Avocados — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Avocados — Area harvested was 3,603 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, avocados — area harvested in Sri Lanka stood at 3,603 ha. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 117.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 3,603 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 115 ha, in 1990.
That places Sri Lanka 27th out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 124 ha | 115 ha | 133 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 146.2 ha | 134 ha | 163 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,894 ha | 493 ha | 3,453 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,510 ha | 3,283 ha | 3,603 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 24 Guatemala 4,922 ha compare
- 25 New Zealand 4,337 ha compare
- 26 Portugal 4,250 ha compare
- 28 Angola 3,573 ha compare
- 29 Cook Islands 5 ha compare
- 29 Madagascar, Republic of 3,424 ha compare
- 30 Zimbabwe 2,718 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.36 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.36 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Avocados — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 3,603 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 3,603 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 115 ha in 1990.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 27th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 117.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.