Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Ginger, raw — Area harvested was 5,530 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ginger, raw — area harvested in Sri Lanka is 5,530 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 157.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 6,736 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 760 ha, in 1993.
Sri Lanka ranks 11th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,743 ha | +9.7% |
| 1965 | 1,730 ha | -36.9% |
| 1966 | 2,772 ha | +60.2% |
| 1967 | 2,787 ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 3,044 ha | +9.2% |
| 1969 | 2,517 ha | -17.3% |
| 1970 | 2,344 ha | -6.9% |
| 1971 | 3,120 ha | +33.1% |
| 1972 | 2,890 ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 3,525 ha | +22.0% |
| 1974 | 3,690 ha | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 4,995 ha | +35.4% |
| 1976 | 5,197 ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 4,800 ha | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1980 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1981 | 2,510 ha | -16.3% |
| 1982 | 2,510 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,610 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 3,140 ha | +20.3% |
| 1985 | 2,870 ha | -8.6% |
| 1986 | 3,017 ha | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 2,820 ha | -6.5% |
| 1988 | 2,770 ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 2,490 ha | -10.1% |
| 1990 | 2,040 ha | -18.1% |
| 1991 | 1,610 ha | -21.1% |
| 1992 | 1,320 ha | -18.0% |
| 1993 | 760 ha | -42.4% |
| 1994 | 1,461 ha | +92.2% |
| 1995 | 1,600 ha | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 1,620 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 1,490 ha | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 1,550 ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 1,567 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 1,490 ha | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 1,210 ha | -18.8% |
| 2002 | 1,290 ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 1,250 ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 1,296 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 1,350 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 1,360 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,530 ha | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 1,910 ha | +24.8% |
| 2009 | 1,890 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 2,070 ha | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 2,400 ha | +15.9% |
| 2012 | 2,660 ha | +10.8% |
| 2013 | 2,275 ha | -14.5% |
| 2014 | 2,147 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 2,418 ha | +12.6% |
| 2016 | 2,488 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 1,882 ha | -24.4% |
| 2018 | 1,999 ha | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 1,837 ha | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 4,718 ha | +156.8% |
| 2021 | 6,139 ha | +30.1% |
| 2022 | 6,736 ha | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 5,561 ha | -17.4% |
| 2024 | 5,530 ha | -0.6% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 5,530 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 520.5 ha, 10.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 5,530 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 10,388 ha, 53% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +156.8% | 1,837 ha | 4,718 ha |
| 1994 | +92.2% | 760 ha | 1,461 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,566 ha | 1,730 ha | 3,044 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,806 ha | 2,344 ha | 5,197 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,774 ha | 2,490 ha | 3,140 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,502 ha | 760 ha | 2,040 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,458 ha | 1,210 ha | 1,910 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,218 ha | 1,837 ha | 2,660 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,737 ha | 4,718 ha | 6,736 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 ginger, raw — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Ginger, raw — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 5,530 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 6,736 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 760 ha in 1993.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 11th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 157.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Ginger, raw — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.