Kenya vs Sri Lanka: Goods imports

Kenya
22.18 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Sri Lanka
18.84 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Kenya rank
79th
Sri Lanka rank
82nd

Goods imports over time

  • Kenya
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 22.18 billion BoP, current US$ against 18.84 billion BoP, current US$ in Sri Lanka, a difference of 3.34 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Kenya ahead.

Globally, Kenya ranks 79th and Sri Lanka ranks 82nd of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Goods imports (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
246 places, 9,762 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Imports of goods occur when there are changes in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.