Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 519,071 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 519,071 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 539,989 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 413,330 ha, in 2004.
That places Sri Lanka 56th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 449,290 ha | — |
| 1962 | 486,582 ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 490,055 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 487,466 ha | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 487,821 ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 484,222 ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 487,311 ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 489,815 ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 489,158 ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 486,611 ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 483,627 ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 490,824 ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 478,112 ha | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 484,717 ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 490,008 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 495,262 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 491,301 ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 480,385 ha | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 494,523 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 497,711 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 461,616 ha | -7.3% |
| 1982 | 482,498 ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 472,088 ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 454,825 ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 444,985 ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 446,590 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 441,886 ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 443,168 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 438,414 ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 440,474 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 436,839 ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 438,248 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 462,873 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 463,336 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 463,964 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 462,033 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 463,703 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 463,286 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 462,422 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 463,242 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 461,302 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 461,162 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 470,052 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 413,330 ha | -12.1% |
| 2005 | 418,920 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 419,280 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 417,720 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 416,300 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 416,750 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 427,590 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 421,190 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 445,910 ha | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 435,361 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 475,387 ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 501,180 ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 480,923 ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 482,693 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 484,701 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 525,010 ha | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 539,989 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 493,995 ha | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 495,265 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 514,732 ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 519,071 ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 483,524 ha | 449,290 ha | 490,055 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 487,537 ha | 478,112 ha | 495,262 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 458,378 ha | 438,414 ha | 497,711 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 455,718 ha | 436,839 ha | 463,964 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 435,806 ha | 413,330 ha | 470,052 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 467,994 ha | 421,190 ha | 525,010 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 512,610 ha | 493,995 ha | 539,989 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.36 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 519,071 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 539,989 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 413,330 ha in 2004.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 56th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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, Oil Equivalent — 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.