Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 17,830 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Sri Lanka stood at 17,830 ha.
That represents a change of up 7.4% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 19,975 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 923 ha, in 1961.
That places Sri Lanka 48th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 923 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,921 ha | +108.1% |
| 1963 | 2,004 ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 2,970 ha | +48.2% |
| 1965 | 3,241 ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 4,837 ha | +49.2% |
| 1967 | 3,512 ha | -27.4% |
| 1968 | 6,858 ha | +95.3% |
| 1969 | 5,197 ha | -24.2% |
| 1970 | 5,356 ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 4,226 ha | -21.1% |
| 1972 | 6,560 ha | +55.2% |
| 1973 | 8,438 ha | +28.6% |
| 1974 | 8,369 ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 10,691 ha | +27.7% |
| 1976 | 10,901 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 8,770 ha | -19.5% |
| 1978 | 8,885 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 9,910 ha | +11.5% |
| 1980 | 11,997 ha | +21.1% |
| 1981 | 14,220 ha | +18.5% |
| 1982 | 14,809 ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 14,180 ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 10,650 ha | -24.9% |
| 1985 | 10,164 ha | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 10,132 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 7,837 ha | -22.7% |
| 1988 | 10,550 ha | +34.6% |
| 1989 | 11,240 ha | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 10,080 ha | -10.3% |
| 1991 | 7,529 ha | -25.3% |
| 1992 | 7,619 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 9,690 ha | +27.2% |
| 1994 | 10,430 ha | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 9,896 ha | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 8,793 ha | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 9,177 ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 10,106 ha | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 10,270 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 10,540 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 9,680 ha | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 9,110 ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 11,380 ha | +24.9% |
| 2004 | 9,980 ha | -12.3% |
| 2005 | 10,920 ha | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 11,660 ha | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 10,420 ha | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 10,270 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 9,010 ha | -12.3% |
| 2010 | 9,480 ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 9,290 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 11,610 ha | +25.0% |
| 2013 | 15,200 ha | +30.9% |
| 2014 | 14,304 ha | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 15,630 ha | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 19,975 ha | +27.8% |
| 2017 | 12,639 ha | -36.7% |
| 2018 | 15,752 ha | +24.6% |
| 2019 | 14,528 ha | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 19,508 ha | +34.3% |
| 2021 | 18,537 ha | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 16,656 ha | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 16,597 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 17,830 ha | +7.4% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 17,830 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 6.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +108.1% | 923 ha | 1,921 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,496 ha | 923 ha | 6,858 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,211 ha | 4,226 ha | 10,901 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,578 ha | 7,837 ha | 14,809 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,359 ha | 7,529 ha | 10,430 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,297 ha | 9,010 ha | 11,660 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,841 ha | 9,290 ha | 19,975 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,826 ha | 16,597 ha | 19,508 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 17,830 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 19,975 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 923 ha in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 48th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.