Cow peas, dry — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 1,031 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cow peas, dry — yield in Sri Lanka stood at 1,031 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 1,672 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 425.5 kg/ha, in 1961.
Sri Lanka ranks 18th of 50 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 585.08 kg/ha | 425.5 kg/ha | 699 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 794.31 kg/ha | 618.7 kg/ha | 995.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 817.07 kg/ha | 570 kg/ha | 1,030 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 881.26 kg/ha | 825.8 kg/ha | 920.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 973.05 kg/ha | 886.2 kg/ha | 1,178 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,274 kg/ha | 1,068 kg/ha | 1,672 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,079 kg/ha | 1,031 kg/ha | 1,147 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 15 Philippines 1,270 kg/ha compare
- 16 Jamaica 1,104 kg/ha compare
- 17 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,086 kg/ha compare
- 19 United Republic of Tanzania 1,015 kg/ha compare
- 20 Hungary 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 21 Japan 992.5 kg/ha compare
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 cow peas, dry — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Sri Lanka was 1,031 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1,672 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 425.5 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 18th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. 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 Cow peas, dry — Yield. 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.