Mustard seed — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Mustard seed — Yield was 2,427 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Mustard seed — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 2,427 kg/ha for mustard seed — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 241.2% on the previous year and up 263.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mustard seed — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 2,427 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 449.5 kg/ha, in 1975.
Sri Lanka ranks 3rd of 31 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Mustard seed — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 515.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 728.3 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 1963 | 622.2 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1964 | 624.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 620.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 757.8 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1967 | 612.2 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1968 | 871.9 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 1969 | 810.4 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 698.4 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1971 | 777.4 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1972 | 571.6 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1973 | 615.6 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 562 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1975 | 449.5 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1976 | 499.8 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1977 | 539.8 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 755.2 kg/ha | +39.9% |
| 1979 | 575.2 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1980 | 610.5 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1981 | 500 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1982 | 484.8 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 592.1 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1984 | 493 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 630.6 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1986 | 729.1 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1987 | 712.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 804.5 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 904.3 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1990 | 761.9 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1991 | 753.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 733.9 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 592.6 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1994 | 659.6 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1995 | 635.3 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 630.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 744.6 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1998 | 756.9 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 766.7 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 833.3 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 842.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 769.2 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 777.8 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 863.6 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 720.9 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2006 | 675.7 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 764.7 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2008 | 738.1 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 833.3 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 1,105 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 2011 | 720 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 2012 | 681.8 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 740 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 668.4 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2015 | 1,021 kg/ha | +52.7% |
| 2016 | 1,514 kg/ha | +48.3% |
| 2017 | 1,561 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 923.4 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 2019 | 1,849 kg/ha | +100.3% |
| 2020 | 864 kg/ha | -53.3% |
| 2021 | 2,093 kg/ha | +142.2% |
| 2022 | 863.2 kg/ha | -58.8% |
| 2023 | 711.4 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2024 | 2,427 kg/ha | +241.2% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 2,427 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 817.2 kg/ha, 3.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mustard seed — Yield in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +241.2% | 711.4 kg/ha | 2,427 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +142.2% | 864 kg/ha | 2,093 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 684.81 kg/ha | 515.5 kg/ha | 871.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 604.45 kg/ha | 449.5 kg/ha | 777.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 646.16 kg/ha | 484.8 kg/ha | 904.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 703.54 kg/ha | 592.6 kg/ha | 766.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 781.87 kg/ha | 675.7 kg/ha | 863.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,078 kg/ha | 668.4 kg/ha | 1,849 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,392 kg/ha | 711.4 kg/ha | 2,427 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 mustard seed — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Mustard seed — yield in Sri Lanka was 2,427 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mustard seed — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 2,427 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest mustard seed — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 449.5 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for mustard seed — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 3rd out of 31 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mustard seed — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 263.1%. 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 Mustard seed — Yield. 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.