Sri Lanka - Trade Balance 2009
$-2.7B
+$2.8B from 2008
Sri Lanka's trade balance was $-2.7B in 2009, increased +$2.8B from $-5.6B in 2008. This was the 36th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United States | $-419.2B | 43.4% |
| 2nd | India | $-73.4B | -18.4% |
| 3rd | United Kingdom | $-30.1B | 39.1% |
| 4th | Greece | $-29.1B | 28.0% |
| 5th | Canada | $-19.8B | -172.3% |
| 6th | Portugal | $-16.9B | 32.9% |
| 7th | Pakistan | $-16.0B | 25.3% |
| 8th | Mexico | $-14.8B | 45.3% |
| 9th | Italy | $-13.0B | 26.4% |
| 10th | Spain | $-13.0B | 83.3% |
| 11th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $-12.6B | -37.9% |
| 12th | France | $-11.8B | 48.4% |
| 13th | Romania | $-11.2B | 59.4% |
| 14th | Morocco | $-11.1B | 15.7% |
| 15th | Viet Nam | $-10.1B | 25.6% |
| 16th | Lebanon | $-8.5B | 1.2% |
| 17th | Brazil | $-6.7B | -109.1% |
| 18th | Bangladesh | $-6.4B | 4.9% |
| 19th | Serbia | $-6.0B | 47.1% |
| 20th | Belarus | $-5.5B | -18.0% |
| 21st | Jordan | $-5.4B | 17.3% |
| 22nd | Colombia | $-5.4B | 25.0% |
| 23rd | Bulgaria | $-4.3B | 60.1% |
| 24th | Poland | $-4.2B | 84.9% |
| 25th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $-4.2B | 32.6% |
| 26th | Dominican Republic | $-4.1B | 37.3% |
| 27th | West Bank and Gaza | $-3.8B | -9.5% |
| 28th | Kenya | $-3.6B | 19.0% |
| 29th | Guatemala | $-3.5B | 39.9% |
| 30th | Croatia | $-3.4B | 50.6% |
| 31st | Ghana | $-3.4B | 39.3% |
| 32nd | El Salvador | $-3.2B | 34.6% |
| 33rd | Albania | $-3.0B | 14.3% |
| 34th | Yemen, Republic of | $-2.9B | -91.5% |
| 35th | Nepal | $-2.9B | -11.3% |
| 36th | Sri Lanka | $-2.7B | 51.0% |
| 37th | Honduras | $-2.6B | 43.3% |
| 38th | Uganda | $-2.5B | -122.4% |
| 39th | Armenia | $-2.4B | 20.4% |
| 40th | Zimbabwe | $-2.2B | -87.9% |
| 41st | New Caledonia | $-2.2B | 21.2% |
| 42nd | Senegal | $-2.2B | 38.5% |
| 43rd | Turkmenistan | $-2.2B | -156.5% |
| 44th | Tanzania | $-2.1B | 25.6% |
| 45th | Madagascar | $-2.1B | -2.5% |
| 46th | Georgia | $-2.1B | 46.0% |
| 47th | North Macedonia | $-2.0B | 18.6% |
| 48th | Moldova | $-2.0B | 37.7% |
| 49th | Kosovo | $-2.0B | 10.2% |
| 50th | Ukraine | $-2.0B | 86.3% |
| 51st | Sudan | $-1.9B | -177.2% |
| 52nd | Namibia | $-1.8B | -73.7% |
| 53rd | Tajikistan | $-1.8B | 23.1% |
| 54th | Guam | $-1.8B | -5.9% |
| 55th | Haiti | $-1.8B | 8.6% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $-1.7B | -53.7% |
| 57th | Botswana | $-1.7B | -210.0% |
| 58th | Guinea | $-1.7B | -14.4% |
| 59th | Nicaragua | $-1.6B | 33.3% |
| 60th | Mozambique | $-1.5B | -10.1% |
| 61st | Niger | $-1.4B | -47.6% |
| 62nd | Cyprus | $-1.4B | 60.8% |
| 63rd | Montenegro | $-1.3B | 47.2% |
| 64th | Tunisia | $-1.3B | 6.3% |
