{
 "code": "LK.EXT.WDI.TG_VAL_TOTL_GD_ZS.A",
 "name": "Merchandise trade (% of GDP) (World Bank WDI)",
 "unit": "Per cent",
 "frequency": "Annual",
 "base_year": null,
 "producer": "World Bank",
 "publisher": "World Bank",
 "source_url": "https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka",
 "latest_vintage": "2026-10-08",
 "page": "/data/series/LK.EXT.WDI.TG_VAL_TOTL_GD_ZS.A/",
 "notice": "Compiled by Macro Lab; not an official publication of the source agency. Provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Not investment advice.",
 "licence": "Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "observations": [
  {"period": "1960", "value": 56.60, "status": null},
  {"period": "1961", "value": 51.10, "status": null},
  {"period": "1962", "value": 50.83, "status": null},
  {"period": "1963", "value": 54.57, "status": null},
  {"period": "1964", "value": 61.767612, "status": null},
  {"period": "1965", "value": 42.34, "status": null},
  {"period": "1966", "value": 43.22, "status": null},
  {"period": "1967", "value": 38.34, "status": null},
  {"period": "1968", "value": 38.915376, "status": null},
  {"period": "1969", "value": 37.75, "status": null},
  {"period": "1970", "value": 31.70, "status": null},
  {"period": "1971", "value": 29.46, "status": null},
  {"period": "1972", "value": 27.643602, "status": null},
  {"period": "1973", "value": 29.21, "status": null},
  {"period": "1974", "value": 34.89, "status": null},
  {"period": "1975", "value": 36.53, "status": null},
  {"period": "1976", "value": 32.22, "status": null},
  {"period": "1977", "value": 35.59, "status": null},
  {"period": "1978", "value": 66.37, "status": null},
  {"period": "1979", "value": 72.727566, "status": null},
  {"period": "1980", "value": 77.00, "status": null},
  {"period": "1981", "value": 66.51, "status": null},
  {"period": "1982", "value": 60.02, "status": null},
  {"period": "1983", "value": 55.79, "status": null},
  {"period": "1984", "value": 55.17, "status": null},
  {"period": "1985", "value": 53.12404, "status": null},
  {"period": "1986", "value": 47.96, "status": null},
  {"period": "1987", "value": 51.644922, "status": null},
  {"period": "1988", "value": 53.57, "status": null},
  {"period": "1989", "value": 53.43, "status": null},
  {"period": "1990", "value": 57.23, "status": null},
  {"period": "1991", "value": 56.01, "status": null},
  {"period": "1992", "value": 60.81, "status": null},
  {"period": "1993", "value": 66.26, "status": null},
  {"period": "1994", "value": 68.14, "status": null},
  {"period": "1995", "value": 68.94, "status": null},
  {"period": "1996", "value": 68.44, "status": null},
  {"period": "1997", "value": 69.43, "status": null},
  {"period": "1998", "value": 68.16, "status": null},
  {"period": "1999", "value": 66.60, "status": null},
  {"period": "2000", "value": 70.57, "status": null},
  {"period": "2001", "value": 68.50, "status": null},
  {"period": "2002", "value": 65.33, "status": null},
  {"period": "2003", "value": 62.48, "status": null},
  {"period": "2004", "value": 66.45, "status": null},
  {"period": "2005", "value": 62.20, "status": null},
  {"period": "2006", "value": 60.65, "status": null},
  {"period": "2007", "value": 58.86, "status": null},
  {"period": "2008", "value": 55.03, "status": null},
  {"period": "2009", "value": 41.35, "status": null},
  {"period": "2010", "value": 37.71, "status": null},
  {"period": "2011", "value": 45.02, "status": null},
  {"period": "2012", "value": 40.56, "status": null},
  {"period": "2013", "value": 36.65, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014", "value": 37.22, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015", "value": 34.65, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016", "value": 33.51, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017", "value": 34.27, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018", "value": 36.128104, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019", "value": 35.82, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020", "value": 30.95, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021", "value": 37.42, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022", "value": 42.35, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023", "value": 34.16, "status": null},
  {"period": "2024", "value": 31.74, "status": null},
  {"period": "2025", "value": 32.22, "status": null}
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