Sri Lanka recorded a Current Account surplus of 1.80 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2023. Current Account to GDP in Sri Lanka averaged -4.95 percent of GDP from 1980 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 1.80 percent of GDP in 2023 and a record low of -19.30 percent of GDP in 1980. source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Current Account to GDP in Sri Lanka is expected to reach -1.30 percent of GDP by the end of 2024, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Sri Lanka Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -1.60 percent of GDP in 2025 and -1.90 percent of GDP in 2026, according to our econometric models.