Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested was 3,031 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Sri Lanka stood at 3,031 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 80.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 9,000 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 1,242 ha, in 2016.
That places Sri Lanka 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 9,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1976 | 7,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1977 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,300 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 7,570 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 7,350 ha | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 7,330 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 7,210 ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 7,110 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 7,210 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 6,330 ha | -12.2% |
| 1988 | 6,350 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 6,450 ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 6,390 ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 6,440 ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 6,510 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 6,625 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 6,504 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 6,540 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 6,550 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 6,410 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 6,350 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 6,110 ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 5,920 ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 6,040 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 5,300 ha | -12.3% |
| 2003 | 4,800 ha | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 4,830 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 4,640 ha | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 2,510 ha | -45.9% |
| 2007 | 1,850 ha | -26.3% |
| 2008 | 1,320 ha | -28.6% |
| 2009 | 1,450 ha | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 1,530 ha | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 1,550 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,510 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 1,690 ha | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 1,677 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 2,049 ha | +22.2% |
| 2016 | 1,242 ha | -39.4% |
| 2017 | 3,744 ha | +201.4% |
| 2018 | 3,373 ha | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 3,429 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 3,162 ha | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 3,184 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 3,215 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 3,011 ha | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 3,031 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,200 ha | 7,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,021 ha | 6,330 ha | 7,570 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,443 ha | 6,110 ha | 6,625 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,866 ha | 1,320 ha | 6,040 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,179 ha | 1,242 ha | 3,744 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,121 ha | 3,011 ha | 3,215 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 3,031 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 9,000 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,242 ha in 2016.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.7%. 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 Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — 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.