Lemons and limes — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Lemons and limes — Yield was 1,137 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — 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 lemons and limes — yield in Sri Lanka is 1,137 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 28.8% on the previous year and up 107.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 14,634 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 435.9 kg/ha, in 2009.
Sri Lanka ranks 105th of 107 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,296 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,607 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1963 | 4,029 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1964 | 4,005 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 4,512 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1966 | 7,262 kg/ha | +60.9% |
| 1967 | 6,299 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1968 | 6,505 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 7,321 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1970 | 7,342 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 8,237 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1972 | 6,803 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1973 | 9,235 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1974 | 12,990 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 1975 | 11,079 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 11,396 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 11,242 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 13,598 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1979 | 11,467 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1980 | 12,464 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 13,498 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 9,719 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1983 | 14,634 kg/ha | +50.6% |
| 1984 | 7,899 kg/ha | -46.0% |
| 1985 | 9,275 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 13,643 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 1987 | 11,069 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1988 | 3,489 kg/ha | -68.5% |
| 1989 | 3,463 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 3,425 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 3,019 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 3,471 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1993 | 2,805 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1994 | 2,902 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 2,757 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 2,684 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 2,593 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 2,510 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 2,442 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 2,861 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2001 | 2,273 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2002 | 2,792 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2003 | 524.7 kg/ha | -81.2% |
| 2004 | 529.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 538.2 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 554.1 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 541.8 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 505.1 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 435.9 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2010 | 467.1 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 464.4 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 505.8 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 534.3 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 547 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 548.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 591 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 573.3 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 783.3 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 2019 | 816.9 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 1,857 kg/ha | +127.3% |
| 2021 | 1,730 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 1,392 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2023 | 1,596 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2024 | 1,137 kg/ha | -28.8% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1,137 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,000 kg/ha, 8% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 1,137 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 5,298 kg/ha, 21% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +127.3% | 816.9 kg/ha | 1,857 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,537 kg/ha | 4,005 kg/ha | 7,321 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,339 kg/ha | 6,803 kg/ha | 13,598 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,915 kg/ha | 3,463 kg/ha | 14,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,861 kg/ha | 2,442 kg/ha | 3,471 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,155 kg/ha | 435.9 kg/ha | 2,861 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 583.17 kg/ha | 464.4 kg/ha | 816.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,542 kg/ha | 1,137 kg/ha | 1,857 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 102 French Polynesia 1,825 kg/ha compare
- 103 Iraq 1,484 kg/ha compare
- 104 Bangladesh 1,222 kg/ha compare
- 106 Puerto Rico 674 kg/ha compare
- 107 Kyrgyzstan 473.7 kg/ha compare
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 lemons and limes — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Sri Lanka was 1,137 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 14,634 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 435.9 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 105th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.8%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.