Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 106,758 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 106,758 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 123,692 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 36,969 ha, in 1966.
Sri Lanka ranks 79th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56,217 ha | — |
| 1962 | 54,815 ha | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 58,654 ha | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 60,379 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 63,359 ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 36,969 ha | -41.7% |
| 1967 | 44,204 ha | +19.6% |
| 1968 | 73,274 ha | +65.8% |
| 1969 | 63,881 ha | -12.8% |
| 1970 | 62,685 ha | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 65,669 ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 67,218 ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 38,304 ha | -43.0% |
| 1974 | 45,137 ha | +17.8% |
| 1975 | 47,817 ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 52,872 ha | +10.6% |
| 1977 | 48,842 ha | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 47,942 ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 44,950 ha | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 49,773 ha | +10.7% |
| 1981 | 48,920 ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 49,609 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 49,700 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 55,630 ha | +11.9% |
| 1985 | 65,650 ha | +18.0% |
| 1986 | 76,956 ha | +17.2% |
| 1987 | 72,871 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 75,730 ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 77,520 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 71,982 ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 74,103 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 76,182 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 92,168 ha | +21.0% |
| 1994 | 94,312 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 94,765 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 97,833 ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 101,730 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 102,352 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 103,527 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 102,931 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 102,573 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 104,248 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 107,120 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 104,762 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 107,866 ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 102,786 ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 103,894 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 104,078 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 105,315 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 112,501 ha | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 117,006 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 116,009 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 116,361 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 123,692 ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 120,506 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 117,925 ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 115,127 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 113,955 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 111,641 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 119,162 ha | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 114,078 ha | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 119,304 ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 111,601 ha | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 106,758 ha | -4.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 106,758 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 1.5× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 106,758 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 119,419 ha, 89% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +65.8% | 44,204 ha | 73,274 ha |
| 1973 | -43.0% | 67,218 ha | 38,304 ha |
| 1966 | -41.7% | 63,359 ha | 36,969 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,861 ha | 36,969 ha | 73,274 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 52,144 ha | 38,304 ha | 67,218 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,236 ha | 48,920 ha | 77,520 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 90,895 ha | 71,982 ha | 103,527 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 104,557 ha | 102,573 ha | 107,866 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 116,472 ha | 111,641 ha | 123,692 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 114,181 ha | 106,758 ha | 119,304 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0051 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.109 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1293 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 106,758 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 123,692 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,969 ha in 1966.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 79th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.