Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 15,050 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Sri Lanka is 15,050 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 19,547 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6,790 ha, in 1983.
That places Sri Lanka 51st out of 156 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.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,827 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,918 ha | -10.3% |
| 1963 | 12,402 ha | +56.6% |
| 1964 | 10,687 ha | -13.8% |
| 1965 | 10,712 ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 8,554 ha | -20.1% |
| 1967 | 8,814 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 8,678 ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 8,526 ha | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 7,869 ha | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 8,669 ha | +10.2% |
| 1972 | 8,551 ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 7,650 ha | -10.5% |
| 1974 | 8,107 ha | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 8,535 ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 8,691 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 8,697 ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 8,120 ha | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 7,390 ha | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 7,334 ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 7,260 ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 7,137 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 6,790 ha | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 6,820 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 6,990 ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 8,441 ha | +20.8% |
| 1987 | 8,349 ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 8,484 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 8,610 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 8,177 ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 8,322 ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 9,343 ha | +12.3% |
| 1993 | 10,038 ha | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 10,244 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 10,045 ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 10,394 ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 10,389 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 10,303 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 10,420 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 10,950 ha | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 10,530 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 11,540 ha | +9.6% |
| 2003 | 13,640 ha | +18.2% |
| 2004 | 13,220 ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 14,110 ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 13,260 ha | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 13,900 ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 15,050 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 15,650 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 16,860 ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 17,990 ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 18,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 18,095 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 18,863 ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 19,547 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 17,300 ha | -11.5% |
| 2017 | 17,689 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 16,934 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 16,980 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 17,479 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 15,747 ha | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 15,993 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 14,971 ha | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 15,050 ha | +0.5% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 15,050 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,320 ha, 2.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 15,050 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 24,661 ha, 61% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +56.6% | 7,918 ha | 12,402 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,458 ha | 7,918 ha | 12,402 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,228 ha | 7,390 ha | 8,697 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,622 ha | 6,790 ha | 8,610 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,768 ha | 8,177 ha | 10,420 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,185 ha | 10,530 ha | 15,650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,856 ha | 16,860 ha | 19,547 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,848 ha | 14,971 ha | 17,479 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 15,050 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 19,547 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,790 ha in 1983.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 51st out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.