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Sri Lanka: Merchandise imports

21.48Bcurrent USD · 2025+13.4% since 2015

Merchandise imports includes goods whose economic ownership is changed from a non-resident to a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202521,480,000,000
202418,842,000,000
202316,811,000,000
202218,291,000,000
202120,637,000,000
202016,055,000,000
201919,937,000,000
201822,233,000,000
201720,980,000,000
201619,183,000,000
201518,935,000,000
201419,417,000,000
201318,003,000,000
201219,190,000,000
201120,269,000,000
201013,512,000,000
200910,049,000,000
200813,953,000,000
200711,301,000,000
200610,258,000,000
20058,834,000,000
20047,973,000,000
20036,672,000,000
20026,105,000,000
20015,973,000,000
20006,281,000,000
19995,870,000,000
19985,933,000,000
19975,839,000,000
19965,416,000,000
19955,185,000,000
19944,776,000,000
19933,991,000,000
19923,445,000,000
19913,054,000,000
19902,685,000,000
19892,188,000,000
19882,262,000,000
19872,058,000,000
19861,857,000,000
19851,843,000,000
19841,867,000,000
19831,820,000,000
19821,831,000,000
19811,849,000,000
19802,037,000,000
19791,466,000,000
1978969,000,000
1977700,000,000
1976585,000,000
1975816,000,000
1974720,000,000
1973430,000,000
1972368,000,000
1971354,000,000
1970386,000,000
1969420,000,000
1968359,000,000
1967365,000,000
1966400,000,000
1965310,000,000
1964415,000,000
1963313,000,000
1962349,000,000
1961358,000,000
1960413,000,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Trade Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Merchandise imports. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-merchandise-imports (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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