| 65th | Cambodia | $-1.2B | -48.2% |
| 66th | Lesotho | $-1.2B | -23.6% |
| 67th | Burkina Faso | $-1.2B | 15.7% |
| 68th | French Polynesia | $-1.2B | 16.5% |
| 69th | Kyrgyz Republic | $-1.1B | 43.9% |
| 70th | Timor-Leste | $-1.0B | -34.0% |
| 71st | Syrian Arab Republic | $-987.5M | -309.7% |
| 72nd | Lao PDR | $-978.4M | -15.6% |
| 73rd | Rwanda | $-911.9M | -16.9% |
| 74th | Mauritius | $-841.7M | 37.1% |
| 75th | Cameroon | $-841.1M | -4.4% |
| 76th | Bahamas, The | $-812.5M | 8.6% |
| 77th | Philippines | $-787.6M | 55.2% |
| 78th | Mali | $-695.7M | 50.7% |
| 79th | Curaçao | $-669.5M | 15.0% |
| 80th | Lithuania | $-658.1M | 88.1% |
| 81st | Congo, Republic of | $-641.0M | -140.2% |
| 82nd | Greenland | $-614.7M | 26.4% |
| 83rd | Latvia | $-524.1M | 88.5% |
| 84th | Togo | $-495.2M | 7.2% |
| 85th | Benin | $-472.0M | -38.0% |
| 86th | Slovak Republic | $-466.6M | 77.5% |
| 87th | Cabo Verde | $-414.7M | 5.1% |
| 88th | Angola | $-379.4M | -101.8% |
| 89th | Mauritania | $-354.4M | 37.6% |
| 90th | Eritrea | $-351.2M | -17.2% |
| 91st | Mongolia | $-332.7M | 55.1% |
| 92nd | Aruba | $-299.3M | -30.7% |
| 93rd | Sierra Leone | $-279.0M | -17.1% |
| 94th | Central African Republic | $-244.2M | 1.5% |
| 95th | Bhutan | $-221.4M | -91.9% |
| 96th | Faroe Islands | $-219.1M | 23.8% |
| 97th | Guinea-Bissau | $-190.0M | 7.7% |
| 98th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $-183.0M | -10.9% |
| 99th | Comoros | $-174.5M | 3.6% |
| 100th | Costa Rica | $-152.1M | 94.4% |
| 101st | Gambia, The | $-149.1M | 5.8% |
| 102nd | Tonga | $-147.1M | -5.0% |
| 103rd | Malta | $-130.2M | 49.2% |
| 104th | Samoa | $-125.5M | -7.8% |
| 105th | Marshall Islands | $-110.6M | -19.2% |
| 106th | Solomon Islands | $-109.3M | 21.3% |
| 107th | Kiribati | $-97.2M | 1.6% |
| 108th | Seychelles | $-95.0M | 22.9% |
| 109th | Palau | $-53.7M | 21.1% |
| 110th | Northern Mariana Islands | $-48.0M | -265.5% |
| 111th | Vanuatu | $-43.7M | 42.3% |
| 112th | American Samoa | $-29.0M | 75.2% |
| 113th | Nauru | $9.6M | 52.7% |
| 114th | Suriname | $12.8M | -92.2% |
| 115th | Belize | $22.1M | -42.7% |
| 116th | Virgin Islands (US) | $76.0M | -60.0% |
| 117th | Chad | $110.2M | -92.6% |
| 118th | Iraq | $126.0M | -99.5% |
| 119th | Uzbekistan | $219.7M | -71.3% |
| 120th | Uruguay | $263.0M | 117.6% |
| 121st | Zambia | $364.9M | 226.1% |
| 122nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $488.7M | -57.8% |
| 123rd | Slovenia | $721.3M | 161.4% |
| 124th | Ecuador | $764.4M | -79.0% |
| 125th | Panama | $801.4M | 139.0% |
| 126th | Estonia | $974.6M | 202.5% |
| 127th | Iceland | $1.1B | 380.5% |
| 128th | Cuba | $1.2B | 154.1% |
| 129th | Paraguay | $1.2B | 18.6% |
