Balance of payments, monthly

The balance of payments, monthly. US$ mn, monthly, 2023–2026.
Published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka; read from CBSL statistical tables.
Goods and services (credit)1,789.65−2.7%
Goods and services (debit)2,243.06+14.3%
Goods and services (net)−453.40–
Goods and services - goods (credit)1,240.33−3.3%
Goods and services - goods (debit)1,913.84+12.8%
Goods and services - goods (net)−673.51–
Goods and services - goods - general merchandise on a BOP basis (credit)1,240.33−3.3%
Goods and services - goods - general merchandise on a BOP basis (debit)1,912.36+12.9%
Goods and services - goods - general merchandise on a BOP basis (net)−672.04–
Goods and services - goods - net exports of goods under merchanting (net)0.00–
Goods and services - goods - non-monetary gold (debit)1.47−32.6%
Goods and services - goods - non-monetary gold (net)−1.47–
Goods and services - services (credit)549.33−1.5%
Goods and services - services (debit)329.22+23.5%
Goods and services - services (net)220.10−24.4%
Goods and services - services - manufacturing services (credit)1.55+36.1%
Goods and services - services - manufacturing services (debit)2.69−67.3%
Goods and services - services - manufacturing services (net)−1.14–
Goods and services - services - maintenance and repair services n.i.e (credit)1.19−37.4%
Goods and services - services - maintenance and repair services n.i.e (debit)8.97+52.3%
Goods and services - services - maintenance and repair services n.i.e (net)−7.78–
Goods and services - services - transport (credit)158.08+27.7%
Goods and services - services - transport (debit)106.01+66.9%
Goods and services - services - transport (net)52.07−13.7%
Goods and services - services - transport - sea transport (credit)92.30+2.8%
Goods and services - services - transport - sea transport (debit)29.35+20.3%
Goods and services - services - transport - sea transport (net)62.95−3.7%
Goods and services - services - transport - sea transport - passenger (credit)0.00−93.8%
Goods and services - services - transport - sea transport - passenger (debit)0.08+354.9%
Goods and services - services - transport - sea transport - passenger (net)−0.08–
Goods and services - services - transport - sea transport - freight (credit)32.05−41.1%
Goods and services - services - transport - sea transport - freight (debit)22.32+0.5%
Goods and services - services - transport - sea transport - freight (net)9.74−69.7%
Goods and services - services - transport - sea transport - other (credit)60.25+70.4%
Goods and services - services - transport - sea transport - other (debit)6.95+219.9%
Goods and services - services - transport - sea transport - other (net)53.29+60.6%
Goods and services - services - transport - air transport (credit)65.35+91.9%
Goods and services - services - transport - air transport (debit)76.26+95.1%
Goods and services - services - transport - air transport (net)−10.90–
Goods and services - services - transport - air transport - passenger (credit)29.64+36.8%
Goods and services - services - transport - air transport - passenger (debit)25.14+28.0%
Goods and services - services - transport - air transport - passenger (net)4.50+122.5%
Goods and services - services - transport - air transport - freight (credit)2.19−13.6%
Goods and services - services - transport - air transport - freight (debit)13.95−8.6%
Goods and services - services - transport - air transport - freight (net)−11.76–
Goods and services - services - transport - air transport - other (credit)33.52+240.5%
Goods and services - services - transport - air transport - other (debit)37.17+788.3%
Goods and services - services - transport - air transport - other (net)−3.65–
Goods and services - services - transport - other modes of transport (credit)0.00–
Goods and services - services - transport - other modes of transport (debit)0.00–
Goods and services - services - transport - other modes of transport (net)0.00–
Goods and services - services - transport - postal and courier services (credit)0.42+2990.2%
Goods and services - services - transport - postal and courier services (debit)0.41+2481.4%
Goods and services - services - transport - postal and courier services (net)0.01–
Goods and services - services - travel (credit)264.39+2.1%
Goods and services - services - travel (debit)111.04+46.2%
Goods and services - services - travel (net)153.35−16.2%
Goods and services - services - travel - business and personal travel (debit)92.89+52.9%
Goods and services - services - travel - travel for health (debit)0.05+2218.4%
Goods and services - services - travel - travel for education (debit)18.09+19.1%
Goods and services - services - construction (credit)5.10−57.8%
Goods and services - services - construction (debit)3.20+26.1%
Goods and services - services - construction (net)1.90−80.1%
Goods and services - services - insuarance and pension services (credit)2.61+123.4%
Goods and services - services - insuarance and pension services (debit)2.92−33.4%
Goods and services - services - insuarance and pension services (net)−0.31–
Goods and services - services - financial services (credit)5.75+32.0%
Goods and services - services - financial services (debit)0.62−8.9%
Goods and services - services - financial services (net)5.14+39.5%
Goods and services - services - charges for the use of intellectual property (credit)0.47−51.6%
Goods and services - services - charges for the use of intellectual property (debit)7.01−39.0%
Goods and services - services - charges for the use of intellectual property (net)−6.54–
Goods and services - services - telecommunication, computer and information services (credit)35.46−55.7%
Goods and services - services - telecommunication, computer and information services (debit)19.06−31.3%
Goods and services - services - telecommunication, computer and information services (net)16.40−68.7%
Goods and services - services - telecommunication, computer and information services - telecommunications services (credit)4.07−50.8%
Goods and services - services - telecommunication, computer and information services - telecommunications services (debit)3.91+159.2%
Goods and services - services - telecommunication, computer and information services - telecommunications services (net)0.16−97.7%
Goods and services - services - telecommunication, computer and information services - computer services (credit)31.40−56.3%
Goods and services - services - telecommunication, computer and information services - computer services (debit)15.15−42.3%
Goods and services - services - telecommunication, computer and information services - computer services (net)16.24−64.4%
Goods and services - services - other business services (credit)71.20+0.6%
Goods and services - services - other business services (debit)66.02+4.3%
Goods and services - services - other business services (net)5.17−30.9%
Goods and services - services - other business services - education services (credit)4.85+45.2%
Goods and services - services - other business services - education services (debit)14.07+36.4%
Goods and services - services - other business services - education services (net)−9.22–
Goods and services - services - other business services - professional and management consulting services (credit)29.76+33.0%
Goods and services - services - other business services - professional and management consulting services (debit)11.11−16.3%
Goods and services - services - other business services - professional and management consulting services (net)18.65+104.9%
Goods and services - services - other business services - technical, trade-related, and other business services (credit)36.59−18.8%
Goods and services - services - other business services - technical, trade-related, and other business services (debit)40.85+2.8%
Goods and services - services - other business services - technical, trade-related, and other business services (net)−4.26–
Goods and services - services - personal, cultural and recreational services (credit)2.09+19.9%
Goods and services - services - personal, cultural and recreational services (debit)0.78−66.8%
Goods and services - services - personal, cultural and recreational services (net)1.31–
Goods and services - services - government goods and services n.i.e (credit)1.42+76.7%
Goods and services - services - government goods and services n.i.e (debit)0.90+67.9%
Goods and services - services - government goods and services n.i.e (net)0.53+94.0%
Primary income (credit)54.88+6.8%
Primary income (debit)199.30−11.7%
Primary income (net)−144.41–
Primary income - compensation of employees (credit)28.49+60.5%
Primary income - compensation of employees (debit)3.60+22.8%
Primary income - compensation of employees (net)24.88+68.0%
Primary income - investment income (credit)26.40−21.5%
Primary income - investment income (debit)195.69−12.2%
Primary income - investment income (net)−169.29–
Primary income - investment income - direct investment (credit)7.32−28.9%
Primary income - investment income - direct investment (debit)68.71−32.1%
Primary income - investment income - direct investment (net)−61.39–
Primary income - investment income - direct investment - dividends (credit)4.92−35.4%
Primary income - investment income - direct investment - dividends (debit)46.14−38.4%
Primary income - investment income - direct investment - dividends (net)−41.22–
Primary income - investment income - direct investment - re-invested earnings (credit)2.41−10.3%
Primary income - investment income - direct investment - re-invested earnings (debit)22.57−14.4%
Primary income - investment income - direct investment - re-invested earnings (net)−20.17–
Primary income - investment income - direct investment - interest (net)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment (debit)38.37−5.6%
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment (net)−38.37–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - equity (debit)2.00−53.4%
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - equity (net)−2.00–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest (debit)36.380.0%
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest (net)−36.38–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - short-term (debit)0.000.0%
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - short-term (net)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - long-term (debit)36.370.0%
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - long-term (net)−36.37–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - long-term - actual ISB coupon payments (debit)35.990.0%
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - long-term - actual ISB coupon payments (net)−35.99–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - long-term - accrued ISB coupon payments (debit)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - long-term - accrued ISB coupon payments (net)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - long-term - actual non resident T bond payments (debit)0.380.0%
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - long-term - actual non resident T bond payments (net)−0.38–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - long-term - actual other sectors coupon payments (debit)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - long-term - actual other sectors coupon payments (net)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - long-term - accrued other sectors coupon payments (debit)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - portfolio investment - interest - long-term - accrued other sectors coupon payments (net)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - other investment (credit)9.34−9.2%
Primary income - investment income - other investment (debit)88.61+9.4%
Primary income - investment income - other investment (net)−79.27–
Primary income - investment income - other investment - government - interest payments (debit)49.59−1.6%
Primary income - investment income - other investment - government - interest payments (net)−49.59–
Primary income - investment income - other investment - government - accrued interest (debit)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - other investment - government - accrued interest (net)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - other investment - central bank - interest payments (debit)25.33−2.3%
Primary income - investment income - other investment - central bank - interest payments (net)−25.33–
Primary income - investment income - other investment - central bank - accrued interest (debit)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - other investment - central bank - accrued interest (net)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - other investment - commercial bank interest payments (credit)9.34−9.2%
Primary income - investment income - other investment - commercial bank interest payments (debit)5.60+58.7%
Primary income - investment income - other investment - commercial bank interest payments (net)3.74−44.7%
Primary income - investment income - other investment - other sector - interest payments (debit)8.09+599.1%
Primary income - investment income - other investment - other sector - interest payments (net)−8.09–
Primary income - investment income - other investment - other sector - accrued interest (debit)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - other investment - other sector - accrued interest (net)0.00–
Primary income - investment income - reserve assets (credit)9.73−25.4%
Primary income - investment income - reserve assets (net)9.73−25.4%
Primary income - other primary income (net)0.00–
Secondary income (credit)749.04+10.0%
Secondary income (debit)17.81+137.3%
Secondary income (net)731.22+8.6%
Secondary income - general government (credit)0.46–
Secondary income - general government (net)0.46–
Secondary income - financial corporations, non financial corporations, households (credit)748.57+10.0%
Secondary income - financial corporations, non financial corporations, households (debit)17.81+137.3%
Secondary income - financial corporations, non financial corporations, households (net)730.76+8.5%
Secondary income - financial corporations, non financial corporations, households - personal transfers (credit)748.57+10.0%
Secondary income - financial corporations, non financial corporations, households - personal transfers (debit)17.81+137.3%
Secondary income - financial corporations, non financial corporations, households - personal transfers (net)730.76+8.5%
Secondary income - financial corporations, non financial corporations, households - of which, worker's remittances (credit)748.57+10.0%
Secondary income - financial corporations, non financial corporations, households - of which, worker's remittances (net)748.57+10.0%
Secondary income - other current tranfers (net)0.00–
Current account (credit)2,593.58+0.8%
Current account (debit)2,460.17+12.0%
Current account (net)133.41−64.5%
Capital account (credit)1.22+6329.5%
Capital account (debit)0.79+2.3%
Capital account (net)0.43–
Capital account - gross acquisitions (dr) / disposals (cr) (net)0.00–
Capital account - capital transfers (credit)1.22+6329.5%
Capital account - capital transfers (debit)0.79+2.3%
Capital account - capital transfers (net)0.43–
Capital account - capital transfers - general government (credit)0.86–
Capital account - capital transfers - general government (net)0.86–
Capital account - capital transfers - financial corporations, non financial corporations, households (credit)0.36+1791.6%
Capital account - capital transfers - financial corporations, non financial corporations, households (debit)0.79+2.3%
Capital account - capital transfers - financial corporations, non financial corporations, households (net)−0.43–
Current account + capital account (credit)2,594.80+0.9%
Current account + capital account (debit)2,460.96+12.0%
Current account + capital account (net)133.84−64.3%
Goods and services - services - travel - business and personal travel (net) ended−33.78–
Goods and services - services - travel - travel for health (net) ended−0.03–
Goods and services - services - travel - travel for education (net) ended−2.88–
Goods and services (credit)

US$ mn, monthly. Aug 2026: 1,789.65, −2.7% on a year earlier
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Published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka; read from CBSL statistical tables.
* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.