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

The value for Imports of goods and services (current LCU) in Sri Lanka was 3,434,780,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,391,750,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,958,373,000 in 1961.

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 current local currency.

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

Year Value
1960 2,208,767,000
1961 1,958,373,000
1962 2,035,330,000
1963 2,029,502,000
1964 2,082,425,000
1965 2,061,000,000
1966 2,155,000,000
1967 2,106,000,000
1968 2,528,236,000
1969 2,879,000,000
1970 3,908,000,000
1971 3,739,000,000
1972 3,644,000,000
1973 4,704,000,000
1974 8,058,000,000
1975 9,291,000,000
1976 9,478,000,000
1977 10,979,000,000
1978 16,872,000,000
1979 23,969,000,000
1980 36,456,000,000
1981 39,558,000,000
1982 45,905,000,000
1983 50,381,000,000
1984 53,417,000,000
1985 61,646,000,000
1986 63,407,000,000
1987 70,223,000,000
1988 81,771,000,000
1989 92,587,000,000
1990 122,481,000,000
1991 144,674,000,000
1992 174,508,000,000
1993 216,544,000,000
1994 264,166,000,000
1995 307,425,000,000
1996 337,213,000,000
1997 388,154,000,000
1998 430,111,000,000
1999 478,526,000,000
2000 624,048,000,000
2001 613,167,000,000
2002 655,245,000,000
2003 741,430,000,000
2004 923,149,000,000
2005 1,012,190,000,000
2006 1,208,760,000,000
2007 1,413,280,000,000
2008 1,699,330,000,000
2009 1,345,220,000,000
2010 1,719,610,000,000
2011 2,460,830,000,000
2012 2,766,060,000,000
2013 2,775,710,000,000
2014 3,021,530,000,000
2015 3,125,930,000,000
2016 3,414,340,000,000
2017 3,872,520,000,000
2018 4,354,290,000,000
2019 4,391,750,000,000
2020 3,434,780,000,000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts