Sri Lanka - Merchandise exports

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in Sri Lanka was 6.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 24.29 in 1984, while its lowest value was 0.43 in 1966.

Definition: Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 0.83
1961 0.99
1962 0.84
1963 0.95
1964 1.17
1965 0.93
1966 0.43
1967 1.66
1968 1.78
1969 5.82
1970 5.57
1971 5.84
1974 7.87
1975 14.62
1976 14.60
1977 20.18
1978 21.96
1979 16.87
1980 17.01
1981 16.23
1982 16.49
1983 20.66
1984 24.29
1985 20.78
1986 16.39
1987 17.14
1988 15.29
1989 12.99
1990 14.22
1991 12.20
1992 6.97
1993 8.12
1994 8.00
1995 6.08
1996 6.36
1997 6.68
1998 8.25
1999 6.72
2000 6.02
2001 7.84
2002 7.17
2003 7.52
2004 6.05
2005 6.69
2006 6.37
2007 5.93
2008 7.18
2009 7.61
2010 7.72
2011 7.01
2012 6.84
2013 6.48
2014 7.01
2015 6.97
2016 6.75
2017 7.04
2018 6.82
2019 6.55
2020 6.28

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Sri Lanka was 10,047,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,940,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 322,000,000 in 1969.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 385,000,000
1961 380,000,000
1962 380,000,000
1963 364,000,000
1964 394,000,000
1965 409,000,000
1966 357,000,000
1967 348,000,000
1968 342,000,000
1969 322,000,000
1970 342,000,000
1971 344,000,000
1972 338,000,000
1973 410,000,000
1974 527,000,000
1975 569,000,000
1976 572,000,000
1977 761,000,000
1978 845,000,000
1979 981,000,000
1980 1,062,000,000
1981 1,088,000,000
1982 1,031,000,000
1983 1,063,000,000
1984 1,467,000,000
1985 1,333,000,000
1986 1,215,000,000
1987 1,393,000,000
1988 1,476,000,000
1989 1,545,000,000
1990 1,912,000,000
1991 1,987,000,000
1992 2,455,000,000
1993 2,859,000,000
1994 3,208,000,000
1995 3,798,000,000
1996 4,095,000,000
1997 4,639,000,000
1998 4,809,000,000
1999 4,594,000,000
2000 5,430,000,000
2001 4,816,000,000
2002 4,699,000,000
2003 5,125,000,000
2004 5,757,000,000
2005 6,347,000,000
2006 6,886,000,000
2007 7,740,000,000
2008 8,452,000,000
2009 7,345,000,000
2010 8,602,000,000
2011 10,236,000,000
2012 9,380,000,000
2013 10,208,000,000
2014 11,298,000,000
2015 10,547,000,000
2016 10,310,000,000
2017 11,360,000,000
2018 11,890,000,000
2019 11,940,000,000
2020 10,047,000,000

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in Sri Lanka was 71.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 83.44 in 2001, while its lowest value was 31.85 in 1973.

Definition: Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 66.34
1961 66.18
1962 64.38
1963 66.58
1964 60.81
1965 58.39
1966 56.41
1967 63.48
1968 58.97
1969 52.71
1970 55.59
1971 47.37
1972 33.68
1973 31.85
1974 49.49
1975 42.48
1976 58.11
1977 56.98
1978 53.01
1979 56.47
1980 51.12
1981 52.10
1982 55.76
1983 55.29
1984 52.68
1985 61.46
1986 67.83
1987 67.55
1988 65.08
1989 66.47
1990 66.38
1991 72.92
1992 71.08
1993 78.33
1994 79.40
1995 78.40
1996 76.45
1997 77.66
1998 81.88
1999 82.83
2000 82.70
2001 83.44
2002 81.61
2003 77.37
2004 76.79
2005 73.86
2006 74.22
2007 70.49
2008 68.13
2009 67.05
2010 64.87
2011 66.09
2012 64.46
2013 64.92
2014 73.02
2015 76.09
2016 74.09
2017 72.13
2018 72.23
2019 72.27
2020 71.62

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) in Sri Lanka was 17.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.09 in 1978, while its lowest value was 7.65 in 1993.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to 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 exports 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 13.18
1961 12.12
1962 13.73
1963 12.79
1964 14.00
1965 15.61
1966 16.83
1967 17.28
1968 17.66
1969 24.71
1970 23.33
1971 19.75
1972 11.70
1973 12.54
1974 17.77
1975 28.77
1976 27.02
1977 29.11
1978 30.09
1979 22.71
1980 23.37
1981 23.64
1982 19.56
1983 23.05
1984 27.55
1985 21.60
1986 17.70
1987 19.22
1988 19.36
1989 16.07
1990 17.87
1991 14.81
1992 9.51
1993 7.65
1994 9.60
1995 11.10
1996 13.01
1997 13.07
1998 12.11
1999 9.96
2000 10.36
2001 10.69
2002 10.86
2003 11.04
2004 10.68
2005 11.23
2006 11.79
2007 12.11
2008 14.37
2009 15.65
2010 16.54
2011 16.83
2012 17.06
2013 16.45
2014 18.28
2015 14.54
2016 17.29
2017 18.93
2018 17.32
2019 16.76
2020 17.97

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

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in Sri Lanka was 4.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 13.17 in 1969, while its lowest value was 1.04 in 1992.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 7.17
1961 5.61
1962 8.12
1963 6.17
1964 7.34
1965 9.31
1966 10.78
1967 9.53
1968 10.02
1969 13.17
1970 12.83
1971 9.38
1972 8.03
1973 9.27
1974 7.38
1975 11.96
1976 12.18
1977 8.09
1978 7.91
1979 5.84
1980 5.71
1981 6.93
1982 3.17
1983 2.82
1984 2.50
1985 2.61
1986 2.24
1987 2.22
1988 3.43
1989 1.93
1990 1.94
1991 2.51
1992 1.04
1993 1.34
1994 1.69
1995 1.92
1996 1.86
1997 1.90
1998 1.80
1999 1.77
2000 2.09
2001 1.48
2002 1.37
2003 1.36
2004 1.26
2005 1.89
2006 2.29
2007 2.32
2008 2.65
2009 3.19
2010 3.65
2011 4.22
2012 3.55
2013 2.95
2014 4.09
2015 2.13
2016 4.28
2017 4.79
2018 4.27
2019 4.75
2020 4.36

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

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Sri Lanka was 5.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 6.23 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1979.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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
1963 0.06
1965 0.02
1966 0.06
1967 0.06
1969 0.11
1970 0.11
1971 0.03
1974 0.10
1978 0.02
1979 0.00
1980 0.01
1981 0.03
1982 0.01
1983 0.09
1984 0.17
1985 0.49
1986 0.54
1987 0.65
1988 0.53
1989 0.34
1990 0.33
1991 0.19
1992 0.63
1993 0.44
1994 1.44
1995 3.26
1996 4.92
1997 5.49
1998 4.50
1999 3.22
2000 3.09
2001 3.52
2002 3.96
2003 3.99
2004 4.16
2005 3.55
2006 3.71
2007 4.10
2008 4.97
2009 4.93
2010 5.67
2011 5.31
2012 5.22
2013 5.45
2014 6.23
2015 4.87
2016 4.39
2017 5.16
2018 4.48
2019 4.18
2020 5.12

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

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) in Sri Lanka was 2.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 2.98 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1976.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 0.54
1961 0.51
1962 0.38
1963 0.47
1964 0.49
1965 0.61
1966 0.77
1967 0.92
1968 0.85
1969 1.12
1970 0.79
1971 0.59
1974 0.46
1975 0.01
1976 0.00
1977 0.01
1978 1.51
1979 1.98
1980 1.51
1981 2.37
1982 1.32
1983 0.53
1984 0.63
1985 0.96
1986 0.86
1987 0.93
1988 1.18
1989 1.48
1990 1.23
1991 1.27
1992 1.19
1993 1.03
1994 0.91
1995 0.84
1996 0.93
1997 1.02
1998 1.05
1999 1.13
2000 1.02
2001 1.04
2002 1.18
2003 1.17
2004 1.13
2005 1.29
2006 1.22
2007 1.28
2008 1.36
2009 1.38
2010 1.33
2011 1.61
2012 1.88
2013 2.03
2014 2.06
2015 2.09
2016 2.49
2017 2.81
2018 2.88
2019 2.73
2020 2.98

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

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Sri Lanka was 3.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.77 in 1984, while its lowest value was 0.43 in 1966.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 0.83
1961 0.99
1962 0.84
1963 0.95
1964 1.17
1965 0.93
1966 0.43
1967 1.66
1968 1.78
1969 5.82
1970 5.57
1971 5.84
1974 6.79
1975 13.59
1976 11.41
1977 17.34
1978 18.51
1979 12.91
1980 14.10
1981 12.08
1982 13.10
1983 17.35
1984 21.77
1985 16.31
1986 12.84
1987 14.12
1988 13.10
1989 10.75
1990 13.54
1991 10.26
1992 6.05
1993 4.34
1994 5.00
1995 4.34
1996 4.74
1997 4.15
1998 4.36
1999 3.48
2000 3.81
2001 4.29
2002 3.92
2003 3.98
2004 3.65
2005 4.03
2006 4.13
2007 3.87
2008 4.82
2009 5.51
2010 5.16
2011 4.67
2012 5.40
2013 4.82
2014 4.63
2015 4.21
2016 4.94
2017 4.74
2018 4.42
2019 3.65
2020 3.65

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Sri Lanka was 9.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 10.80 in 2005, while its lowest value was 2.14 in 1992.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 3.19
1961 3.54
1962 4.86
1963 4.16
1964 5.44
1965 3.87
1966 3.75
1967 2.91
1968 3.14
1969 3.91
1970 3.22
1971 6.30
1972 8.26
1973 8.63
1974 7.93
1975 9.29
1976 9.36
1977 9.91
1978 6.93
1979 6.49
1980 7.38
1981 8.90
1982 8.16
1983 6.39
1984 4.71
1985 4.26
1986 5.12
1987 4.12
1988 6.49
1989 5.75
1990 3.79
1991 3.15
1992 2.14
1993 2.53
1994 2.72
1995 2.68
1996 2.69
1997 2.64
1998 2.38
1999 3.10
2000 3.58
2001 3.43
2002 5.81
2003 7.06
2004 9.30
2005 10.80
2006 9.20
2007 7.80
2008 6.27
2009 5.60
2010 6.44
2011 6.24
2012 7.48
2013 6.97
2014 8.08
2015 9.15
2016 8.20
2017 8.92
2018 9.58
2019 9.63
2020 9.22

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

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Sri Lanka was 1.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.14 in 1963, while its lowest value was 0.34 in 2000.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 4.64
1961 5.01
1962 4.40
1963 5.14
1964 5.00
1965 4.73
1966 4.81
1967 5.11
1968 5.01
1969 4.49
1970 4.03
1971 3.91
1972 3.67
1973 3.27
1974 3.06
1975 3.21
1976 3.42
1977 3.66
1978 2.14
1979 1.97
1980 2.03
1981 2.22
1982 1.96
1983 2.25
1984 2.47
1985 1.23
1986 1.21
1987 1.30
1988 1.12
1989 1.56
1990 0.83
1991 0.57
1992 0.59
1993 0.49
1994 0.56
1995 0.74
1996 0.56
1997 0.52
1998 0.40
1999 0.36
2000 0.34
2001 0.37
2002 0.43
2003 0.54
2004 0.48
2005 0.48
2006 0.45
2007 0.54
2008 0.58
2009 0.64
2010 0.74
2011 1.02
2012 1.00
2013 1.21
2014 1.28
2015 1.24
2016 1.18
2017 1.43
2018 1.27
2019 1.46
2020 1.85

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

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Sri Lanka was 10,788,930,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 12,062,980,000 in 2019 and 315,370,000 in 1969.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy 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. Data are in current US$.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 372,600,000
1961 353,000,000
1962 370,600,000
1963 358,200,000
1964 384,300,000
1965 408,100,000
1966 351,700,000
1967 336,800,000
1968 331,200,000
1969 315,370,000
1970 335,216,000
1971 324,160,000
1972 323,341,000
1973 403,873,000
1974 558,412,000
1975 556,460,000
1976 495,099,000
1977 621,942,000
1978 844,103,000
1979 978,084,000
1980 1,039,119,000
1981 1,023,755,000
1982 996,238,000
1983 1,053,746,000
1984 1,435,568,000
1985 1,264,895,000
1986 1,162,650,000
1987 1,334,242,000
1988 1,458,050,000
1989 1,539,933,000
1990 1,895,240,000
1991 1,987,479,000
1992 2,766,576,000
1993 2,859,454,000
1994 3,199,000,000
1995 3,801,000,000
1996 4,089,000,000
1997 4,629,000,000
1998 4,819,870,000
1999 4,621,826,000
2000 5,302,490,000
2001 4,601,894,000
2002 4,420,657,000
2003 4,962,892,000
2004 5,463,436,000
2005 6,068,041,000
2006 6,523,031,000
2007 8,272,101,000
2008 8,953,994,000
2009 7,932,347,000
2010 9,571,476,000
2011 11,246,330,000
2012 10,085,100,000
2013 11,211,180,000
2014 10,897,690,000
2015 9,744,507,000
2016 10,045,960,000
2017 11,164,520,000
2018 11,486,870,000
2019 12,062,980,000
2020 10,788,930,000

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) in Sri Lanka was 9.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 10.80 in 2005, while its lowest value was 2.14 in 1992.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 3.19
1961 3.54
1962 4.86
1963 4.16
1964 5.44
1965 3.87
1966 3.75
1967 2.91
1968 3.14
1969 3.91
1970 3.22
1971 6.30
1972 8.26
1973 8.63
1974 7.93
1975 9.29
1976 9.36
1977 9.91
1978 6.93
1979 6.49
1980 7.38
1981 8.90
1982 8.16
1983 6.39
1984 4.71
1985 4.26
1986 5.12
1987 4.12
1988 6.49
1989 5.75
1990 3.79
1991 3.15
1992 2.14
1993 2.53
1994 2.72
1995 2.68
1996 2.69
1997 2.64
1998 2.38
1999 3.10
2000 3.58
2001 3.43
2002 5.81
2003 7.06
2004 9.30
2005 10.80
2006 9.20
2007 7.80
2008 6.27
2009 5.60
2010 6.44
2011 6.24
2012 7.48
2013 6.97
2014 8.08
2015 9.15
2016 8.20
2017 8.92
2018 9.58
2019 9.63
2020 9.22

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports