Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested was 30,104 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 30,104 ha for mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 33,778 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4,132 ha, in 1966.
Sri Lanka ranks 24th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,394 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +13.8% |
| 1963 | 4,348 ha | -13.0% |
| 1964 | 4,926 ha | +13.3% |
| 1965 | 4,488 ha | -8.9% |
| 1966 | 4,132 ha | -7.9% |
| 1967 | 4,273 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 5,140 ha | +20.3% |
| 1969 | 4,956 ha | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 4,484 ha | -9.5% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 1972 | 5,746 ha | +14.9% |
| 1973 | 4,825 ha | -16.0% |
| 1974 | 5,787 ha | +19.9% |
| 1975 | 5,811 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 5,975 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 6,430 ha | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 6,446 ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 6,860 ha | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 7,706 ha | +12.3% |
| 1981 | 8,130 ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 8,075 ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 8,360 ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 9,580 ha | +14.6% |
| 1985 | 9,890 ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 11,841 ha | +19.7% |
| 1987 | 11,389 ha | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 12,420 ha | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 12,880 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 12,220 ha | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 12,690 ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 14,348 ha | +13.1% |
| 1993 | 27,442 ha | +91.3% |
| 1994 | 27,589 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 26,112 ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 25,763 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 25,758 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 25,946 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 25,800 ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 25,780 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 25,730 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 27,070 ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 28,630 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 26,330 ha | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 27,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 25,320 ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 25,270 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 25,750 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 26,120 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 27,180 ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 27,680 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 28,126 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 27,670 ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 29,744 ha | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 31,556 ha | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 33,169 ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 28,272 ha | -14.8% |
| 2018 | 30,313 ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 29,447 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 31,787 ha | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 29,911 ha | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 33,778 ha | +12.9% |
| 2023 | 29,453 ha | -12.8% |
| 2024 | 30,104 ha | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,629 ha | 4,132 ha | 5,140 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,736 ha | 4,484 ha | 6,860 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,027 ha | 7,706 ha | 12,880 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,367 ha | 12,220 ha | 27,589 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,320 ha | 25,270 ha | 28,630 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,316 ha | 27,180 ha | 33,169 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,007 ha | 29,453 ha | 33,778 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 30,104 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 33,778 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,132 ha in 1966.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 24th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.