Oranges — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Oranges — Yield was 1,198 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oranges — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oranges — yield in Sri Lanka is 1,198 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 17.1% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 5,088 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 806.5 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Sri Lanka 113th out of 117 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,963 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,039 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 3,368 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 3,964 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1965 | 3,016 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1966 | 2,586 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1967 | 2,962 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1968 | 2,906 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 1,523 kg/ha | -47.6% |
| 1970 | 2,000 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1971 | 1,818 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 1,916 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 2,635 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 1974 | 1,772 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1975 | 1,741 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 1,921 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1977 | 1,909 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 2,498 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1979 | 3,174 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1980 | 3,558 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1981 | 2,503 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1982 | 2,182 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1983 | 5,088 kg/ha | +133.2% |
| 1984 | 2,436 kg/ha | -52.1% |
| 1985 | 2,059 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1986 | 1,378 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 1987 | 1,260 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1988 | 1,373 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1989 | 1,122 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1990 | 1,037 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1991 | 906.5 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1992 | 806.5 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 857.6 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 883.9 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 870.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 810.2 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1997 | 1,130 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1998 | 1,434 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1999 | 1,387 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 1,474 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 1,510 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 1,437 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 1,282 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2004 | 1,349 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 1,334 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 1,408 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 1,393 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 1,120 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2009 | 1,239 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2010 | 1,239 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,193 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 1,126 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 1,126 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,126 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,140 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 1,124 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,023 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 1,245 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2019 | 1,318 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 1,322 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,437 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 1,177 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2023 | 1,446 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2024 | 1,198 kg/ha | -17.1% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1,198 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13,908 kg/ha, 9% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 1,198 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 10,696 kg/ha, 11% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Yield in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +133.2% | 2,182 kg/ha | 5,088 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,925 kg/ha | 1,523 kg/ha | 3,964 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,138 kg/ha | 1,741 kg/ha | 3,174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,296 kg/ha | 1,122 kg/ha | 5,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,012 kg/ha | 806.5 kg/ha | 1,434 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,355 kg/ha | 1,120 kg/ha | 1,510 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,166 kg/ha | 1,023 kg/ha | 1,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,316 kg/ha | 1,177 kg/ha | 1,446 kg/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 — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Oranges — yield in Sri Lanka was 1,198 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 5,088 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest oranges — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 806.5 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for oranges — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 113th out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.