Global Statistics and Country Indicators
Sri Lanka FDI Over Time (1970–2024)
FDI Inflows
Data table
| 1970 | -300,000 | 1981 | 49.26M | 1992 | 122.6M | 2003 | 228.7M | 2014 | 893.6M |
| 1971 | 300,000 | 1982 | 63.57M | 1993 | 194.5M | 2004 | 232.8M | 2015 | 679.7M |
| 1972 | 300,000 | 1983 | 37.78M | 1994 | 166.4M | 2005 | 272.4M | 2016 | 897M |
| 1973 | 500,000 | 1984 | 32.61M | 1995 | 56M | 2006 | 479.7M | 2017 | 1.37B |
| 1974 | 1.4M | 1985 | 26.16M | 1996 | 119.9M | 2007 | 603M | 2018 | 1.61B |
| 1975 | 142,711 | 1986 | 29.72M | 1997 | 430.1M | 2008 | 752.2M | 2019 | 743.5M |
| 1976 | 1,000 | 1987 | 59.5M | 1998 | 193.4M | 2009 | 404M | 2020 | 434.1M |
| 1977 | -1.22M | 1988 | 45.72M | 1999 | 176.4M | 2010 | 477.6M | 2021 | 592.3M |
| 1978 | 1.47M | 1989 | 19.74M | 2000 | 172.9M | 2011 | 955.9M | 2022 | 884.2M |
| 1979 | 46.91M | 1990 | 43.36M | 2001 | 171.8M | 2012 | 941.1M | 2023 | 713M |
| 1980 | 43.01M | 1991 | 48.35M | 2002 | 196.5M | 2013 | 932.6M | 2024 | 761.1M |
FDI Inflows
Data table
| 1970 | 0% | 1981 | 1.1% | 1992 | 1.3% | 2003 | 1.2% | 2014 | 1.1% |
| 1971 | 0% | 1982 | 1.3% | 1993 | 1.9% | 2004 | 1.1% | 2015 | 0.8% |
| 1972 | 0% | 1983 | 0.7% | 1994 | 1.4% | 2005 | 1.1% | 2016 | 1% |
| 1973 | 0% | 1984 | 0.5% | 1995 | 0.4% | 2006 | 1.7% | 2017 | 1.5% |
| 1974 | 0% | 1985 | 0.4% | 1996 | 0.9% | 2007 | 1.9% | 2018 | 1.7% |
| 1975 | 0% | 1986 | 0.5% | 1997 | 2.8% | 2008 | 1.8% | 2019 | 0.8% |
| 1976 | 0% | 1987 | 0.9% | 1998 | 1.2% | 2009 | 1% | 2020 | 0.5% |
| 1977 | 0% | 1988 | 0.7% | 1999 | 1.1% | 2010 | 0.8% | 2021 | 0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.1% | 1989 | 0.3% | 2000 | 1% | 2011 | 1.4% | 2022 | 1.2% |
| 1979 | 1.4% | 1990 | 0.5% | 2001 | 1.1% | 2012 | 1.3% | 2023 | 0.8% |
| 1980 | 1.1% | 1991 | 0.5% | 2002 | 1.2% | 2013 | 1.2% | 2024 | 0.8% |
FDI Outflows
Data table
| 1975 | 0 | 1985 | 1.36M | 1995 | 5.6M | 2005 | 38.4M | 2015 | 52.99M |
| 1976 | 0 | 1986 | 535,247 | 1996 | 6.92M | 2006 | 29.3M | 2016 | 236.8M |
| 1977 | 0 | 1987 | 1.34M | 1997 | 5M | 2007 | 55M | 2017 | 71.79M |
| 1978 | 0 | 1988 | 2.1M | 1998 | 13M | 2008 | 61.7M | 2018 | 67.86M |
| 1979 | 0 | 1989 | 2.04M | 1999 | 24M | 2009 | 20M | 2019 | 77.36M |
| 1980 | 0 | 1990 | 822,429 | 2000 | 2M | 2010 | 42.5M | 2020 | 14.54M |
| 1981 | 0 | 1991 | 4.52M | 2001 | 1,000 | 2011 | 60M | 2021 | 17.44M |
| 1982 | 0 | 1992 | 1.63M | 2002 | 11.45M | 2012 | 63.93M | 2022 | 15.13M |
| 1983 | 0 | 1993 | 6.9M | 2003 | 27.31M | 2013 | 65.07M | 2023 | 51.49M |
| 1984 | 0 | 1994 | 8.26M | 2004 | 5.79M | 2014 | 66.82M | 2024 | 110.3M |
FDI Outflows
Data table
| 1975 | 0% | 1985 | 0% | 1995 | 0% | 2005 | 0.2% | 2015 | 0.1% |
| 1976 | 0% | 1986 | 0% | 1996 | 0% | 2006 | 0.1% | 2016 | 0.3% |
| 1977 | 0% | 1987 | 0% | 1997 | 0% | 2007 | 0.2% | 2017 | 0.1% |
| 1978 | 0% | 1988 | 0% | 1998 | 0.1% | 2008 | 0.2% | 2018 | 0.1% |
| 1979 | 0% | 1989 | 0% | 1999 | 0.2% | 2009 | 0% | 2019 | 0.1% |
| 1980 | 0% | 1990 | 0% | 2000 | 0% | 2010 | 0.1% | 2020 | 0% |
| 1981 | 0% | 1991 | 0.1% | 2001 | 0% | 2011 | 0.1% | 2021 | 0% |
| 1982 | 0% | 1992 | 0% | 2002 | 0.1% | 2012 | 0.1% | 2022 | 0% |
| 1983 | 0% | 1993 | 0.1% | 2003 | 0.1% | 2013 | 0.1% | 2023 | 0.1% |
| 1984 | 0% | 1994 | 0.1% | 2004 | 0% | 2014 | 0.1% | 2024 | 0.1% |