00 Republic of Sri Lanka Department of International Trade Promotion Thai Trade Centre, Chennai, India General Information Capital City : Colombo Surface Area : 65, 610 km² Districts : 25 Population : 21,036,374 (2015) Official Language : Sinhalese, Tamil Currency : Sri Lankan Rupee President : Maithripala Sirisena (Jan 2015) (1 USD = 180.01 LKR (Feb 2019)) Prime Minister : Ranil Wickremesinghe (Oct 2018) Religion : Buddhism (70%), Hinduism (13%), Others (17%) Ref : www.gov.lk Economic Indicators 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 GDP (USD $ bn) 59.2 59.4 67.6 74.6 80.6 81.00 GDP PPP 169.3 183.2 199.6 217.4 233.6 261.07 GDP per capita (US $) 2,880.0 2,874.0 3,239.0 3,558.0 3,818.0 3,811.00 Real GDP growth 8.2 6.3 7.3 7.4 6.5 4.4 Current account balance (US $ mn) -4,615.0 -3,981.0 -2,606.0 -2,790.0 -1,639.0 -1.72 Current account balance (% GDP) -7.8 -6.7 -3.9 -3.7 -2.0 -2.49 Goods & Services exports (% GDP) 23.1 22.9 22.4 22.3 21.9 10.3 Inflation 6.7 7.5 6.9 3.3 1.7 3.73 Ref : www.data.worldbank.org Connectivity GDP Composition % Natural Resources International Airport : 1 (Bandaranaike) Service 56.78 % - Limestone - Gems Domestic Airports : 1 (Ratmalana) Industry 32.46 % - Graphite - Phosphates Major Sea Ports : 3 (Colombo, Hambantota, Trincomalee) Manufacturing 17.71 % - Mineral Sands - Clay Minor Sea Ports : 3 (Galle, Point Pedro, Kankesanthurai) Agriculture 12.76 % - Hydro Power - Arable Land Ref : www.airport.lk Ref : www.tradingeconomics.com Ref : CIA/The World Factbook Major Exports Major Imports Major Industries Major Cities Textile & Apparel Mineral Fuel Tea Garments Vehicles Apparel & Textile - Colombo Coffee, Tea & Spices Machinery Rubber Rubber Knitted Fabric Coconut - Hambantota Pearls, Precious Stones Plastic Articles Tobacco Ship & Boat building Iron & Steel - Kandy Electric Machinery Cotton & Yarn Shipping - Ratnapura Royal Thai @ Mineral Fuel Salt Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel Edible Fruit & Nuts Cereals Petroleum Refinery Ref : BOI, Sri Lanka Fish & Crustaceans Paper Siam House Ref : www.gtis.com Top 10 Export Destinations of Sri Lanka (Dec 2018) Top 10 Import Destinations of Sri Lanka (Dec 2018) 6) Belgium (31 US $ mn) 1) USA (286 US $ mn) 1) India (335 US $ mn) 6) Malaysia (51 US $ mn) 7) Netherlands (29 US $ mn) 2) UK (84 US $ mn) 2) China (335 US $ mn) 7) France (47 US $ mn) 8) UAE (28 US $ mn) 3) India (61 US $ mn) 3) UAE (111 US $ mn) 8) Indonesia (46 US $ mn) 9) China (22 US $ mn) 4) Germany (58 US $ mn) 4) Singapore (82 US $ mn) 9) S. Africa (41 US $ mn) 10) Turkey (21 US $ mn) 5) Italy (46 US $ mn) 5) Japan (65 US $ mn) 10) Thailand (38 US $ mn) 36) Thailand (4 US $ mn) Ref : www.gtis.com Thailand Merchandise Trade with Sri Lanka (Jan 2019) Ref : www.ops3.moc.go.th Value Growth rate % Share % Exports to Sri Lanka (US $ mn) 29.20 -27.98 0.15 Imports from Sri Lanka (US $ mn) 7.79 43.64 0.03 Total trade (US $ mn) 36.99 -19.52 0.09 Fact sheet are updated monthly: Feb 2019 .