Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 98,783 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Natural rubber in primary forms — 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 natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Sri Lanka is 98,783 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 231,851 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 98,393 ha, in 2023.
That places Sri Lanka 15th out of 28 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 215,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 229,313 ha | +6.6% |
| 1963 | 229,902 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 230,337 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 230,738 ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 231,185 ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 231,657 ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 231,851 ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 230,478 ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 230,082 ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 229,861 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 229,460 ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 228,579 ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 228,005 ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 227,636 ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 226,979 ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 226,563 ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 226,328 ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 226,600 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 222,312 ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 230,451 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 205,686 ha | -10.7% |
| 1983 | 205,645 ha | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 205,589 ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 205,504 ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 205,206 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 205,100 ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 200,247 ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 199,648 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 199,047 ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 198,130 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 197,900 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 162,098 ha | -18.1% |
| 1994 | 160,909 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 161,600 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 162,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 158,200 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 158,670 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 158,154 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 158,050 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 157,100 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 114,680 ha | -27.0% |
| 2003 | 114,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 116,470 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 116,470 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 116,480 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 116,480 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 116,480 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 124,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 124,734 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 127,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 128,700 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 136,243 ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 128,762 ha | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 120,977 ha | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 120,867 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 136,632 ha | +13.0% |
| 2018 | 136,875 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 137,608 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 137,288 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 138,034 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 138,511 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 98,393 ha | -29.0% |
| 2024 | 98,783 ha | +0.4% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 98,783 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,783 ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -29.0% | 138,511 ha | 98,393 ha |
| 2002 | -27.0% | 157,100 ha | 114,680 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 228,951 ha | 215,100 ha | 231,851 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 228,009 ha | 226,328 ha | 230,082 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 208,539 ha | 199,648 ha | 230,451 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 171,671 ha | 158,154 ha | 199,047 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 125,089 ha | 114,680 ha | 158,050 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 129,840 ha | 120,867 ha | 137,608 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 122,202 ha | 98,393 ha | 138,511 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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 natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 98,783 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 231,851 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 98,393 ha in 2023.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 15th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested. 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.