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 12th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 345.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 353 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 369.1 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 388.5 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 297.5 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1966 | 661.8 kg/ha | +122.5% |
| 1967 | 282.7 kg/ha | -57.3% |
| 1968 | 200.5 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1969 | 587.4 kg/ha | +193.0% |
| 1970 | 366.7 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 1971 | 397 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 1,078 kg/ha | +171.5% |
| 1973 | 763 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1974 | 1,089 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1975 | 1,261 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1976 | 1,404 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1977 | 1,097 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1978 | 1,035 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 1,170 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1980 | 1,474 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1981 | 1,847 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1982 | 1,898 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 972.2 kg/ha | -48.8% |
| 1984 | 218 kg/ha | -77.6% |
| 1985 | 350 kg/ha | +60.6% |
| 1986 | 350 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 350 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 350 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 445.5 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1990 | 700 kg/ha | +57.1% |
| 2010 | 4,998 kg/ha | +614.0% |
| 2011 | 5,003 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 4,998 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 4,992 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 4,996 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,012 kg/ha | -59.8% |
| 2019 | 2,160 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 5,004 kg/ha | +131.7% |
| 2021 | 4,091 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2022 | 3,487 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2023 | 3,519 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 3,438 kg/ha | -2.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 3,438 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 730.8 kg/ha, 4.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 3,438 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 2,848 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +614.0% | 700 kg/ha | 4,998 kg/ha |
| 1969 | +193.0% | 200.5 kg/ha | 587.4 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +171.5% | 397 kg/ha | 1,078 kg/ha |
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 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 9 Italy 4,617 kg/ha compare
- 10 Belgium 4,346 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 700.6 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bhutan 3,994 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 612 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 600.1 kg/ha compare
- 13 Bangladesh 2,848 kg/ha compare
- 14 Czechia 2,790 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 318.1 kg/ha compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 225.4 kg/ha compare
- 15 South Sudan 2,338 kg/ha 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)
- 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 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 12th out of 131 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.