Sri Lanka - Trade Balance 2018
$-6.5B
−$217.8M from 2017
Sri Lanka's trade balance was $-6.5B in 2018, decreased +$217.8M from $-6.3B in 2017. This was the 26th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United States | $-593.1B | -9.2% |
| 2nd | India | $-101.7B | -21.4% |
| 3rd | Philippines | $-40.7B | -36.7% |
| 4th | Pakistan | $-37.3B | -21.7% |
| 5th | United Kingdom | $-34.8B | -3.7% |
| 6th | Canada | $-33.6B | 7.0% |
| 7th | France | $-26.9B | -34.5% |
| 8th | Mexico | $-26.7B | -16.5% |
| 9th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $-26.1B | 17.9% |
| 10th | Bangladesh | $-23.0B | -79.8% |
| 11th | Colombia | $-15.8B | -1.6% |
| 12th | Lebanon | $-14.7B | -12.6% |
| 13th | Morocco | $-12.2B | -15.1% |
| 14th | Ukraine | $-11.4B | -30.9% |
| 15th | Indonesia | $-11.1B | -209.8% |
| 16th | Algeria | $-10.9B | 37.4% |
| 17th | Nepal | $-10.9B | -29.2% |
| 18th | Argentina | $-9.9B | 41.8% |
| 19th | Uzbekistan | $-9.3B | -137.3% |
| 20th | Kenya | $-8.6B | 0.3% |
| 21st | Romania | $-8.5B | -62.9% |
| 22nd | Yemen, Republic of | $-8.3B | -31.6% |
| 23rd | Guatemala | $-7.8B | -20.3% |
| 24th | Jordan | $-7.8B | 10.4% |
| 25th | Belgium | $-7.1B | -9,206.0% |
| 26th | Sri Lanka | $-6.5B | -3.4% |
| 27th | West Bank and Gaza | $-6.4B | -7.7% |
| 28th | Tunisia | $-5.5B | -5.6% |
| 29th | Mozambique | $-5.0B | -60.5% |
| 30th | Honduras | $-5.0B | -37.4% |
| 31st | El Salvador | $-4.6B | -13.9% |
| 32nd | Syrian Arab Republic | $-4.5B | -22.2% |
| 33rd | Serbia | $-4.3B | -45.8% |
| 34th | Greece | $-4.2B | -58.9% |
| 35th | Haiti | $-3.9B | -27.7% |
| 36th | Dominican Republic | $-3.7B | -94.8% |
| 37th | Senegal | $-3.7B | -26.4% |
| 38th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $-3.6B | -10.1% |
| 39th | Chile | $-3.3B | -288.3% |
| 40th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $-3.0B | -0.8% |
| 41st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $-3.0B | -1.1% |
| 42nd | Kyrgyz Republic | $-3.0B | -19.3% |
| 43rd | Moldova | $-2.9B | -30.8% |
| 44th | Cambodia | $-2.5B | 1.1% |
| 45th | Finland | $-2.3B | -331.5% |
| 46th | Kosovo | $-2.2B | -20.2% |
| 47th | Uganda | $-2.1B | -97.0% |
| 48th | Sudan | $-2.1B | 8.3% |
| 49th | Tajikistan | $-2.1B | -16.7% |
| 50th | Guam | $-2.1B | -10.7% |
| 51st | Virgin Islands (US) | $-2.1B | -76.6% |
| 52nd | Albania | $-2.1B | -5.7% |
| 53rd | Malawi | $-2.0B | -12.0% |
| 54th | Mali | $-1.9B | 9.5% |
| 55th | Niger | $-1.9B | -27.5% |
| 56th | Georgia | $-1.9B | -4.9% |
| 57th | Tanzania | $-1.8B | -89.6% |
| 58th | Armenia | $-1.7B | -37.3% |
| 59th | New Caledonia | $-1.7B | -9.2% |
| 60th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $-1.7B | -20.2% |
| 61st | North Macedonia | $-1.6B | -1.0% |
| 62nd | French Polynesia | $-1.4B | -56.8% |
