Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 3,438 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Sri Lanka stood at 3,438 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 5,004 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 200.5 kg/ha, in 1968.
Sri Lanka ranks 13th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 387.37 kg/ha | 200.5 kg/ha | 661.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 966.09 kg/ha | 366.7 kg/ha | 1,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 825.5 kg/ha | 218 kg/ha | 1,898 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 700 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 1 |
| 2010s | 4,416 kg/ha | 2,012 kg/ha | 5,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,908 kg/ha | 3,438 kg/ha | 5,004 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Sri Lanka was 3,438 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 5,004 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 200.5 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 13th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.2%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.