Coffee, green — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Coffee, green — Yield was 1,044 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Coffee, green — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coffee, green — yield in Sri Lanka stood at 1,044 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.1% on the previous year and up 42.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 2,578 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 410.9 kg/ha, in 1988.
Sri Lanka ranks 18th of 74 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Coffee, green — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,163 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,091 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 1,530 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 1964 | 2,255 kg/ha | +47.3% |
| 1965 | 1,792 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1966 | 1,668 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 2,578 kg/ha | +54.5% |
| 1968 | 2,258 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1969 | 2,492 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1970 | 1,764 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1971 | 1,923 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1972 | 1,370 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1973 | 1,470 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 1,784 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1975 | 1,376 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1976 | 1,354 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 1,501 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1978 | 1,718 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1979 | 1,526 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1980 | 1,516 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 1,539 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 1,565 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 1,904 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1984 | 1,032 kg/ha | -45.8% |
| 1985 | 861.1 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1986 | 436 kg/ha | -49.4% |
| 1987 | 439.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 410.9 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1989 | 474.7 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1990 | 566.8 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1991 | 592.9 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 663.1 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 627.5 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 671.9 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 690.7 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 711.1 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 689.4 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 645.6 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 650.3 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 627.6 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 675.3 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 659.9 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 772 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2004 | 646.7 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2005 | 640.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 609.4 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 594.9 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 620 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 620.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 613.6 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 612.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 657.2 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 637.3 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 731.1 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2015 | 732.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 742.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 825.4 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2018 | 920.1 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 851.4 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 1,153 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 2021 | 906 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2022 | 861.1 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 899.5 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 1,044 kg/ha | +16.1% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1,044 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 636.2 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,870 kg/ha | 1,091 kg/ha | 2,578 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,579 kg/ha | 1,354 kg/ha | 1,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,018 kg/ha | 410.9 kg/ha | 1,904 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 650.93 kg/ha | 566.8 kg/ha | 711.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 646.69 kg/ha | 594.9 kg/ha | 772 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 732.32 kg/ha | 612.2 kg/ha | 920.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 972.82 kg/ha | 861.1 kg/ha | 1,153 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 15 Rwanda 1,156 kg/ha compare
- 15 Caribbean 497.6 kg/ha compare
- 16 Zambia 1,082 kg/ha compare
- 17 Papua New Guinea 1,057 kg/ha compare
- 19 Cabo Verde 231.8 kg/ha compare
- 19 Colombia 1,003 kg/ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 120.3 kg/ha compare
- 20 Saint Lucia 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 21 Mozambique 980.8 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 coffee, green — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Coffee, green — yield in Sri Lanka was 1,044 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 2,578 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 410.9 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for coffee, green — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 18th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.8%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.