994 64.91
1995 63.56
1996 63.04
1997 65.15
1998 63.31
1999 61.69
2000 66.10
2001 62.71
2002 66.20
2003 59.80
2004 57.42
2005 51.99
2006 50.22
2007 51.34
2008 53.45
2009 53.75
2010 54.88
2011 49.64
2012 51.74
2013 51.06
2014 46.07
2015 53.58
2016 41.38
2017 42.38
2018 45.85
2019 41.43
2020 38.82

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Sri Lanka was 37.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 37.92 in 2020, while its lowest value was 4.65 in 1972.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions 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 20.06
1961 19.84
1962 21.03
1963 23.59
1964 25.30
1965 18.65
1966 26.34
1967 22.57
1968 23.13
1969 16.68
1970 20.90
1971 15.56
1972 4.65
1973 7.78
1974 26.02
1975 27.45
1976 22.02
1977 24.25
1978 16.45
1979 17.02
1980 25.24
1981 16.80
1982 23.48
1983 22.74
1984 13.30
1985 21.24
1986 19.47
1987 20.05
1988 23.05
1989 26.11
1990 29.09
1991 22.35
1992 20.89
1993 17.93
1994 20.13
1995 20.67
1996 20.00
1997 19.97
1998 17.20
1999 14.03
2000 16.81
2001 18.34
2002 17.60
2003 19.43
2004 22.21
2005 24.89
2006 25.68
2007 17.93
2008 20.72
2009 22.26
2010 17.93
2011 22.76
2012 23.50
2013 29.12
2014 31.58
2015 15.74
2016 36.48
2017 33.14
2018 32.24
2019 35.21
2020 37.92

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Sri Lanka was 32.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 32.70 in 2020, while its lowest value was 4.65 in 1972.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific 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 14.38
1961 14.73
1962 15.38
1963 16.61
1964 22.46
1965 15.27
1966 23.88
1967 18.77
1968 18.53
1969 13.92
1970 18.31
1971 14.41
1972 4.65
1973 7.78
1974 13.42
1975 21.99
1976 10.57
1977 13.15
1978 7.64
1979 7.38
1980 5.74
1981 6.69
1982 9.23
1983 8.96
1984 6.10
1985 7.59
1986 10.46
1987 9.34
1988 10.60
1989 13.77
1990 14.20
1991 12.57
1992 13.22
1993 13.28
1994 13.11
1995 13.28
1996 12.76
1997 12.10
1998 12.25
1999 10.45
2000 12.66
2001 13.20
2002 13.15
2003 14.30
2004 14.49
2005 16.64
2006 16.76
2007 8.86
2008 8.35
2009 9.49
2010 9.59
2011 12.08
2012 16.23
2013 25.88
2014 28.37
2015 11.61
2016 32.04
2017 28.40
2018 28.72
2019 30.97
2020 32.70

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Sri Lanka was 2.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 2.85 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1971.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central 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
1962 0.23
1963 1.39
1964 0.05
1966 0.09
1967 0.22
1968 0.25
1969 0.04
1970 0.02
1971 0.02
1974 1.22
1978 0.27
1979 0.18
1980 0.09
1981 0.13
1982 0.59
1983 0.37
1984 1.02
1985 0.69
1986 0.23
1987 0.68
1988 0.67
1989 0.49
1990 0.74
1991 0.80
1992 0.91
1993 0.53
1994 1.11
1995 0.74
1996 1.08
1997 0.49
1998 0.38
1999 0.32
2000 0.19
2001 0.25
2002 0.32
2003 0.49
2004 0.29
2005 0.61
2006 0.54
2007 0.78
2008 1.20
2009 0.67
2010 0.62
2011 1.00
2012 1.71
2013 1.62
2014 1.82
2015 2.28
2016 1.91
2017 2.00
2018 1.66
2019 2.18
2020 2.85

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Sri Lanka was 0.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 3.05 in 1997, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean 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
1974 0.62
1975 0.07
1976 0.08
1977 0.92
1978 1.28
1979 0.22
1980 3.02
1981 0.05
1982 0.11
1983 0.35
1984 0.88
1985 1.55
1986 1.78
1987 1.05
1988 1.24
1989 0.84
1990 0.93
1991 0.47
1992 0.78
1993 0.30
1994 1.87
1995 2.48
1996 1.12
1997 3.05
1998 1.72
1999 1.25
2000 0.26
2001 0.15
2002 0.37
2003 0.19
2004 1.14
2005 0.94
2006 0.40
2007 0.14
2008 0.26
2009 0.96
2010 0.93
2011 0.68
2012 0.87
2013 0.90
2014 0.88
2015 1.05
2016 1.17
2017 0.96
2018 0.43
2019 0.34
2020 0.38

