Pineapples — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Pineapples — Area harvested was 4,692 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pineapples — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pineapples — area harvested in Sri Lanka stood at 4,692 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.9% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 6,918 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 2,651 ha, in 1962.
That places Sri Lanka 32nd out of 85 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pineapples — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,494 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,651 ha | -24.1% |
| 1963 | 2,904 ha | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 2,766 ha | -4.8% |
| 1965 | 3,159 ha | +14.2% |
| 1966 | 3,458 ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 6,918 ha | +100.1% |
| 1968 | 6,553 ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 5,885 ha | -10.2% |
| 1970 | 6,133 ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | -34.8% |
| 1972 | 3,086 ha | -22.9% |
| 1973 | 2,986 ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 2,984 ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 4,105 ha | +37.6% |
| 1976 | 4,293 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 4,109 ha | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 4,014 ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 3,780 ha | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 3,590 ha | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 3,930 ha | +9.5% |
| 1982 | 4,090 ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 3,700 ha | -9.5% |
| 1984 | 3,350 ha | -9.5% |
| 1985 | 3,570 ha | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 3,808 ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 3,766 ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 3,942 ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 4,110 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 4,270 ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 4,408 ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 4,405 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 4,441 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 4,385 ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 4,340 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 4,766 ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 4,680 ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 4,643 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 4,770 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 4,600 ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 4,830 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 4,800 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 4,830 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 5,190 ha | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 5,260 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 4,960 ha | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 4,780 ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 4,960 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 4,780 ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 4,960 ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 6,290 ha | +26.8% |
| 2012 | 5,210 ha | -17.2% |
| 2013 | 5,533 ha | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 5,410 ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 5,274 ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 4,775 ha | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 4,783 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 5,543 ha | +15.9% |
| 2019 | 4,665 ha | -15.8% |
| 2020 | 3,636 ha | -22.1% |
| 2021 | 4,463 ha | +22.7% |
| 2022 | 5,230 ha | +17.2% |
| 2023 | 4,155 ha | -20.6% |
| 2024 | 4,692 ha | +12.9% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 4,692 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,246 ha, 75% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 4,692 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 4,692 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +100.1% | 3,458 ha | 6,918 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,199 ha | 2,651 ha | 6,918 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,949 ha | 2,984 ha | 6,133 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,786 ha | 3,350 ha | 4,110 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,511 ha | 4,270 ha | 4,770 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,899 ha | 4,600 ha | 5,260 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,244 ha | 4,665 ha | 6,290 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,435 ha | 3,636 ha | 5,230 ha | 5 |
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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 pineapples — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 4,692 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 6,918 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,651 ha in 1962.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 32nd out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. 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 Pineapples — 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.