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Sri Lanka: Textiles and clothing

37.74percent · 2022+16.2% since 2012

Textiles and clothing refers to industries in ISIC (rev. 3) divisions 17-19 and includes manufacturing of textiles, apparel, dyeing of fur, and tanning of leather. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in manufacturing which is the contribution to the economy by the manufacturing sector (ISIC Rev. 3 major division D). Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1966 to 2022.

19722022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202237.744
202141.665
202037.787
201939.296
201836.433
201731.55
201632.808
201531.975
201434.107
201334.744
201232.483
201132.227
201031.916
200932.975
200831.307
200747.649
200629.622
200133.015
200031.289
199925.758
199830.113
199726.785
199630.676
199529.465
199431.413
199331.926
199232.96
199127.114
199024.267
198923.16
198819.905
198717.914
198313.437
198212.036
198114.773
198013.676
197923.868
197420.312
197320.816
197219.727
197117.358
197018.899
196919.934
196820.854
196722.997
196623.27

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Textiles and clothing. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-textiles-and-clothing (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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