Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested was 2,573 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — 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 leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in Sri Lanka is 2,573 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 90.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 2,991 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 150 ha, in 1972.
That places Sri Lanka 12th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 160 ha | -60.0% |
| 1963 | 360 ha | +125.0% |
| 1964 | 210 ha | -41.7% |
| 1965 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 520 ha | +136.4% |
| 1967 | 530 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 320 ha | -39.6% |
| 1969 | 205 ha | -35.9% |
| 1970 | 250 ha | +22.0% |
| 1971 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 150 ha | -40.0% |
| 1973 | 210 ha | +40.0% |
| 1974 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 900 ha | +328.6% |
| 1976 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 300 ha | -66.7% |
| 1979 | 650 ha | +116.7% |
| 1980 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,400 ha | +115.4% |
| 1984 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 1986 | 600 ha | -50.0% |
| 1987 | 1,100 ha | +83.3% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1989 | 800 ha | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 881 ha | +10.1% |
| 1991 | 888 ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 1,000 ha | +12.6% |
| 1993 | 955 ha | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 900 ha | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 1,091 ha | +14.8% |
| 1997 | 1,127 ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 1,150 ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 1,170 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 1,193 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 900 ha | -24.6% |
| 2002 | 1,263 ha | +40.3% |
| 2003 | 1,327 ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 1,406 ha | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 1,496 ha | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 1,710 ha | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 1,910 ha | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 1,680 ha | -12.0% |
| 2009 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,640 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 1,960 ha | +19.5% |
| 2012 | 2,160 ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 1,290 ha | -40.3% |
| 2014 | 1,352 ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 1,935 ha | +43.1% |
| 2016 | 2,197 ha | +13.5% |
| 2017 | 2,214 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 2,026 ha | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 2,102 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 2,319 ha | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 2,830 ha | +22.0% |
| 2022 | 2,991 ha | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 2,486 ha | -16.9% |
| 2024 | 2,573 ha | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 325 ha | 160 ha | 530 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 472 ha | 150 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 945 ha | 600 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,011 ha | 881 ha | 1,170 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,456 ha | 900 ha | 1,910 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,888 ha | 1,290 ha | 2,214 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,640 ha | 2,319 ha | 2,991 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3,180 ha compare
- 10 Belgium-Luxembourg 2,683 ha compare
- 11 Spain 2,600 ha compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,444 ha compare
- 14 Germany 2,380 ha compare
- 15 Poland 2,000 ha compare
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- 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)
- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 2,573 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 2,991 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 ha in 1972.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 12th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.3%. 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 Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — 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.