BOP - Primary Income (net) (Primary Income)

Balance of payments. US dollars million, annual.

Values

Latest · 2020US$ −2.10 bn+360.77 on 2019

Period	US dollars million	Change
2020	−2,101.23	+360.77
2019	−2,462.00	−77.18
2018	−2,384.82	−66.29
2017	−2,318.53	−134.48
2016	−2,184.05	−171.28
2015	−2,012.77	−204.67
2014	−1,808.10	−56.70
2013	−1,751.40	−532.80
2012	−1,218.60	−571.60
2011	−647.00	−30.10
2010	−616.90	−129.40
2009	−487.50	+484.90

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: 2 recorded for this series, listed below.

Details

Name in the warehouse: BOP - Primary Income (net) (Primary Income)
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_PRIMARY_INCOME.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

Primary Income (Net)US$ −2.04 bn2025

Continued by: LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_PRIMARY_INCOME.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 17.53 (−2,184 against −2,202). Compared with LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_PRIMARY_INCOME.A.

Consistency: −2,201.577 and −2,184.05, difference −17.527.
BOP mirror check: LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_PRIMARY_INCOME.A vs held LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_PRIMARY_INCOME_NET.A disagree beyond rounding
2016 and 2020. CBSL revision years; table2.09 vs the older EXT.BOP mirror.
Two vintages2020
Two figures from this source that should agree differ by 104.1 (−2,101 against −2,205). Compared with LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_PRIMARY_INCOME.A.

Consistency: −2,205.355 and −2,101.23, difference −104.125.
BOP mirror check: LK.EXT.BOP_A.NET_PRIMARY_INCOME.A vs held LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_PRIMARY_INCOME_NET.A disagree beyond rounding
2016 and 2020. CBSL revision years; table2.09 vs the older EXT.BOP mirror.