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Sri Lanka: Exports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1947–2025 · 79 observations · exports_GDP

2025
19.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.8 pointsfrom 19.9%
Average, 2016–2025
19.7%10 years
Record high and low
40.3% (1951)low 15.4% (2020)

Exports (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202519.1
202419.9
202320.7
202221.6
202116.9
202015.4
201921.8
201821.4
201720.2
201619.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Sri Lanka documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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