Cassava, fresh — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 14,399 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 14,399 kg/ha for cassava, fresh — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.2% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 16,211 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,875 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Sri Lanka 36th out of 93 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.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,666 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,199 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 6,358 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1964 | 8,203 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1965 | 6,211 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1966 | 5,893 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1967 | 5,377 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1968 | 5,792 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 5,836 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 5,945 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 5,504 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1972 | 5,347 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 5,341 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 3,875 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1975 | 4,736 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1976 | 4,945 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 5,813 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1978 | 7,882 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 1979 | 9,974 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1980 | 9,788 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 9,375 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 9,685 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 13,041 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1984 | 12,022 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1985 | 10,960 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1986 | 9,858 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1987 | 9,129 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1988 | 9,838 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1989 | 9,193 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 8,772 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 9,237 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 8,845 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 9,340 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 8,927 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 9,024 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 8,753 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 8,656 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 8,554 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 8,546 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 8,433 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 8,556 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 8,528 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 8,708 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 9,541 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 9,519 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 9,596 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 9,749 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 10,056 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 11,640 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2010 | 12,063 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 12,097 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 12,166 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 12,653 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 12,676 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 13,592 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 14,243 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 13,870 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 14,450 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 13,650 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 15,218 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 14,976 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 14,603 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 16,211 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2024 | 14,399 kg/ha | -11.2% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 14,399 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,615 kg/ha | 5,377 kg/ha | 8,203 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,936 kg/ha | 3,875 kg/ha | 9,974 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,289 kg/ha | 9,129 kg/ha | 13,041 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,865 kg/ha | 8,546 kg/ha | 9,340 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,433 kg/ha | 8,433 kg/ha | 11,640 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,146 kg/ha | 12,063 kg/ha | 14,450 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,081 kg/ha | 14,399 kg/ha | 16,211 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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 cassava, fresh — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Sri Lanka was 14,399 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 16,211 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,875 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 36th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Yield. 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.