Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield was 8,638 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 8,638 kg/ha for eggplants (aubergines) — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 29.1% on the previous year and down 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 13,654 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6,628 kg/ha, in 1970.
Sri Lanka ranks 75th of 93 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,037 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,622 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1963 | 7,306 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1964 | 8,770 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 8,628 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 8,796 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 7,557 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1968 | 8,231 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 6,714 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1970 | 6,628 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 7,365 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 8,264 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1973 | 8,313 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 8,038 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 9,048 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1976 | 8,691 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 8,796 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 7,964 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1979 | 8,240 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 8,518 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 9,092 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 8,389 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 8,732 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 8,770 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 8,970 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 9,192 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 8,948 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 8,990 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 8,976 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 8,920 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 8,235 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 8,161 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 8,040 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 7,936 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 7,861 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 7,684 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 7,778 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 7,247 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 7,444 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 7,262 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 6,796 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 7,216 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 7,006 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 8,615 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2005 | 8,543 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 8,689 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 9,144 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 9,105 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 9,887 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 9,746 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 10,306 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 10,832 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 10,562 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 11,046 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 11,734 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 12,354 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 11,263 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 11,926 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 13,654 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2020 | 12,772 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 12,078 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 11,906 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 12,176 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 8,638 kg/ha | -29.1% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 8,638 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 17,741 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,962 kg/ha | 6,714 kg/ha | 8,796 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,135 kg/ha | 6,628 kg/ha | 9,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,858 kg/ha | 8,389 kg/ha | 9,192 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,931 kg/ha | 7,247 kg/ha | 8,920 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,226 kg/ha | 6,796 kg/ha | 9,887 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,342 kg/ha | 9,746 kg/ha | 13,654 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,514 kg/ha | 8,638 kg/ha | 12,772 kg/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 eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Sri Lanka was 8,638 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 13,654 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,628 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for eggplants (aubergines) — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 75th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.8%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.