Summary
- Singapore → Sri Lanka
- $1.3billion
- Sri Lanka → Singapore
- $114million
- Singapore’s balance
- $1.2billion
Balance
Singapore’s trade balance with Sri Lanka
Trade between Singapore and Sri Lanka grew 3.3-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Singapore’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.3
- Imports 0.1
- Balance +1.2
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $364 million | $54 million | $311 million |
| 1996 | $365 million | $50 million | $315 million |
| 1997 | $383 million | $47 million | $336 million |
| 1998 | $506 million | $46 million | $460 million |
| 1999 | $460 million | $52 million | $408 million |
| 2000 | $498 million | $82 million | $416 million |
| 2001 | $441 million | $47 million | $394 million |
| 2002 | $457 million | $79 million | $378 million |
| 2003 | $542 million | $62 million | $480 million |
| 2004 | $784 million | $94 million | $690 million |
| 2005 | $788 million | $77 million | $711 million |
| 2006 | $1.2 billion | $76 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2007 | $1.1 billion | $104 million | $1 billion |
| 2008 | $1.7 billion | $108 million | $1.6 billion |
| 2009 | $1.1 billion | $135 million | $983 million |
| 2010 | $1.7 billion | $217 million | $1.5 billion |
| 2011 | $1.5 billion | $483 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2012 | $1.3 billion | $130 million | $1.2 billion |
| 2013 | $1.8 billion | $171 million | $1.7 billion |
| 2014 | $1.3 billion | $181 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2015 | $926 million | $113 million | $813 million |
| 2016 | $1.2 billion | $127 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2017 | $1.6 billion | $223 million | $1.4 billion |
| 2018 | $1.8 billion | $94 million | $1.7 billion |
| 2019 | $763 million | $144 million | $619 million |
| 2020 | $612 million | $135 million | $477 million |
| 2021 | $755 million | $140 million | $615 million |
| 2022 | $711 million | $156 million | $555 million |
| 2023 | $898 million | $115 million | $783 million |
| 2024 | $1.3 billion | $114 million | $1.2 billion |
What they sell each other
What Singapore sells to Sri Lanka
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Sri Lanka sells to Singapore
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Singapore and Colombo is 1,602 nautical miles (2,967 km) long: ≈ 3.5–5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Sri Lanka was Singapore’s 46th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Singapore was Sri Lanka’s 5th (4%).
- Sri Lanka in Singapore’s trade
- 0.2%
- Sri Lanka’s rank among Singapore’s partners
- 46th
- Singapore in Sri Lanka’s trade
- 4.1%
- Singapore’s rank among Sri Lanka’s partners
- 5th
Compare with
Other partners of Singapore
Other partners of Sri Lanka
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.
Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.