Onions — Import quantity in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Onions — Import quantity was 306 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Onions — Import quantity in Sri Lanka, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, onions — import quantity in Sri Lanka stood at 306 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.1% on the previous year and up 66.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions — import quantity in Sri Lanka peaked at 306 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 153 1000 t, in 2012.
Sri Lanka ranks 7th of 173 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 207.3 1000 t | 153 1000 t | 263 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 281.5 1000 t | 270 1000 t | 306 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 4 United Arab Emirates 384 1000 t compare
- 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 381 1000 t compare
- 6 Viet Nam 350 1000 t compare
- 8 Germany 259 1000 t compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 258 1000 t compare
- 10 Canada 227 1000 t 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 onions — import quantity in Sri Lanka?
- Onions — import quantity in Sri Lanka was 306 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions — import quantity recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 306 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest onions — import quantity recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 153 1000 t in 2012.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for onions — import quantity?
- Sri Lanka ranks 7th out of 173 countries with data for 2023.
- Is onions — import quantity rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.3%. 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 Onions — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.