Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, per square kilometre was 0.0026 t per square kilometre in 1990. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, 1961–1990
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka is 0.0026 t per square kilometre, measured in 1990. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is down 20.0% on the previous year and down 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0051 t per square kilometre in 1967 and was at its lowest, 0.0026 t per square kilometre, in 1990.
Sri Lanka ranks 140th of 160 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0038 t per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0038 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0045 t per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0045 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0051 t per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0048 t per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | -13.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0038 t per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0035 t per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0038 t per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0045 t per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0045 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | -7.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0038 t per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 0.0045 t per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0045 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0051 t per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | -18.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0048 t per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0045 t per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0038 t per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0035 t per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0032 t per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0032 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0026 t per square kilometre | -20.0% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.0026 t per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0288 t per square kilometre, 9% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.0026 t per square kilometre is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.0131 t per square kilometre, 20% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0043 t per square kilometre | 0.0038 t per square kilometre | 0.0051 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | 0.0035 t per square kilometre | 0.0045 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | 0.0032 t per square kilometre | 0.0051 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0026 t per square kilometre | 0.0026 t per square kilometre | 0.0026 t per square kilometre | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka was 0.0026 t per square kilometre in 1990, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per square kilometre recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0051 t per square kilometre in 1967.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per square kilometre recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0026 t per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per square kilometre?
- Sri Lanka ranks 140th out of 160 countries with data for 1990.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.