Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — Area harvested was 35,088 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 35,088 ha for cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 38,007 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 11,000 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11,942 ha | +8.6% |
| 1965 | 11,504 ha | -3.7% |
| 1966 | 13,445 ha | +16.9% |
| 1967 | 14,681 ha | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 16,004 ha | +9.0% |
| 1969 | 17,300 ha | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 13,898 ha | -19.7% |
| 1971 | 23,235 ha | +67.2% |
| 1972 | 16,962 ha | -27.0% |
| 1973 | 21,568 ha | +27.2% |
| 1974 | 22,081 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 21,691 ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 21,816 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 21,892 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 21,909 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 22,980 ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 22,150 ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 21,870 ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 22,094 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 22,180 ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 21,080 ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 20,900 ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 20,715 ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 21,060 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 20,360 ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 20,420 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 20,199 ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 20,313 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 20,214 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 24,180 ha | +19.6% |
| 1994 | 24,216 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 24,250 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 24,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 24,360 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 24,510 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 24,570 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 24,670 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 24,570 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 24,600 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 26,110 ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 25,090 ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 26,100 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 25,620 ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 25,760 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 26,770 ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 28,090 ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 28,860 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 29,160 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 30,430 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 30,090 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 29,517 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 30,658 ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 30,130 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 29,415 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 33,094 ha | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 33,924 ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 35,462 ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 37,028 ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 38,007 ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 35,134 ha | -7.6% |
| 2024 | 35,088 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,097 ha | 11,000 ha | 17,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,803 ha | 13,898 ha | 23,235 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,283 ha | 20,360 ha | 22,180 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,111 ha | 20,199 ha | 24,570 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,738 ha | 24,570 ha | 28,090 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,528 ha | 28,860 ha | 33,924 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,144 ha | 35,088 ha | 38,007 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 1 Indonesia 88,305 ha compare
- 2 China 48,389 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 48,389 ha compare
- 5 Madagascar 1,850 ha compare
- 6 Sao Tome and Principe 237 ha compare
- 7 Grenada 59 ha compare
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- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 35,088 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 38,007 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 4th out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. 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 Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw — Area harvested. 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.