Pelagic Fish — Food supply in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Pelagic Fish — Food supply was 40.86 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Pelagic Fish — Food supply in Sri Lanka, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 40.86 kcal/cap/d for pelagic fish — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pelagic fish — food supply in Sri Lanka peaked at 59.33 kcal/cap/d in 2015 and was at its lowest, 40.86 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Sri Lanka ranks 16th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Pelagic Fish — Food supply in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 51.48 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 52.07 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 50.92 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 54.46 kcal/cap/d | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 53.3 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 59.33 kcal/cap/d | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 57.74 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 52.72 kcal/cap/d | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 48.85 kcal/cap/d | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 49.79 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 44.61 kcal/cap/d | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 41.35 kcal/cap/d | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 41.11 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 40.86 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 53.07 kcal/cap/d | 48.85 kcal/cap/d | 59.33 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.98 kcal/cap/d | 40.86 kcal/cap/d | 44.61 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Fiji 44.58 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Tonga 42.01 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Türkiye 4.61 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Sierra Leone 41.93 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Latvia 37.19 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Syrian Arab Republic 0.93 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Cabo Verde 6.7 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Malaysia 37.01 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Ghana 36.74 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 United Republic of Tanzania 0.58 kcal/cap/d 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 pelagic fish — food supply in Sri Lanka?
- Pelagic fish — food supply in Sri Lanka was 40.86 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pelagic fish — food supply recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 59.33 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- What is the lowest pelagic fish — food supply recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.86 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for pelagic fish — food supply?
- Sri Lanka ranks 16th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is pelagic fish — food supply rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. 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 Pelagic Fish — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.