Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production was 250,406 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 250,406 t for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.5% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Sri Lanka peaked at 341,541 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 188,620 t, in 1977.
Sri Lanka ranks 65th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 256,498 t | — |
| 1962 | 284,998 t | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 277,645 t | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 290,952 t | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 266,538 t | -8.4% |
| 1966 | 225,499 t | -15.4% |
| 1967 | 243,826 t | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 262,882 t | +7.8% |
| 1969 | 255,595 t | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 258,112 t | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 270,538 t | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 291,805 t | +7.9% |
| 1973 | 203,158 t | -30.4% |
| 1974 | 209,358 t | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 265,797 t | +27.0% |
| 1976 | 242,469 t | -8.8% |
| 1977 | 188,620 t | -22.2% |
| 1978 | 223,665 t | +18.6% |
| 1979 | 244,543 t | +9.3% |
| 1980 | 208,968 t | -14.5% |
| 1981 | 231,034 t | +10.6% |
| 1982 | 258,131 t | +11.7% |
| 1983 | 239,415 t | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 198,777 t | -17.0% |
| 1985 | 278,727 t | +40.2% |
| 1986 | 306,956 t | +10.1% |
| 1987 | 231,564 t | -24.6% |
| 1988 | 196,510 t | -15.1% |
| 1989 | 250,195 t | +27.3% |
| 1990 | 254,777 t | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 220,110 t | -13.6% |
| 1992 | 230,296 t | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 217,972 t | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 263,191 t | +20.7% |
| 1995 | 276,549 t | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 255,056 t | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 264,488 t | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 253,615 t | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 283,610 t | +11.8% |
| 2000 | 310,194 t | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 277,495 t | -10.5% |
| 2002 | 240,080 t | -13.5% |
| 2003 | 258,094 t | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 260,649 t | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 225,213 t | -13.6% |
| 2006 | 281,595 t | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 290,076 t | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 293,867 t | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 290,256 t | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 271,856 t | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 278,137 t | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 301,338 t | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 278,207 t | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 313,462 t | +12.7% |
| 2015 | 331,643 t | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 327,591 t | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 267,531 t | -18.3% |
| 2018 | 285,294 t | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 332,087 t | +16.4% |
| 2020 | 306,892 t | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 341,541 t | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 299,821 t | -12.2% |
| 2023 | 283,089 t | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 250,406 t | -11.5% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 250,406 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 32,575 t, 7.7× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 250,406 t is above the median for South Asia, which is 173,864 t, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 262,715 t | 225,499 t | 290,952 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 239,806 t | 188,620 t | 291,805 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 240,028 t | 196,510 t | 306,956 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 251,966 t | 217,972 t | 283,610 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 272,752 t | 225,213 t | 310,194 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 298,715 t | 267,531 t | 332,087 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 296,350 t | 250,406 t | 341,541 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 62 Costa Rica 274,769 t compare
- 63 Morocco 264,845 t compare
- 64 Yugoslav SFR 250,813 t compare
- 66 Mozambique 246,493 t compare
- 67 Tunisia 238,850 t compare
- 68 Czechoslovakia 216,249 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0051 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.109 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1293 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Sri Lanka?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Sri Lanka was 250,406 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 341,541 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 188,620 t in 1977.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production?
- Sri Lanka ranks 65th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production. 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.