Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 3,700 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Sri Lanka, 2019–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Sri Lanka stood at 3,700 ha. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 43.7% on the previous year and down 34.8% over ten years.
Sri Lanka ranks 24th of 74 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5,676 ha | — |
| 2020 | 6,079 ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 5,946 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 6,216 ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 6,571 ha | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 3,700 ha | -43.7% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 3,700 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,325 ha, 2.8× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5,676 ha | 5,676 ha | 5,676 ha | 1 |
| 2020s | 5,702 ha | 3,700 ha | 6,571 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Sri Lanka?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Sri Lanka was 3,700 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 6,571 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,700 ha in 2024.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Sri Lanka ranks 24th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.