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Sri Lanka was 0.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 12.52 in 1980, while its lowest value was 0.08 in 2015.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa 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 4.70
1961 4.23
1962 4.41
1963 4.58
1964 2.06
1965 2.60
1966 2.11
1967 3.17
1968 3.70
1969 2.30
1970 2.39
1971 1.02
1974 9.43
1975 4.74
1976 11.24
1977 10.03
1978 6.39
1979 7.47
1980 12.52
1981 6.95
1982 11.80
1983 10.78
1984 3.84
1985 9.48
1986 3.61
1987 6.58
1988 6.13
1989 5.39
1990 8.86
1991 5.58
1992 3.77
1993 2.47
1994 2.67
1995 3.08
1996 3.69
1997 3.43
1998 1.99
1999 1.48
2000 3.21
2001 4.29
2002 3.19
2003 4.04
2004 5.53
2005 6.30
2006 7.73
2007 7.83
2008 10.58
2009 10.80
2010 6.42
2011 8.55
2012 4.37
2013 0.23
2014 0.21
2015 0.08
2016 0.23
2017 0.28
2018 0.50
2019 0.40
2020 0.34

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

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Sri Lanka was 1.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.63 in 1989, while its lowest value was 0.11 in 1971.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa 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 0.98
1961 0.87
1962 1.01
1963 1.01
1964 0.73
1965 0.78
1966 0.26
1967 0.42
1968 0.66
1969 0.42
1970 0.18
1971 0.11
1974 1.32
1975 0.65
1976 0.13
1977 0.17
1978 0.88
1979 1.76
1980 3.87
1981 2.97
1982 1.75
1983 2.28
1984 1.47
1985 1.92
1986 3.40
1987 2.41
1988 4.40
1989 5.63
1990 4.36
1991 2.92
1992 2.20
1993 1.35
1994 1.37
1995 1.09
1996 1.35
1997 0.91
1998 0.86
1999 0.52
2000 0.48
2001 0.45
2002 0.56
2003 0.41
2004 0.76
2005 0.39
2006 0.25
2007 0.32
2008 0.32
2009 0.34
2010 0.37
2011 0.46
2012 0.32
2013 0.49
2014 0.30
2015 0.71
2016 1.13
2017 1.50
2018 0.94
2019 1.30
2020 1.64

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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Sri Lanka was $16,011,960,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $21,937,530,000 in 2018 and $307,700,000 in 1965.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy 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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 $408,800,000
1961 $354,300,000
1962 $347,200,000
1963 $316,600,000
1964 $411,900,000
1965 $307,700,000
1966 $425,900,000
1967 $359,700,000
1968 $364,900,000
1969 $428,202,000
1970 $388,876,000
1971 $330,047,000
1972 $334,714,000
1973 $422,406,000
1974 $705,141,000
1975 $744,887,000
1976 $535,896,000
1977 $638,162,000
1978 $940,947,000
1979 $1,449,031,000
1980 $2,028,666,000
1981 $1,905,646,000
1982 $1,773,139,000
1983 $1,794,825,000
1984 $1,845,586,000
1985 $1,831,800,000
1986 $1,829,419,000
1987 $2,056,362,000
1988 $2,278,759,000
1989 $2,087,412,000
1990 $2,634,472,000
1991 $3,061,117,000
1992 $3,472,800,000
1993 $4,005,408,000
1994 $4,232,000,000
1995 $4,481,000,000
1996 $4,740,000,000
1997 $5,282,000,000
1998 $6,263,364,000
1999 $6,255,218,000
2000 $6,526,366,000
2001 $5,564,620,000
2002 $5,851,950,000
2003 $6,470,566,000
2004 $7,788,846,000
2005 $8,621,025,000
2006 $10,010,230,000
2007 $9,730,697,000
2008 $11,840,320,000
2009 $8,047,402,000
2010 $10,501,870,000
2011 $17,143,800,000
2012 $15,843,760,000
2013 $17,906,560,000
2014 $19,211,980,000
2015 $15,124,490,000
2016 $19,238,590,000
2017 $20,747,950,000
2018 $21,937,530,000
2019 $19,982,530,000
2020 $16,011,960,000

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% 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 within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

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

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports