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Sri Lanka
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Global rank#114out of 138 countries
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Historical trend

54.846.538.229.921.6196019932025Sri Lanka · 2025: 22.84%Sri Lanka

Analytical takeaways

  • Sri Lanka records 22.84% for Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) in 2025, ranking #114 globally out of 138 countries.
  • Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) declined from 32.91% in 1960 to 22.84% in 2025, a decrease of 10.07%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

Comparison

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