Other beans, green — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Other beans, green — Yield was 9,676 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other beans, green — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other beans, green — yield in Sri Lanka stood at 9,676 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other beans, green — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 10,112 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,056 kg/ha, in 1965.
Sri Lanka ranks 33rd of 111 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.
Other beans, green — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,538 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,491 kg/ha | -57.9% |
| 1963 | 2,279 kg/ha | +52.8% |
| 1964 | 2,410 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 1,056 kg/ha | -56.2% |
| 1966 | 1,629 kg/ha | +54.2% |
| 1967 | 1,899 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1968 | 2,231 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1969 | 1,929 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1970 | 2,337 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1971 | 2,048 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1972 | 2,156 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 2,163 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 2,035 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 3,089 kg/ha | +51.8% |
| 1976 | 2,503 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1977 | 2,564 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 2,341 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1979 | 3,769 kg/ha | +61.0% |
| 1980 | 3,976 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 2,899 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1982 | 3,178 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1983 | 5,308 kg/ha | +67.0% |
| 1984 | 5,599 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 5,497 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 5,683 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 5,268 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1988 | 5,367 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 5,093 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 5,490 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 5,175 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 5,266 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 4,360 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1994 | 4,088 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 4,308 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 4,070 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 4,282 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 4,297 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 4,776 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 5,081 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 4,857 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 4,985 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 5,038 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 5,301 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 5,284 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 5,192 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 5,354 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 5,274 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 5,121 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 5,537 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 5,170 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 6,188 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2013 | 9,066 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 2014 | 9,008 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 7,699 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2016 | 9,132 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 10,112 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2018 | 9,919 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 9,577 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 9,643 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 9,375 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 9,327 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 9,521 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 9,676 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 9,676 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,872 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 9,676 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 8,840 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other beans, green — 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 | +67.0% | 3,178 kg/ha | 5,308 kg/ha |
| 1962 | -57.9% | 3,538 kg/ha | 1,491 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +61.0% | 2,341 kg/ha | 3,769 kg/ha |
| 1965 | -56.2% | 2,410 kg/ha | 1,056 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,052 kg/ha | 1,056 kg/ha | 3,538 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,501 kg/ha | 2,035 kg/ha | 3,769 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,787 kg/ha | 2,899 kg/ha | 5,683 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,611 kg/ha | 4,070 kg/ha | 5,490 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,149 kg/ha | 4,857 kg/ha | 5,354 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,141 kg/ha | 5,170 kg/ha | 10,112 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,508 kg/ha | 9,327 kg/ha | 9,676 kg/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)
- 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 other beans, green — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Other beans, green — yield in Sri Lanka was 9,676 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other beans, green — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 10,112 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest other beans, green — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,056 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for other beans, green — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 33rd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other beans, green — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. 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 Other beans, green — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.