Coffee, green — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 4,900 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coffee, green — area harvested in Sri Lanka stood at 4,900 ha.
That represents a change of down 7.2% on the previous year and down 41.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 16,623 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 3,440 ha, in 1961.
Sri Lanka ranks 41st of 75 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,440 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,440 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,607 ha | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 3,723 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 3,911 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 3,993 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 4,457 ha | +11.6% |
| 1968 | 4,437 ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 4,392 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 4,142 ha | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 4,346 ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 4,967 ha | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 4,785 ha | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 4,834 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 6,423 ha | +32.9% |
| 1976 | 6,556 ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 6,921 ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 7,169 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 6,620 ha | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 7,712 ha | +16.5% |
| 1981 | 8,120 ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 8,419 ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 8,720 ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 10,170 ha | +16.6% |
| 1985 | 10,800 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 12,894 ha | +19.4% |
| 1987 | 13,730 ha | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 13,630 ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 14,240 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 13,351 ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 13,258 ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 13,077 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 16,080 ha | +23.0% |
| 1994 | 16,455 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 16,623 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 16,538 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 16,460 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 16,261 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 16,270 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 15,600 ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 15,120 ha | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 14,820 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 11,800 ha | -20.4% |
| 2004 | 11,860 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 11,300 ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 10,600 ha | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 10,170 ha | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 8,790 ha | -13.6% |
| 2009 | 8,720 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 8,540 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 8,690 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 8,460 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 8,740 ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 8,328 ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 8,009 ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 7,534 ha | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 6,580 ha | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 7,005 ha | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 5,740 ha | -18.1% |
| 2020 | 5,832 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 5,857 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 5,607 ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 5,281 ha | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 4,900 ha | -7.2% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 4,900 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,586 ha, 51% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,933 ha | 3,440 ha | 4,457 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,676 ha | 4,142 ha | 7,169 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,844 ha | 7,712 ha | 14,240 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,437 ha | 13,077 ha | 16,623 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,878 ha | 8,720 ha | 15,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,763 ha | 5,740 ha | 8,740 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,495 ha | 4,900 ha | 5,857 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 4,900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 16,623 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,440 ha in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 41st out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.2%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.