Canada vs Sri Lanka: Cereal yields
Canada
4.02 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Sri Lanka
4.07 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Canada rank
66th
Sri Lanka rank
64th
Cereal yields over time
- Canada
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 4.07 tonnes per hectare against 4.02 tonnes per hectare in Canada, a difference of 0.05 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Canada ranks 66th and Sri Lanka ranks 64th of 185 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | 1.95 tonnes per hectare | 0.3001 tonnes per hectare | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | 1.99 tonnes per hectare | 0.0956 tonnes per hectare | Canada |
| 1980s | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | 2.82 tonnes per hectare | 0.5909 tonnes per hectare | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 2.69 tonnes per hectare | 3.06 tonnes per hectare | 0.3654 tonnes per hectare | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 2.95 tonnes per hectare | 3.52 tonnes per hectare | 0.5741 tonnes per hectare | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 3.83 tonnes per hectare | 3.8 tonnes per hectare | 0.0229 tonnes per hectare | Canada |
| 2020s | 3.83 tonnes per hectare | 4.04 tonnes per hectare | 0.2082 tonnes per hectare | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereal yields, Canada or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 4.07 tonnes per hectare against 4.02 tonnes per hectare in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereal yields between Canada and Sri Lanka?
- 0.05 tonnes per hectare, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Sri Lanka rank globally for cereal yields?
- Canada ranks 66th and Sri Lanka ranks 64th of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.