Italy–Sri Lanka relations explained
Italy-Sri Lanka relations are the bilateral relations between Italy and Sri Lanka. Italy has an embassy in Colombo.[1] Sri Lanka has an embassy in Rome.[2]
Economic relations
Italy is the fifth most important export market for Sri Lanka.[3] In 2024, the value of Italian imported goods from Sri Lanka was 623 million euros.
Diaspora
There are about 100,000 Sri Lankans in Italy,[4] making them the second largest Sri Lankan community in Europe, while there are about 5,000 Italians in Sri Lanka,[5] making them the largest European community in Sri Lanka.
Notes and References
- Web site: Ambasciata d'Italia Colombo – Il nuovo sito Ambasciata d'Italia a Colombo .
- Web site: admin . Home . 2024-06-06 . The Embassy of Sri Lanka - Rome, Italy . en-US.
- Web site: Sri Lanka Trade WITS Data . 2022-11-21 . wits.worldbank.org . 21 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221121221208/https://wits.worldbank.org/CountrySnapshot/en/LKA . live .
- Web site: live . Executive Summary . www.integrazionemigranti.gov.it . 9 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181015042317/http://www.integrazionemigranti.gov.it/Areetematiche/PaesiComunitari-e-associazioniMigranti/Documents/ES_SRILANKA_en.pdf . October 15, 2018 . 3 . en . 2016 . Regularly Residing: 109,968.
- Web site: Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination. Migration Policy Institute. 10 February 2014. 11 November 2021. 19 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319075252/https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country-origin-and-destination. live.