Pineapples — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Pineapples — Yield was 10,747 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pineapples — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pineapples — yield in Sri Lanka is 10,747 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 24,959 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 5,097 kg/ha, in 1961.
Sri Lanka ranks 58th of 85 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Pineapples — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,097 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,405 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 1963 | 8,766 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1964 | 9,894 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1965 | 9,497 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 9,229 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 6,444 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1968 | 5,622 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1969 | 6,464 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1970 | 6,204 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 9,340 kg/ha | +50.5% |
| 1972 | 12,242 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1973 | 13,931 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1974 | 14,759 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 11,878 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1976 | 14,710 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1977 | 12,647 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1978 | 19,412 kg/ha | +53.5% |
| 1979 | 24,959 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1980 | 12,716 kg/ha | -49.1% |
| 1981 | 10,663 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1982 | 9,836 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 24,887 kg/ha | +153.0% |
| 1984 | 13,187 kg/ha | -47.0% |
| 1985 | 11,708 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1986 | 10,294 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1987 | 10,125 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 9,034 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1989 | 10,100 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 9,684 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 9,415 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 11,609 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1993 | 10,508 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 11,382 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 14,052 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1996 | 12,927 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 12,684 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 9,520 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1999 | 8,208 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2000 | 9,026 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 10,582 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2002 | 10,608 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 10,116 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 11,114 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 11,114 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11,526 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 11,151 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 10,520 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 10,366 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 10,692 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 10,203 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 10,054 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 10,166 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 10,270 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 9,809 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 10,138 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 10,595 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 7,502 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 2019 | 9,218 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2020 | 14,617 kg/ha | +58.6% |
| 2021 | 11,003 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2022 | 10,109 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 10,908 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 10,747 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 10,747 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,694 kg/ha, 45% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 10,747 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 11,017 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — 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 | +153.0% | 9,836 kg/ha | 24,887 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,602 kg/ha | 5,097 kg/ha | 9,894 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,008 kg/ha | 6,204 kg/ha | 24,959 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,255 kg/ha | 9,034 kg/ha | 24,887 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,999 kg/ha | 8,208 kg/ha | 14,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,612 kg/ha | 9,026 kg/ha | 11,526 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,864 kg/ha | 7,502 kg/ha | 10,692 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,477 kg/ha | 10,109 kg/ha | 14,617 kg/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 — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Pineapples — yield in Sri Lanka was 10,747 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 24,959 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest pineapples — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,097 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for pineapples — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 58th out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 — 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.