Ginger, raw — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Ginger, raw — Yield was 9,407 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Ginger, raw — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, ginger, raw — yield in Sri Lanka stood at 9,407 kg/ha.
The figure is down 12.1% on the previous year and up 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 10,702 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,147 kg/ha, in 1971.
Sri Lanka ranks 24th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 1,979 kg/ha | 1,540 kg/ha | 2,578 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,592 kg/ha | 1,147 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,518 kg/ha | 2,333 kg/ha | 6,110 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,962 kg/ha | 3,510 kg/ha | 4,720 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,603 kg/ha | 3,678 kg/ha | 5,704 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,182 kg/ha | 5,605 kg/ha | 9,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,791 kg/ha | 8,906 kg/ha | 10,702 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 21 China, mainland 10,666 kg/ha compare
- 22 Cameroon 10,370 kg/ha compare
- 23 Kenya 10,212 kg/ha compare
- 25 Nigeria 8,598 kg/ha compare
- 26 Bangladesh 8,007 kg/ha compare
- 27 Dominican Republic 7,850 kg/ha compare
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 ginger, raw — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Ginger, raw — yield in Sri Lanka was 9,407 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 10,702 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,147 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for ginger, raw — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 24th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.5%. 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 Ginger, raw — Yield. 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.