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Sri Lanka: Imports (% of GDP)

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

2025
23.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.0 pointsfrom 22.5%
Average, 2016–2025
24.9%10 years
Record high and low
45.1% (1980)low 19.0% (1972)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202523.5
202422.5
202322.8
202225.1
202124.3
202021.6
201927.6
201828.4
201726.9
201626.6

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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