Avocados — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Avocados — Yield was 3,571 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Avocados — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 3,571 kg/ha for avocados — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and down 62.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 19,282 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3,416 kg/ha, in 2023.
Sri Lanka ranks 64th of 69 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Avocados — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 11,779 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 11,868 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 11,957 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 12,046 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 12,134 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 12,223 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 12,312 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 12,401 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 12,490 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 12,579 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 12,668 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 12,756 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 12,845 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 12,934 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 12,923 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 12,813 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 12,703 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 12,592 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 12,482 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 12,372 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 12,518 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 13,220 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 19,282 kg/ha | +45.9% |
| 2013 | 8,281 kg/ha | -57.1% |
| 2014 | 9,438 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2015 | 9,202 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 6,048 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 2017 | 4,712 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2018 | 7,079 kg/ha | +50.2% |
| 2019 | 6,500 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 5,871 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 4,209 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2022 | 4,035 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 3,416 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2024 | 3,571 kg/ha | +4.5% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 3,571 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,090 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Yield in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -57.1% | 19,282 kg/ha | 8,281 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +50.2% | 4,712 kg/ha | 7,079 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +45.9% | 13,220 kg/ha | 19,282 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -34.3% | 9,202 kg/ha | 6,048 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -28.3% | 5,871 kg/ha | 4,209 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,179 kg/ha | 11,779 kg/ha | 12,579 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,709 kg/ha | 12,372 kg/ha | 12,934 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,628 kg/ha | 4,712 kg/ha | 19,282 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,221 kg/ha | 3,416 kg/ha | 5,871 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 61 Cook Islands 4,240 kg/ha compare
- 62 Martinique 4,200 kg/ha compare
- 63 Honduras 3,908 kg/ha compare
- 65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,404 kg/ha compare
- 66 Philippines 3,400 kg/ha compare
- 67 Puerto Rico 3,168 kg/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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Avocados — yield in Sri Lanka was 3,571 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 19,282 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest avocados — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,416 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for avocados — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 64th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.