Australia vs Sri Lanka: Tomatoes — Area harvested
Tomatoes — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 5,514 ha against 5,251 ha in Australia, a difference of 263 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 75th and Sri Lanka ranks 73rd of 168 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,881 ha | 5,238 ha | 1,643 ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 7,882 ha | 4,578 ha | 3,304 ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 8,726 ha | 4,574 ha | 4,152 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 8,878 ha | 4,779 ha | 4,099 ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 7,858 ha | 6,286 ha | 1,572 ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 6,095 ha | 6,819 ha | 723.7 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 4,958 ha | 5,953 ha | 995.2 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — area harvested, Australia or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 5,514 ha against 5,251 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — area harvested between Australia and Sri Lanka?
- 263 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Sri Lanka rank globally for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 75th and Sri Lanka ranks 73rd of 168 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tomatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.