Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Yield was 18,267 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield in Sri Lanka is 18,267 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.5% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 27,821 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4,859 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Sri Lanka 32nd out of 60 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.
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,012 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,931 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 4,953 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 4,948 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 4,941 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 4,992 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 5,047 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 4,859 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 4,980 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 8,444 kg/ha | +69.5% |
| 1971 | 10,084 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1972 | 9,347 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1973 | 9,938 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 9,886 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 9,621 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 9,146 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 9,058 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 9,513 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 10,369 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1980 | 10,406 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 9,402 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1982 | 8,572 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1983 | 10,418 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1984 | 10,107 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 10,582 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 9,545 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1987 | 9,778 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 10,244 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 9,859 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 8,982 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1991 | 9,012 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 10,000 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1993 | 9,297 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 8,889 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 9,474 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 9,660 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 9,855 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 10,056 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 10,274 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 10,523 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 10,000 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 11,468 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2003 | 12,165 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 12,880 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 13,652 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 14,503 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 15,241 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 16,143 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 15,952 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 15,896 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 16,107 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 16,407 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 19,116 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2014 | 19,297 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 21,409 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 27,821 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 2017 | 25,314 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 25,336 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 15,168 kg/ha | -40.1% |
| 2020 | 15,392 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 15,810 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 17,319 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 16,386 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 18,267 kg/ha | +11.5% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 18,267 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 17,681 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +69.5% | 4,980 kg/ha | 8,444 kg/ha |
| 2019 | -40.1% | 25,336 kg/ha | 15,168 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,963 kg/ha | 4,859 kg/ha | 5,047 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,541 kg/ha | 8,444 kg/ha | 10,369 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,891 kg/ha | 8,572 kg/ha | 10,582 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,550 kg/ha | 8,889 kg/ha | 10,274 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,253 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 16,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,187 kg/ha | 15,168 kg/ha | 27,821 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,635 kg/ha | 15,392 kg/ha | 18,267 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield in Sri Lanka was 18,267 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 27,821 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,859 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 32nd out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. 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 Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — 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.