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Sri Lanka Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Sri Lanka › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Sri Lanka indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Sri Lankan Rupee
Currency Symbol: LKR

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Sri Lanka , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Sri Lanka in year 2010 is -3.53 %

This makes Sri Lanka No. 92 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Sri Lanka is 0.85 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Sri Lanka was -0.51 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Sri Lanka in 2010 was or will be 590.80% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Sri Lanka was or will be -4.13 %, which is 16.86% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Sri Lanka, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -5.01
  2015 -4.653
  2014 -4.618
  2013 -4.535
  2012 -4.529
  2011 -4.125
2010 -3.53
  2009 -0.511
  2008 -9.813
  2007 -4.329
  2006 -5.303
  2005 -2.481
  2004 -3.138
  2003 -0.39
  2002 -1.379
  2001 -1.101
  2000 -6.312
  1999 -3.462
  1998 -1.38
  1997 -2.514
  1996 -4.709
  1995 -5.84
  1994 -7.118
  1993 -4.621
  1992 -5.524
  1991 -6.661
  1990 -4.537
  1989 -7.998
  1988 -9.24
  1987 -7.206
  1986 -8.518
  1985 -6.83
  1984 -0.865
  1983 -8.837
  1982 -16.107
  1981 -14.712
  1980 -19.319