Plantains — Food supply in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Plantains — Food supply was 519,190 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Plantains — Food supply in Sri Lanka, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plantains — food supply in Sri Lanka is 519,190 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food supply in Sri Lanka peaked at 649,955 million Kcal in 2020 and was at its lowest, 355,119 million Kcal, in 2016.
Sri Lanka ranks 10th of 140 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Plantains — Food supply in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 386,212 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 404,859 million Kcal | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 421,387 million Kcal | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 397,314 million Kcal | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 422,228 million Kcal | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 393,335 million Kcal | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 355,119 million Kcal | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 414,860 million Kcal | +16.8% |
| 2018 | 482,987 million Kcal | +16.4% |
| 2019 | 374,302 million Kcal | -22.5% |
| 2020 | 649,955 million Kcal | +73.6% |
| 2021 | 540,377 million Kcal | -16.9% |
| 2022 | 525,584 million Kcal | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 519,190 million Kcal | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 405,260 million Kcal | 355,119 million Kcal | 482,987 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 558,776 million Kcal | 519,190 million Kcal | 649,955 million Kcal | 4 |
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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 plantains — food supply in Sri Lanka?
- Plantains — food supply in Sri Lanka was 519,190 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food supply recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 649,955 million Kcal in 2020.
- What is the lowest plantains — food supply recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 355,119 million Kcal in 2016.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for plantains — food supply?
- Sri Lanka ranks 10th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food supply rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.7%. 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 Plantains — Food supply (kcal). 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.