Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 321.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 321.2 kg/ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 12.1% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 451.5 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 251.3 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places Sri Lanka 157th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 341.33 kg/ha | 292.5 kg/ha | 374.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 316.67 kg/ha | 251.3 kg/ha | 377.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 339.36 kg/ha | 272.3 kg/ha | 437.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 347.49 kg/ha | 296.4 kg/ha | 384.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 398.24 kg/ha | 326.8 kg/ha | 448.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 419.22 kg/ha | 374.5 kg/ha | 449.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 381.86 kg/ha | 321.2 kg/ha | 451.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 154 Vanuatu 327.1 kg/ha compare
- 155 Côte d'Ivoire 327 kg/ha compare
- 156 Nigeria 326.7 kg/ha compare
- 158 French Polynesia 318.3 kg/ha compare
- 159 Angola 317.1 kg/ha compare
- 160 Philippines 310.8 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture share gdp 8.36 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.36 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
- Rural population 79.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 17.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 8,514 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Sri Lanka was 321.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 451.5 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 251.3 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 157th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.