# Trade as a share of GDP in Sri Lanka

Trade as a share of GDP in Sri Lanka was 41.8% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `trade_share_gdp`
- Place id: `lk`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Sum of exports and imports of goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank series.
- Note: Can exceed 100%, because exports and imports are both counted against GDP, which is only value added. Small open economies with large re-export or transit trade reach several hundred percent.
- Source: World Bank, Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/trade-share-gdp/sri-lanka
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=trade_share_gdp&place=lk

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 41.8 |
| 2024 | 42.1 |
| 2023 | 43.3 |
| 2022 | 46.7 |
| 2021 | 41.2 |
| 2020 | 37.1 |
| 2019 | 49.4 |
| 2018 | 49.8 |
| 2017 | 47.1 |
| 2016 | 46.5 |
| 2015 | 46.9 |
| 2009 | 49.1 |
| 2008 | 63.4 |
| 2007 | 68.6 |
| 2006 | 71.3 |
| 2005 | 73.6 |
| 2004 | 79.5 |
| 2003 | 75.3 |
| 2002 | 76.3 |
| 2001 | 80.9 |
| 2000 | 88.6 |
| 1999 | 78.8 |
| 1998 | 78.5 |
| 1997 | 80.1 |
| 1996 | 78.9 |
| 1995 | 81.6 |
| 1994 | 79.4 |
| 1993 | 77.1 |
| 1992 | 72.8 |
| 1991 | 67.6 |
| 1990 | 68.2 |
| 1989 | 64 |
| 1988 | 62.9 |
| 1987 | 60.9 |
| 1986 | 59 |
| 1985 | 64 |
| 1984 | 63.5 |
| 1983 | 67.8 |
| 1982 | 73.6 |
| 1981 | 77 |
| 1980 | 87 |
| 1979 | 79.5 |
| 1978 | 74.3 |
| 1977 | 64 |
| 1976 | 60.4 |
| 1975 | 62.4 |
| 1974 | 60.3 |
| 1973 | 49.9 |
| 1972 | 46.2 |
| 1971 | 51.2 |
| 1970 | 54.1 |
| 1969 | 43 |
| 1968 | 44.2 |
| 1967 | 43.8 |
| 1966 | 48.2 |
| 1965 | 51.4 |
| 1964 | 51.3 |
| 1963 | 53.2 |
| 1962 | 57 |
| 1961 | 56 |
| 1960 | 62.9 |