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Sri Lanka: Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current US$)
-2.02Bcurrent USD · 2025-0.1% since 2015
Net primary income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). 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. Reported as: Net income from abroad. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1960 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -2,022,429,100.053 | |
| 2024 | -2,597,643,562.816 | |
| 2023 | -2,545,083,563.886 | |
| 2022 | -1,901,269,022.153 | |
| 2021 | -1,988,808,281.685 | |
| 2020 | -2,280,370,853.393 | |
| 2019 | -2,468,955,759.481 | |
| 2018 | -2,396,950,245.476 | |
| 2017 | -2,314,454,240.833 | |
| 2016 | -2,195,387,404.882 | |
| 2015 | -2,021,078,921.623 | |
| 2014 | -1,808,149,535.141 | |
| 2013 | -1,751,112,811.643 | |
| 2012 | -1,213,831,730.473 | |
| 2011 | -651,570,265.709 | |
| 2010 | -617,133,403.137 | |
| 2009 | -485,406,980.15 | |
| 2008 | -969,522,308.572 | |
| 2007 | -353,036,147.479 | |
| 2006 | -388,841,862.255 | |
| 2005 | -298,995,024.876 | |
| 2004 | -204,881,905.327 | |
| 2003 | -171,311,645.255 | |
| 2002 | -251,338,072.34 | |
| 2001 | -281,754,371.083 | |
| 2000 | -319,791,765.637 | |
| 1999 | -284,330,160.534 | |
| 1998 | -249,047,840.223 | |
| 1997 | -174,402,441.092 | |
| 1996 | -195,947,168.446 | |
| 1995 | -170,185,365.854 | |
| 1994 | -71,954,674.221 | |
| 1993 | 1,179,635.762 | |
| 1992 | -22,130,960.529 | |
| 1991 | -74,522,600.919 | |
| 1990 | -59,011,482.776 | |
| 1989 | -50,790,568.655 | |
| 1988 | -17,195,850.362 | |
| 1987 | -28,532,608.696 | |
| 1986 | -26,766,595.289 | |
| 1985 | -25,073,637.703 | |
| 1984 | -172,523,584.906 | |
| 1983 | -26,434,339.142 | |
| 1982 | 49,014,896.684 | |
| 1981 | -24,155,844.156 | |
| 1980 | 42,528,735.632 | |
| 1979 | -6,165,703.276 | |
| 1978 | -231,902,626.521 | |
| 1977 | -580,721,533.258 | |
| 1976 | -534,958,382.878 | |
| 1975 | -421,968,616.262 | |
| 1974 | -344,210,526.316 | |
| 1973 | -253,125,000 | |
| 1972 | -201,842,546.064 | |
| 1971 | -211,129,848.229 | |
| 1970 | -154,285,714.286 | |
| 1969 | -11,932,773.109 | |
| 1968 | -30,084,033.613 | |
| 1967 | -3,909,465.021 | |
| 1966 | -840,336.134 | |
| 1965 | -14,915,966.387 | |
| 1964 | -3,095,848.739 | |
| 1963 | -16,854,067.227 | |
| 1962 | 4,611,028.807 | |
| 1961 | -37,301,071.429 | |
| 1960 | -3,441,260.504 |
Source
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