Meat, Total — Production in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Meat, Total — Production was 291,946 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Total — Production in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 291,946 t for meat, total — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 9.3% on the previous year and up 61.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Sri Lanka peaked at 291,946 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 39,137 t, in 1961.
That places Sri Lanka 96th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Total — Production in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39,137 t | — |
| 1962 | 44,216 t | +13.0% |
| 1963 | 47,848 t | +8.2% |
| 1964 | 51,889 t | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 52,016 t | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 51,508 t | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 52,236 t | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 54,422 t | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 54,930 t | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 55,511 t | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 60,104 t | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 57,987 t | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 59,148 t | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 59,152 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 58,180 t | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 55,155 t | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 51,633 t | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 48,467 t | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 49,944 t | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 53,061 t | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 53,904 t | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 54,328 t | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 55,507 t | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 57,854 t | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 55,381 t | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 51,180 t | -7.6% |
| 1987 | 53,666 t | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 52,033 t | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 52,880 t | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 54,664 t | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 60,267 t | +10.3% |
| 1992 | 67,880 t | +12.6% |
| 1993 | 76,415 t | +12.6% |
| 1994 | 90,262 t | +18.1% |
| 1995 | 95,497 t | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 94,439 t | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 96,519 t | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 96,895 t | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 93,267 t | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 104,849 t | +12.4% |
| 2001 | 122,558 t | +16.9% |
| 2002 | 126,665 t | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 130,486 t | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 135,956 t | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 139,798 t | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 118,401 t | -15.3% |
| 2007 | 136,864 t | +15.6% |
| 2008 | 137,279 t | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 134,827 t | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 143,465 t | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 138,739 t | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 164,204 t | +18.4% |
| 2013 | 172,778 t | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 180,615 t | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 199,691 t | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 217,698 t | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 233,852 t | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 247,016 t | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 257,004 t | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 249,235 t | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 269,545 t | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 259,740 t | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 267,091 t | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 291,946 t | +9.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 291,946 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 286,984 t, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 291,946 t is below the median for South Asia, which is 369,856 t, 79% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,800 t | 39,137 t | 54,930 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,528 t | 48,467 t | 60,104 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,979 t | 51,180 t | 57,854 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 82,610 t | 54,664 t | 96,895 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 128,768 t | 104,849 t | 139,798 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 195,506 t | 138,739 t | 257,004 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 267,511 t | 249,235 t | 291,946 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0051 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.109 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1293 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Sri Lanka?
- Meat, total — production in Sri Lanka was 291,946 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 291,946 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,137 t in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for meat, total — production?
- Sri Lanka ranks 96th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.6%. 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 Meat, Total — Production. 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.