Oranges — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Oranges — Area harvested was 6,165 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 6,165 ha for oranges — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 6,945 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,870 ha, in 1984.
That places Sri Lanka 49th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,240 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,427 ha | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 4,460 ha | +30.1% |
| 1964 | 3,946 ha | -11.5% |
| 1965 | 4,507 ha | +14.2% |
| 1966 | 4,334 ha | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 4,051 ha | -6.5% |
| 1968 | 4,066 ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 4,846 ha | +19.2% |
| 1970 | 3,975 ha | -18.0% |
| 1971 | 4,171 ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 3,785 ha | -9.3% |
| 1973 | 3,860 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 3,903 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 4,007 ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 4,149 ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 4,244 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 4,060 ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 3,370 ha | -17.0% |
| 1980 | 3,380 ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 3,350 ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 3,254 ha | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 3,090 ha | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 2,870 ha | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 2,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 3,224 ha | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 3,412 ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 3,444 ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 3,420 ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 3,217 ha | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 3,167 ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 3,571 ha | +12.8% |
| 1993 | 3,265 ha | -8.6% |
| 1994 | 3,352 ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 3,380 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 3,703 ha | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 3,535 ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 3,500 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 3,460 ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 3,610 ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 3,530 ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 3,910 ha | +10.8% |
| 2003 | 3,940 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 4,040 ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 4,430 ha | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 4,290 ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 4,580 ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 5,150 ha | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 5,350 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 5,770 ha | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 6,060 ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 6,160 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 6,503 ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 6,725 ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 6,547 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 6,333 ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 6,891 ha | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 6,840 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 6,742 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 6,945 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 6,122 ha | -11.9% |
| 2022 | 6,464 ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 6,171 ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 6,165 ha | -0.1% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 6,165 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,821 ha, 1.6× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 6,165 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 4,267 ha, 1.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,097 ha | 3,240 ha | 4,846 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,952 ha | 3,370 ha | 4,244 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,234 ha | 2,870 ha | 3,444 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,415 ha | 3,167 ha | 3,703 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,283 ha | 3,530 ha | 5,350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,457 ha | 5,770 ha | 6,891 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,373 ha | 6,122 ha | 6,945 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- 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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Oranges — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 6,165 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 6,945 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,870 ha in 1984.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 49th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. 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 Oranges — 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.