Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 3,687 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Sri Lanka stood at 3,687 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 11,300 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 355 ha, in 1961.
That places Sri Lanka 53rd out of 133 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.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 355 ha | — |
| 1962 | 410 ha | +15.5% |
| 1963 | 389 ha | -5.1% |
| 1964 | 391 ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 536 ha | +37.1% |
| 1966 | 430 ha | -19.8% |
| 1967 | 421 ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 378 ha | -10.2% |
| 1969 | 522 ha | +38.1% |
| 1970 | 431 ha | -17.4% |
| 1971 | 450 ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 404 ha | -10.2% |
| 1973 | 501 ha | +24.0% |
| 1974 | 459 ha | -8.4% |
| 1975 | 754 ha | +64.3% |
| 1976 | 778 ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 684 ha | -12.1% |
| 1978 | 969 ha | +41.7% |
| 1979 | 830 ha | -14.3% |
| 1980 | 693 ha | -16.5% |
| 1981 | 760 ha | +9.7% |
| 1982 | 827 ha | +8.8% |
| 1983 | 890 ha | +7.6% |
| 1984 | 870 ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 1,050 ha | +20.7% |
| 1986 | 1,061 ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 1,038 ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 1,130 ha | +8.9% |
| 1989 | 1,180 ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 1,270 ha | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 1,609 ha | +26.7% |
| 1992 | 1,845 ha | +14.7% |
| 1993 | 1,957 ha | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 1,998 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 2,076 ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 2,170 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 2,465 ha | +13.6% |
| 1998 | 2,190 ha | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 2,390 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 2,310 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 2,560 ha | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 2,540 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 2,490 ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 2,880 ha | +15.7% |
| 2005 | 3,100 ha | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 2,960 ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 3,250 ha | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 3,030 ha | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 2,900 ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 2,790 ha | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 3,140 ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 2,850 ha | -9.2% |
| 2013 | 2,880 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 2,842 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 3,232 ha | +13.7% |
| 2016 | 3,809 ha | +17.9% |
| 2017 | 3,687 ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 3,125 ha | -15.2% |
| 2019 | 3,553 ha | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 10,481 ha | +195.0% |
| 2021 | 11,300 ha | +7.8% |
| 2022 | 10,704 ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 3,510 ha | -67.2% |
| 2024 | 3,687 ha | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 425.78 ha | 355 ha | 536 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 626 ha | 404 ha | 969 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 949.9 ha | 693 ha | 1,180 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,997 ha | 1,270 ha | 2,465 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,802 ha | 2,310 ha | 3,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,191 ha | 2,790 ha | 3,809 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,936 ha | 3,510 ha | 11,300 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 3,687 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 11,300 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 355 ha in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 53rd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.7%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.