Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested was 591 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 591 ha for other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 3,100 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 523 ha, in 2015.
That places Sri Lanka 33rd out of 66 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,800 ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,100 ha | +10.7% |
| 1985 | 2,900 ha | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 2,555 ha | -11.9% |
| 1987 | 2,334 ha | -8.6% |
| 1988 | 2,280 ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 2,160 ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 1,820 ha | -15.7% |
| 1991 | 1,610 ha | -11.5% |
| 1992 | 1,350 ha | -16.1% |
| 1993 | 730 ha | -45.9% |
| 1994 | 1,170 ha | +60.3% |
| 1995 | 1,310 ha | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 1,370 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 1,300 ha | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 1,240 ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 1,230 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 1,100 ha | -10.6% |
| 2001 | 1,040 ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 990 ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 990 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 710 ha | -28.3% |
| 2005 | 710 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 670 ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 680 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 1,000 ha | +47.1% |
| 2009 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 913 ha | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 712 ha | -22.0% |
| 2012 | 700 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 676 ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 631 ha | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 523 ha | -17.1% |
| 2016 | 610 ha | +16.6% |
| 2017 | 601 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 594 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 602 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 581 ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 592 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 592 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 588 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 591 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,900 ha | 2,900 ha | 2,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,900 ha | 2,900 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,673 ha | 2,160 ha | 3,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,313 ha | 730 ha | 1,820 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 889 ha | 670 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 656.2 ha | 523 ha | 913 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 588.8 ha | 581 ha | 592 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 591 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 3,100 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 523 ha in 2015.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 33rd out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested. 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.