Beans, dry — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Beans, dry — Yield was 1,111 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, beans, dry — yield in Sri Lanka stood at 1,111 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 1,138 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 256.1 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Sri Lanka 70th out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 473.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 282.2 kg/ha | -40.4% |
| 1963 | 387.6 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 1964 | 377.1 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 470 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1966 | 318.1 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1967 | 360.8 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1968 | 256.1 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1969 | 312.4 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1970 | 299.8 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 379.2 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1972 | 350 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 508.9 kg/ha | +45.4% |
| 1974 | 541.4 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 652.4 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1976 | 518.9 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1977 | 743.6 kg/ha | +43.3% |
| 1978 | 651.5 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1979 | 754.1 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1980 | 817.5 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1981 | 930.1 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1982 | 854.1 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1983 | 607.8 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1984 | 364 kg/ha | -40.1% |
| 1985 | 719.9 kg/ha | +97.8% |
| 1986 | 723.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 745.1 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 737.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 757.8 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 695.4 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1991 | 855.1 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1992 | 487.2 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 1993 | 795.5 kg/ha | +63.3% |
| 1994 | 792.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 884.1 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1996 | 910 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 829.5 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 891 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 898.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 902.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 878 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 917.3 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 883.4 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 907.1 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 933.6 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 917.2 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 971.2 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 948.2 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 1,080 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2010 | 1,138 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 1,074 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 1,079 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1,094 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 1,103 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,122 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 1,106 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 1,110 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,113 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,110 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,111 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1,111 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,210 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 1,111 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 854.8 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +97.8% | 364 kg/ha | 719.9 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +63.3% | 487.2 kg/ha | 795.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 359.79 kg/ha | 256.1 kg/ha | 473.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 539.98 kg/ha | 299.8 kg/ha | 754.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 725.78 kg/ha | 364 kg/ha | 930.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 803.84 kg/ha | 487.2 kg/ha | 910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 933.87 kg/ha | 878 kg/ha | 1,080 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,105 kg/ha | 1,074 kg/ha | 1,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,111 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 beans, dry — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Beans, dry — yield in Sri Lanka was 1,111 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1,138 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 256.1 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 70th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — 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.