In 2017, changes in inventories for Sri Lanka was 9.3 %. Though Sri Lanka changes in inventories fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to increase through 1998 - 2017 period ending at 9.3 % in 2017.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Changes in inventories (including work-in-progress) consist of changes in: (a) stocks of outputs that are still held by the units that produced them prior to their being further processed, sold, delivered to other units or used in other ways; and (b) stocks of products acquired from other units that are intended to be used for intermediate consumption or for resale without further processing; they are measured by the value of the entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories.
Date | Value | Change, % |
---|---|---|
2017 | 9.3 | 23.38% |
2016 | 7.6 | 47.25% |
2015 | 5.1 | 24.33% |
2014 | 4.1 | 30.07% |
2013 | 3.2 | -65.30% |
2012 | 9.2 | 78.83% |
2011 | 5.1 | -12.97% |
2010 | 5.9 | 10.73% |
2009 | 5.3 | -24.23% |
2008 | 7.0 | -9.64% |
2007 | 7.8 | 1.04% |
2006 | 7.7 |