Primary Income (Net)

Balance of payments, annual. US dollars million, annual.

US$ −2.04 bn · 2025 (+561.6 on 2024)

Values

Latest · 2025US$ −2.04 bn+561.6 on 2024

Period	US dollars million	Change
2025	−2,035.9	+561.6
2024	−2,597.5	−49.9
2023	−2,547.6	−677.7
2022	−1,869.9	+89.4
2021	−1,959.3	+246.1
2020	−2,205.4	+256.3
2019	−2,461.7	−76.9
2018	−2,384.8	−66.3
2017	−2,318.5	−117.0
2016	−2,201.6	−188.8
2015	−2,012.8	−204.6
2014	−1,808.1	−56.7

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.

Details

Name in the warehouse: Primary Income (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

Balance of Payments (BPM6 Basis) - Annual (2012 to LatestCBSL · 31 Mar 2026 · 14 values

Vintages

One vintage so far, published 31 Mar 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.

Related series

Continues: LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_PRIMARY_INCOME_NET.A
Republished by: LK.EXT.BOP_ANNUAL.BPM_6TH_EDITION_PRIMARY_INCOME_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 17.53 (−2,202 against −2,184). Compared with LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_PRIMARY_INCOME_NET.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 (−2,205 against −2,101). Compared with LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_PRIMARY_INCOME_NET.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.