Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested was 484,677 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 484,677 ha for coconuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 505,217 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 394,836 ha, in 2013.
That places Sri Lanka 4th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 462,732 ha | 433,400 ha | 466,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 455,956 ha | 451,472 ha | 466,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 419,928 ha | 416,423 ha | 451,472 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 434,492 ha | 416,423 ha | 443,952 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 414,785 ha | 394,840 ha | 446,952 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 435,792 ha | 394,836 ha | 503,452 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 477,317 ha | 456,137 ha | 505,217 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- 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)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
- Rural population 79.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 17.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 8,514 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 484,677 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 505,217 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 394,836 ha in 2013.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 4th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coconuts, in shell — 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.