Overall balance
Long-run series since 1950. US dollars million, annual.
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Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Special Statistical Appendix (20 Apr 2026)
Macro Lab · LK.EXT.LONG_RUN.BOP_OVERALL_BALANCE.A · CC BY 4.0
About this series
- Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit US dollars million
- Date range 1950 – 2025
- Last checked 20 Apr 2026
Checks: 8 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Overall balance
- Read from
- CBSL Annual Economic Review statistical appendix (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/publications/economic-and-financial-reports/annual-economic-review
- Notes
- CBSL Annual Economic Review Special Statistical Appendix. A long annual splice CBSL itself compiles across every base-year rebasing since independence, specifically to give one continuous read where the ordinary statistical tables only hold the post-rebasing years. Table 4: Balance of Payments (pre-BPM6 presentation), 1950-2025. Overall Balance and Current Account Balance were both checked against held EXT.BOP.BOP_OVERALL_BALANCE.A / BOP_CURRENT_ACCOUNT_DEFICIT.A in supersede() - neither meets the >=99%-agreement bar over their full shared span (Overall Balance looked exact on 3 spot-checked years but is only 85% over the full span; Current Account differs outright, e.g. 2020) - so both held series stay canonical and every disagreeing year is logged rather than demoted. The other line items have no same-measure held annual twin (the held BPM6 series are a different, more granular breakdown from 2012 on) and load as new.
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Vintages
One vintage so far, published 20 Apr 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.
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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 vintages1999
This series reads −263.2; the same figure from the other source reads −252.3. Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_OVERALL_BALANCE.A.Two agencies: −252.3 and −263.2, difference 10.9.
LONG_RUN's magnitude is larger here, the same direction as the other 3 flagged years, consistent with EXT.BOP reflecting a later revision the frozen splice does not carry.
- Two vintages2001
This series reads 219.8; the same figure from the other source reads 188.6. Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_OVERALL_BALANCE.A.Two agencies: 188.6 and 219.8, difference −31.2.
AER Special Appendix Table 4 vs held live EXT.BOP: 219.8 vs 188.6 - same one-directional (LONG_RUN larger in magnitude) pattern as the other 3 flagged years.
- Two vintages2008
This series reads −1,385; the same figure from the other source reads −1,225. Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_OVERALL_BALANCE.A.Two agencies: −1,225.4 and −1,384.8, difference 159.4.
AER Special Appendix Table 4 vs held live EXT.BOP: -1384.8 vs -1225.4 - same one-directional pattern as the other 3 flagged years.
- Two vintages2009
This series reads 2,725; the same figure from the other source reads 2,566. Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_OVERALL_BALANCE.A.Two agencies: 2,566 and 2,725.3, difference −159.3.
AER Special Appendix Table 4 vs held live EXT.BOP: 2725.3 vs 2566.0 - same one-directional pattern as the other 3 flagged years.
- Two vintages1999
This series reads −263.2; the same figure from the other source reads −252.3. Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_OVERALL_BALANCE.A.Published vs recalculated: −252.3 and −263.2, difference 10.9.
special appendix table 4 vs held EXT.BOP, overlap 1994-2020
- Two vintages2001
This series reads 219.8; the same figure from the other source reads 188.6. Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_OVERALL_BALANCE.A.Published vs recalculated: 188.6 and 219.8, difference −31.2.
special appendix table 4 vs held EXT.BOP, overlap 1994-2020
- Two vintages2008
This series reads −1,385; the same figure from the other source reads −1,225. Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_OVERALL_BALANCE.A.Published vs recalculated: −1,225.4 and −1,384.8, difference 159.4.
special appendix table 4 vs held EXT.BOP, overlap 1994-2020
- Two vintages2009
This series reads 2,725; the same figure from the other source reads 2,566. Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_OVERALL_BALANCE.A.Published vs recalculated: 2,566 and 2,725.3, difference −159.3.
special appendix table 4 vs held EXT.BOP, overlap 1994-2020