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Sri Lanka: Primary income receipts

579.71Mcurrent USD · 2025+355.3% since 2015

Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). 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 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025579,710,893.057
2024609,351,486.081
2023459,545,074.721
2022266,485,756.581
2021115,955,756.997
2020198,299,321.457
2019251,753,955.882
2018248,618,930.215
2017173,035,962.712
2016127,001,951.343
2015127,322,151.537
2014155,196,240.012
2013131,780,708.818
2012142,254,745.599
2011466,640,000
2010323,270,000
2009121,700,000
2008224,900,000
2007449,130,000
2006311,600,000
200575,866,000
2004156,720,000
2003169,760,000
200275,320,000
2001107,870,000
2000149,032,381.04
1999166,742,128.804
1998214,175,892.221
1997233,274,849.07
1996175,124,722.323
1995223,330,933.329
1994143,902,398.622
1993111,352,123.568
199268,119,978.649
199154,529,127.196
199093,013,529.614
198958,616,709.611
198868,694,910.424
198769,338,357.33
198668,027,804.542
198583,318,494.41
198458,117,276.169
198344,707,599.991
198243,815,832.006
198133,005,256.465
198047,226,765.246
197939,478,783.339
197820,171,010.757
197711,757,456.978
19763,922,967.19
19757,135,551.698

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Primary income receipts. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-income-receipts (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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