Sri Lanka - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Sri Lanka was 13.42 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.36 in 1982 and a minimum value of 1.55 in 1971.

Definition: Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Year Value
1962 8.17
1963 8.63
1964 5.38
1965 8.13
1966 6.69
1967 7.06
1968 9.23
1969 6.36
1970 2.68
1971 1.55
1972 1.89
1974 19.96
1975 16.69
1976 24.88
1977 24.12
1978 16.54
1979 17.55
1980 24.29
1981 24.98
1982 31.36
1983 23.87
1984 25.71
1985 21.77
1986 12.58
1987 15.26
1990 12.63
1991 10.98
1992 8.88
1993 7.70
1994 6.22
1999 5.72
2000 9.25
2001 9.34
2002 13.84
2003 11.31
2004 14.45
2005 13.42
2006 16.67
2007 23.55
2008 22.98
2009 19.39
2010 16.71
2011 20.23
2012 21.41
2013 23.49
2014 22.85
2015 13.99
2016 11.97
2017 15.08
2019 17.63
2020 13.42

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports