BOP - Current Account Deficit (Current Account)

Balance of payments. US dollars million, annual.

Values

Latest · 2020US$ −1.08 bn+760.40 on 2019

Period	US dollars million	Change
2020	−1,083.00	+760.40
2019	−1,843.40	+955.65
2018	−2,799.05	−490.05
2017	−2,309.00	−366.90
2016	−1,942.10	−59.33
2015	−1,882.77	+104.93
2014	−1,987.70	+552.90
2013	−2,540.60	+1,441.10
2012	−3,981.70	+633.70
2011	−4,615.40	−3,540.40
2010	−1,075.00	−860.70
2009	−214.30	+3,671.30

Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, CBSL Economic Data Library (wizard)

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About this series

Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
Unit US dollars million
Date range 1996 – 2020
Last checked 7 Mar 2022

Checks: 5 recorded for this series, listed below.

Details

Name in the warehouse: BOP -Current Account Deficit (Current Account)
Read from: CBSL Economic Data Library (wizard) (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
Source page: https://www.cbsl.lk/eresearch
Notes: CBSL Data Library, subject 'Balance of Payments' Continued by LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_CURRENT_ACCOUNT.A (CBSL BPM6 tables, from 2012-01); this copy reaches back to 1996-01, so both stay canonical.

Source documents

Read from the CBSL Economic Data Library (wizard), which serves values rather than files.

Vintages

One vintage so far, published 7 Mar 2022. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.

Related series

Current Account (Net)US$ 1.72 bn2025

Continued by: LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_CURRENT_ACCOUNT.A
Republished by: LK.EXT.BOP5_A.CURRENT_ACCOUNT.A

Source discrepancies

What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.

Two vintages2016
Two figures from this source that should agree differ by 199.7 (−1,942 against −1,742). Compared with LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_CURRENT_ACCOUNT.A.

Consistency: −1,742.4 and −1,942.1, difference 199.7.
BOP mirror check: LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_CURRENT_ACCOUNT.A vs held LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_CURRENT_ACCOUNT_DEFICIT.A disagree beyond rounding
2016 and 2020.
Two vintages2020
Two figures from this source that should agree differ by 104.1 (−1,083 against −1,187). Compared with LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_CURRENT_ACCOUNT.A.

Consistency: −1,187.12 and −1,083, difference −104.12.
BOP mirror check: LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_CURRENT_ACCOUNT.A vs held LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_CURRENT_ACCOUNT_DEFICIT.A disagree beyond rounding
2016 and 2020.
Two vintages2001
This series reads −243.2; the same figure from the other source reads −215.1. Compared with LK.EXT.LONG_RUN.BOP_CURRENT_ACCOUNT_BALANCE.A.

Two agencies: −243.2 and −215.1, difference −28.1.
AER Special Appendix Table 4 (frozen 1950-2025 splice) vs held live EXT.BOP current account balance: -215.1 vs -243.2. Both series are correctly kept canonical (OVERLAP RULE); logged as a vintage difference between the frozen splice and the current, periodically-revised live series.
Two vintages2016
This series reads −1,942; the same figure from the other source reads −1,742. Compared with LK.EXT.LONG_RUN.BOP_CURRENT_ACCOUNT_BALANCE.A.

Two agencies: −1,942.1 and −1,742.4, difference −199.7.
AER Special Appendix Table 4 vs held live EXT.BOP current account balance: -1742.4 vs -1942.1 - same vintage-difference shape as the 2001-01-01 entry.
Two vintages2020
This series reads −1,083; the same figure from the other source reads −1,187. Compared with LK.EXT.LONG_RUN.BOP_CURRENT_ACCOUNT_BALANCE.A.

Two agencies: −1,083 and −1,187.1, difference 104.1.
AER Special Appendix Table 4 vs held live EXT.BOP current account balance: -1187.1 vs -1083.0 - same vintage-difference shape as the 2001-01-01 entry (direction reversed here, consistent with genuine, independent revisions on each side rather than one single systematic offset).

2 more checks where two vintages differ.