| 130th | South Africa | $1.2B | 126.9% |
| 131st | Algeria | $1.3B | -96.4% |
| 132nd | Côte d'Ivoire | $1.4B | 4,661.8% |
| 133rd | Gabon | $2.5B | -54.2% |
| 134th | Australia | $2.6B | 109.7% |
| 135th | New Zealand | $2.8B | 942.4% |
| 136th | Türkiye | $3.1B | 113.8% |
| 137th | South Sudan | $3.2B | -37.8% |
| 138th | Brunei Darussalam | $3.5B | -48.3% |
| 139th | Equatorial Guinea | $4.0B | -59.5% |
| 140th | Israel | $4.2B | 283.6% |
| 141st | Bahrain | $4.4B | -12.2% |
| 142nd | Hungary | $4.4B | 6,300.2% |
| 143rd | Finland | $5.2B | -50.0% |
| 144th | Peru | $5.8B | 368.2% |
| 145th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $7.1B | -64.3% |
| 146th | Oman | $7.7B | -40.4% |
| 147th | Czechia | $8.1B | 57.8% |
| 148th | Kazakhstan | $9.1B | -65.8% |
| 149th | Macao SAR, China | $9.4B | 36.2% |
| 150th | Belgium | $10.0B | 186.2% |
| 151st | Libya | $11.5B | -70.6% |
| 152nd | Azerbaijan | $12.6B | -38.9% |
| 153rd | Chile | $13.0B | 337.1% |
| 154th | Austria | $13.5B | -29.5% |
| 155th | United Arab Emirates | $14.8B | -49.1% |
| 156th | Denmark | $14.9B | 20.5% |
| 157th | Indonesia | $15.1B | 181.2% |
| 158th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $16.9B | -24.5% |
| 159th | Argentina | $16.9B | 25.4% |
| 160th | Luxembourg | $17.6B | -2.8% |
| 161st | Puerto Rico (US) | $20.2B | 5.9% |
| 162nd | Sweden | $21.5B | -19.8% |
| 163rd | Qatar | $21.6B | -43.6% |
| 164th | Japan | $23.7B | 36.1% |
| 165th | Thailand | $27.1B | 287.7% |
| 166th | Kuwait | $31.9B | -47.1% |
| 167th | Ireland | $32.0B | 34.5% |
| 168th | Switzerland | $34.6B | -35.7% |
| 169th | Korea | $38.3B | 1,002.0% |
| 170th | Saudi Arabia | $40.0B | -72.6% |
| 171st | Malaysia | $41.0B | -20.4% |
| 172nd | Singapore | $45.6B | 14.0% |
| 173rd | Norway | $47.2B | -42.5% |
| 174th | Netherlands | $71.1B | -18.0% |
| 175th | Russian Federation | $91.0B | -40.7% |
| 176th | Germany | $165.9B | -24.7% |
| 177th | China | $220.1B | -36.9% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's trade balance in 2009?▾
Sri Lanka's trade balance in 2009 was $-2.7B. This ranked 36th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's trade balance change in 2009?▾
Sri Lanka's trade balance increased by 51.0% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest trade balance in 2009?▾
China had the highest trade balance in 2009 at $220.1B.
What is the trade balance of Sri Lanka in 2009?▾
The trade balance of Sri Lanka in 2009 was $-2.7B. This ranked 36th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Sri Lanka's trade balance?▾
Sri Lanka's trade balance went from $-5.6B in 2008 to $-2.7B in 2009, a 51.0% increase.
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