Current Account (Net)
Balance of payments, annual. US dollars million, annual.
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Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Balance of Payments (BPM6 Basis) - Annual (2012 to Latest (31 Mar 2026)
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About this series
- Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit US dollars million
- Date range 2012 – 2025
- Last checked 31 Mar 2026
Checks: 2 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Current Account (Net)
- Read from
- CBSL statistical tables (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/statistical-tables
- Notes
- CBSL annual current and capital account, BPM6 basis (table 2.09). Full sub-item hierarchy; each item's Credit, Debit and Net.
Source documents
Vintages
One vintage so far, published 31 Mar 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.
Related series
- Current Account (Debit)US$ 27.58 bn2025
- Capital Account (Debit)US$ 8.99 mn2025
- Secondary Income - Other current tranfers (Net)US$ 0 mn2025
- Capital Account (Net)US$ −7.11 mn2025
- Continues:
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_CURRENT_ACCOUNT_DEFICIT.A - Republished by:
LK.EXT.BOP_ANNUAL.BPM_6TH_EDITION_CURRENT_ACCOUNT_NET_USD_MN.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 (−1,742 against −1,942). Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_CURRENT_ACCOUNT_DEFICIT.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 (−1,187 against −1,083). Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_CURRENT_ACCOUNT_DEFICIT.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.