Millet — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Millet — Yield was 1,144 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 1,144 kg/ha for millet — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 1,389 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 506.9 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places Sri Lanka 40th out of 86 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.
Millet — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 620.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 783.7 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1963 | 612.9 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1964 | 678.8 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1965 | 716.5 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 551.1 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1967 | 618 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1968 | 604.8 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 782.3 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1970 | 545.6 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 1971 | 598.4 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1972 | 638.7 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 610.7 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 542 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1975 | 506.9 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1976 | 538.7 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 569.5 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 603.1 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 600.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 643.9 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1981 | 622.5 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 627.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 739.9 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1984 | 666.3 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1985 | 704.6 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 665.6 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 635 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 676.8 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1989 | 685.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 633.6 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1991 | 606.7 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 605.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 733.5 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1994 | 710.7 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 651.4 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 637.1 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 628 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 723.6 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1999 | 739.8 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 737.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 742.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 743.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 714.3 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 908.6 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 2005 | 1,033 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2006 | 1,060 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 1,004 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 1,071 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 1,088 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 1,111 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 1,028 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 1,129 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 1,174 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 1,199 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 1,279 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 1,389 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 1,321 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 1,190 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 1,316 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2020 | 1,358 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 1,310 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 1,210 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 1,171 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 1,144 kg/ha | -2.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1,144 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,167 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 1,144 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 1,135 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 663.17 kg/ha | 551.1 kg/ha | 783.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 575.45 kg/ha | 506.9 kg/ha | 638.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 666.73 kg/ha | 622.5 kg/ha | 739.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 667.02 kg/ha | 605.8 kg/ha | 739.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 910.15 kg/ha | 714.3 kg/ha | 1,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,213 kg/ha | 1,028 kg/ha | 1,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,239 kg/ha | 1,144 kg/ha | 1,358 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 millet — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Millet — yield in Sri Lanka was 1,144 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1,389 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 506.9 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for millet — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 40th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. 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 Millet — Yield. 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.