Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested was 107,642 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 2010–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Sri Lanka stood at 107,642 ha. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 58.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 107,642 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 60,300 ha, in 2010.
That places Sri Lanka 3rd out of 25 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 60,300 ha | — |
| 2011 | 62,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 62,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 61,500 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 68,000 ha | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 62,200 ha | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 70,600 ha | +13.5% |
| 2017 | 74,600 ha | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 80,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 84,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 90,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 93,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 100,355 ha | +7.9% |
| 2023 | 103,807 ha | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 107,642 ha | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 68,560 ha | 60,300 ha | 84,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 98,961 ha | 90,000 ha | 107,642 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 1 Ethiopia 334,356 ha compare
- 2 Ethiopia PDR 224,000 ha
- 4 Canada 20,809 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 20,501 ha compare
- 6 Madagascar 11,346 ha compare
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 other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 107,642 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 107,642 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,300 ha in 2010.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 3rd out of 25 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.3%. 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 Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — 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.