Fat of pigs — Production in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Fat of pigs — Production was 22.76 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fat of pigs — Production in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fat of pigs — production in Sri Lanka is 22.76 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — production in Sri Lanka peaked at 58.34 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 20.7 t, in 1961.
That places Sri Lanka 155th out of 172 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fat of pigs — Production in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20.7 t | — |
| 1962 | 28.83 t | +39.3% |
| 1963 | 23.9 t | -17.1% |
| 1964 | 25.87 t | +8.2% |
| 1965 | 24.51 t | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 30.8 t | +25.7% |
| 1967 | 35.72 t | +16.0% |
| 1968 | 33.26 t | -6.9% |
| 1969 | 33.01 t | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 33.01 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 39.67 t | +20.2% |
| 1972 | 36.71 t | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 30.06 t | -18.1% |
| 1974 | 27.59 t | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 22.91 t | -17.0% |
| 1976 | 23.65 t | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 34 t | +43.8% |
| 1978 | 32.77 t | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 41.14 t | +25.5% |
| 1980 | 56.17 t | +36.5% |
| 1981 | 43.61 t | -22.4% |
| 1982 | 38.19 t | -12.4% |
| 1983 | 30.55 t | -20.0% |
| 1984 | 34.25 t | +12.1% |
| 1985 | 31.04 t | -9.4% |
| 1986 | 28.09 t | -9.5% |
| 1987 | 35.72 t | +27.2% |
| 1988 | 35.97 t | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 34.74 t | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 38.93 t | +12.1% |
| 1991 | 54.2 t | +39.2% |
| 1992 | 49.77 t | -8.2% |
| 1993 | 39.91 t | -19.8% |
| 1994 | 49.28 t | +23.5% |
| 1995 | 57.55 t | +16.8% |
| 1996 | 55.43 t | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 52.97 t | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 47.3 t | -10.7% |
| 1999 | 40.65 t | -14.1% |
| 2000 | 43.12 t | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 48.04 t | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 45.83 t | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 53.22 t | +16.1% |
| 2004 | 52.23 t | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 54.2 t | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 56.42 t | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 56.91 t | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 38.43 t | -32.5% |
| 2009 | 39.91 t | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 33.75 t | -15.4% |
| 2011 | 43.86 t | +30.0% |
| 2012 | 53.96 t | +23.0% |
| 2013 | 52.97 t | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 42.38 t | -20.0% |
| 2015 | 41.75 t | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 37.71 t | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 32.68 t | -13.3% |
| 2018 | 33.99 t | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 32.21 t | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 38.07 t | +18.2% |
| 2021 | 58.34 t | +53.2% |
| 2022 | 31.84 t | -45.4% |
| 2023 | 22.41 t | -29.6% |
| 2024 | 22.76 t | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.51 t | 20.7 t | 35.72 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 32.15 t | 22.91 t | 41.14 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 36.83 t | 28.09 t | 56.17 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 48.6 t | 38.93 t | 57.55 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.83 t | 38.43 t | 56.91 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.53 t | 32.21 t | 53.96 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.68 t | 22.41 t | 58.34 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 152 Dominica 28.09 t compare
- 153 Seychelles 27.39 t compare
- 154 Mongolia 25.84 t compare
- 156 Algeria 22.54 t compare
- 157 Cook Islands 20.77 t compare
- 158 Turkmenistan 20.43 t 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — production in Sri Lanka?
- Fat of pigs — production in Sri Lanka was 22.76 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fat of pigs — production recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 58.34 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — production recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.7 t in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for fat of pigs — production?
- Sri Lanka ranks 155th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — production rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.3%. 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 Fat of pigs — Production. 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.