Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 1,162 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 1,162 kg/ha for citrus fruit, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 24.3% on the previous year and up 54.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 10,290 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 709.8 kg/ha, in 2011.
Sri Lanka ranks 137th of 137 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,806 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,496 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1963 | 3,791 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1964 | 3,990 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 3,883 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 4,893 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1967 | 4,765 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 4,818 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 4,026 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1970 | 4,643 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1971 | 5,148 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1972 | 4,640 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 5,905 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1974 | 7,589 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1975 | 6,695 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1976 | 6,873 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 6,688 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 8,048 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1979 | 7,686 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 8,360 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 8,425 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 6,283 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1983 | 10,290 kg/ha | +63.8% |
| 1984 | 5,600 kg/ha | -45.6% |
| 1985 | 6,281 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1986 | 8,958 kg/ha | +42.6% |
| 1987 | 7,060 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1988 | 2,630 kg/ha | -62.7% |
| 1989 | 2,533 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 2,486 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 2,215 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1992 | 2,452 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1993 | 2,172 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1994 | 2,242 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 2,122 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 2,016 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 2,095 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 2,144 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 2,092 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 2,404 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2001 | 2,017 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2002 | 2,333 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2003 | 743.4 kg/ha | -68.1% |
| 2004 | 779.9 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 788.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 830.3 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 822.3 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 715.6 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 710.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 731.3 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 709.8 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 714.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 747.1 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 753.6 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 746.5 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 786.2 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 748.5 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 969.9 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 2019 | 1,016 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 1,644 kg/ha | +61.9% |
| 2021 | 1,616 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 1,305 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2023 | 1,534 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2024 | 1,162 kg/ha | -24.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1,162 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13,805 kg/ha, 8% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 1,162 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 8,412 kg/ha, 14% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,274 kg/ha | 3,791 kg/ha | 4,893 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,391 kg/ha | 4,640 kg/ha | 8,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,642 kg/ha | 2,533 kg/ha | 10,290 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,204 kg/ha | 2,016 kg/ha | 2,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,214 kg/ha | 710.5 kg/ha | 2,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 792.33 kg/ha | 709.8 kg/ha | 1,016 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,452 kg/ha | 1,162 kg/ha | 1,644 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 134 Bangladesh 1,947 kg/ha compare
- 135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,913 kg/ha compare
- 136 Iraq 1,206 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in Sri Lanka was 1,162 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 10,290 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 709.8 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 137th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.2%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.