| 63rd | Namibia | $-1.4B | 24.5% |
| 64th | Mongolia | $-1.3B | -579.4% |
| 65th | Montenegro | $-1.3B | -15.4% |
| 66th | Rwanda | $-1.3B | -12.0% |
| 67th | Cameroon | $-1.2B | -38.1% |
| 68th | Nicaragua | $-1.2B | 35.0% |
| 69th | Mauritania | $-1.2B | -79.1% |
| 70th | Lesotho | $-1.1B | 3.5% |
| 71st | Benin | $-1.0B | -15.2% |
| 72nd | Guinea | $-1.0B | 17.5% |
| 73rd | Ecuador | $-990.5M | -46.7% |
| 74th | Panama | $-967.2M | -36.0% |
| 75th | Mauritius | $-957.9M | -9.8% |
| 76th | Sierra Leone | $-952.2M | -19.8% |
| 77th | Timor-Leste | $-917.4M | -7.6% |
| 78th | Curaçao | $-876.6M | -40.6% |
| 79th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $-773.2M | -122.5% |
| 80th | Zimbabwe | $-758.7M | 74.0% |
| 81st | Ghana | $-705.4M | 58.2% |
| 82nd | Burkina Faso | $-705.2M | 21.5% |
| 83rd | Madagascar | $-656.3M | -40.8% |
| 84th | Togo | $-626.6M | -29.0% |
| 85th | Bhutan | $-551.8M | -7.0% |
| 86th | Croatia | $-532.0M | -261.0% |
| 87th | Maldives | $-518.5M | -183.8% |
| 88th | Central African Republic | $-394.9M | 15.8% |
| 89th | Côte d'Ivoire | $-379.6M | -130.9% |
| 90th | Gambia, The | $-338.1M | -19.7% |
| 91st | Cabo Verde | $-311.7M | 1.9% |
| 92nd | American Samoa | $-226.0M | 14.4% |
| 93rd | Tonga | $-215.6M | -7.3% |
| 94th | Bahamas, The | $-211.6M | 65.2% |
| 95th | Seychelles | $-207.3M | -28.6% |
| 96th | Comoros | $-202.4M | -14.8% |
| 97th | Eswatini | $-174.1M | -587.3% |
| 98th | Latvia | $-164.4M | -28.9% |
| 99th | Kiribati | $-152.4M | 7.7% |
| 100th | Samoa | $-131.8M | -1.4% |
| 101st | Micronesia, Federated States of | $-120.0M | 20.5% |
| 102nd | Marshall Islands | $-107.9M | -7.6% |
| 103rd | Northern Mariana Islands | $-95.0M | -184.8% |
| 104th | Antigua and Barbuda | $-94.9M | -629.7% |
| 105th | Palau | $-92.9M | -2.0% |
| 106th | New Zealand | $-74.7M | -103.7% |
| 107th | Solomon Islands | $-68.5M | 3.6% |
| 108th | Aruba | $-65.8M | -481.6% |
| 109th | Guinea-Bissau | $-63.2M | -11.8% |
| 110th | Nauru | $-40.9M | -69.4% |
| 111th | Faroe Islands | $-39.5M | -124.1% |
| 112th | Greenland | $-26.5M | 67.1% |
| 113th | Vanuatu | $23.2M | 125.9% |
| 114th | Belize | $56.7M | 30.9% |
| 115th | Botswana | $170.5M | -73.0% |
| 116th | Zambia | $270.1M | 165.2% |
| 117th | Costa Rica | $331.9M | 21.0% |
| 118th | Cyprus | $360.2M | 561.2% |
| 119th | Djibouti | $374.1M | 334.7% |
| 120th | San Marino | $392.4M | 8.3% |
| 121st | Paraguay | $658.6M | -67.9% |
| 122nd | Estonia | $723.0M | -33.8% |
| 123rd | Australia | $744.1M | -81.9% |
| 124th | Chad | $758.9M | 84.5% |
| 125th | Belarus | $910.3M | 686.7% |
| 126th | Japan | $1.0B | -97.3% |
| 127th | Lithuania | $1.0B | -8.0% |
| 128th | Iceland | $1.1B | -14.4% |
| 129th | Slovak Republic | $1.2B | -1.2% |
| 130th | Brunei Darussalam | $1.4B | -20.2% |
| 131st | Cayman Islands | $1.4B | -8.9% |
| 132nd | Portugal | $1.5B | -37.0% |
| 133rd | Bulgaria | $1.8B | -31.4% |
| 134th | Bermuda | $1.8B | 4.1% |
| 135th | Cuba | $2.0B | -29.6% |
| 136th | Equatorial Guinea | $2.0B | 9.3% |
| 137th | South Africa | $2.1B | -52.8% |
| 138th | Israel | $2.4B | -59.8% |
| 139th | Bahrain | $2.9B | -3.2% |
| 140th | Malta | $3.0B | 5.0% |
| 141st | Uruguay | $3.3B | -7.4% |
| 142nd | Congo, Republic of | $3.5B | 2,174.5% |
| 143rd | Turkmenistan | $3.6B | 210.7% |
| 144th | Peru | $3.9B | -4.0% |
| 145th | Slovenia | $4.6B | 4.9% |
| 146th | Türkiye | $5.0B | 118.8% |
| 147th | Gabon | $5.3B | 40.5% |
| 148th | Hungary | $6.6B | -28.7% |
| 149th | Brazil | $7.5B | -49.1% |
| 150th | Azerbaijan | $7.8B | 184.4% |
| 151st | Sweden | $8.1B | -14.3% |
| 152nd | Oman | $10.9B | 446.0% |
| 153rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $11.0B | 321.5% |
| 154th | Libya | $11.8B | 157.6% |
| 155th | Poland | $12.0B | -19.3% |
| 156th | Angola | $12.2B | 174.3% |
| 157th | Viet Nam | $13.0B | 81.2% |
| 158th | Austria | $13.7B | 6.6% |
| 159th | Puerto Rico (US) | $14.0B | -44.2% |
| 160th | Czechia | $15.3B | -9.3% |
| 161st | Kuwait | $16.4B | 198.7% |
| 162nd | Denmark | $18.3B | -14.8% |
| 163rd | Kazakhstan | $21.0B | 58.1% |
| 164th | Luxembourg | $23.2B | 11.1% |
| 165th | Malaysia | $24.1B | 9.8% |
| 166th | Macao SAR, China | $27.1B | 17.4% |
| 167th | Norway | $28.3B | 61.8% |
| 168th | Iraq | $35.9B | 138.4% |
| 169th | Qatar | $36.8B | 59.7% |
| 170th | Spain | $39.2B | -18.3% |
| 171st | Thailand | $44.8B | -21.2% |
| 172nd | Italy | $49.4B | -7.1% |
| 173rd | Switzerland | $76.4B | 21.1% |
| 174th | Korea | $76.6B | -0.6% |
| 175th | China | $91.5B | -57.6% |
| 176th | Netherlands | $98.1B | 8.0% |
| 177th | Saudi Arabia | $105.8B | 175.0% |
| 178th | Singapore | $112.4B | 22.5% |
| 179th | Ireland | $116.7B | 41.4% |
| 180th | United Arab Emirates | $118.7B | 22.6% |
| 181st | Russian Federation | $165.8B | 98.6% |
| 182nd | Germany | $238.0B | -9.1% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's trade balance in 2018?▾
Sri Lanka's trade balance in 2018 was $-6.5B. This ranked 26th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's trade balance change in 2018?▾
Sri Lanka's trade balance decreased by 3.4% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest trade balance in 2018?▾
Germany had the highest trade balance in 2018 at $238.0B.
What is the trade balance of Sri Lanka in 2018?▾
The trade balance of Sri Lanka in 2018 was $-6.5B. This ranked 26th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Sri Lanka's trade balance?▾
Sri Lanka's trade balance went from $-6.3B in 2017 to $-6.5B in 2018, a 3.4% decrease.
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