Mustard seed — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Mustard seed — Area harvested was 185 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mustard seed — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mustard seed — area harvested in Sri Lanka is 185 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 24.2% on the previous year and down 51.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mustard seed — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 4,392 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 73 ha, in 2020.
Sri Lanka ranks 24th of 31 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Mustard seed — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,422 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,472 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 2,893 ha | +96.5% |
| 1964 | 2,083 ha | -28.0% |
| 1965 | 1,910 ha | -8.3% |
| 1966 | 1,499 ha | -21.5% |
| 1967 | 2,393 ha | +59.6% |
| 1968 | 1,702 ha | -28.9% |
| 1969 | 1,477 ha | -13.2% |
| 1970 | 1,386 ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 2,174 ha | +56.9% |
| 1972 | 3,375 ha | +55.2% |
| 1973 | 3,312 ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 2,660 ha | -19.7% |
| 1975 | 3,611 ha | +35.8% |
| 1976 | 4,392 ha | +21.6% |
| 1977 | 3,440 ha | -21.7% |
| 1978 | 2,447 ha | -28.9% |
| 1979 | 2,260 ha | -7.6% |
| 1980 | 1,815 ha | -19.7% |
| 1981 | 1,600 ha | -11.8% |
| 1982 | 1,415 ha | -11.6% |
| 1983 | 1,520 ha | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 1,420 ha | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 1,110 ha | -21.8% |
| 1986 | 1,683 ha | +51.6% |
| 1987 | 1,542 ha | -8.4% |
| 1988 | 1,790 ha | +16.1% |
| 1989 | 940 ha | -47.5% |
| 1990 | 1,260 ha | +34.0% |
| 1991 | 1,325 ha | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 793 ha | -40.2% |
| 1993 | 1,080 ha | +36.2% |
| 1994 | 1,128 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 850 ha | -24.6% |
| 1996 | 872 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 419 ha | -51.9% |
| 1998 | 325 ha | -22.4% |
| 1999 | 300 ha | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 190 ha | -36.7% |
| 2002 | 260 ha | +36.8% |
| 2003 | 360 ha | +38.5% |
| 2004 | 220 ha | -38.9% |
| 2005 | 430 ha | +95.5% |
| 2006 | 370 ha | -14.0% |
| 2007 | 340 ha | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 420 ha | +23.5% |
| 2009 | 360 ha | -14.3% |
| 2010 | 380 ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 250 ha | -34.2% |
| 2012 | 220 ha | -12.0% |
| 2013 | 250 ha | +13.6% |
| 2014 | 380 ha | +52.0% |
| 2015 | 229 ha | -39.7% |
| 2016 | 146 ha | -36.2% |
| 2017 | 123 ha | -15.8% |
| 2018 | 235 ha | +91.1% |
| 2019 | 82 ha | -65.1% |
| 2020 | 73 ha | -11.0% |
| 2021 | 178 ha | +143.8% |
| 2022 | 117 ha | -34.3% |
| 2023 | 149 ha | +27.4% |
| 2024 | 185 ha | +24.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,872 ha | 1,422 ha | 2,893 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,906 ha | 1,386 ha | 4,392 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,484 ha | 940 ha | 1,815 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 835.2 ha | 300 ha | 1,325 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 325 ha | 190 ha | 430 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 229.5 ha | 82 ha | 380 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 140.4 ha | 73 ha | 185 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mustard seed — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Mustard seed — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 185 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 4,392 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 73 ha in 2020.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for mustard seed — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 24th out of 31 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mustard seed — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.3%. 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 Mustard seed — Area harvested. 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.