Potatoes — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Potatoes — Area harvested was 3,253 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Sri Lanka is 3,253 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 15.6% on the previous year and down 39.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 7,925 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 512 ha, in 1962.
That places Sri Lanka 111th out of 153 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.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 806 ha | — |
| 1962 | 512 ha | -36.5% |
| 1963 | 791 ha | +54.5% |
| 1964 | 792 ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 673 ha | -15.0% |
| 1966 | 848 ha | +26.0% |
| 1967 | 1,474 ha | +73.8% |
| 1968 | 1,869 ha | +26.8% |
| 1969 | 2,968 ha | +58.8% |
| 1970 | 3,306 ha | +11.4% |
| 1971 | 3,067 ha | -7.2% |
| 1972 | 3,539 ha | +15.4% |
| 1973 | 3,352 ha | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 3,195 ha | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 3,122 ha | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 3,113 ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 3,110 ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 2,860 ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 4,100 ha | +43.4% |
| 1980 | 4,537 ha | +10.7% |
| 1981 | 5,320 ha | +17.3% |
| 1982 | 6,169 ha | +16.0% |
| 1983 | 6,810 ha | +10.4% |
| 1984 | 5,960 ha | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 7,120 ha | +19.5% |
| 1986 | 7,299 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 6,949 ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 7,250 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 7,010 ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 7,890 ha | +12.6% |
| 1991 | 6,385 ha | -19.1% |
| 1992 | 7,135 ha | +11.7% |
| 1993 | 6,980 ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 7,210 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 7,428 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 7,925 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 6,469 ha | -18.4% |
| 1998 | 2,328 ha | -64.0% |
| 1999 | 2,170 ha | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 3,642 ha | +67.8% |
| 2001 | 4,250 ha | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 6,610 ha | +55.5% |
| 2003 | 6,310 ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 5,490 ha | -13.0% |
| 2005 | 5,610 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 5,300 ha | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 5,330 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 5,150 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 4,140 ha | -19.6% |
| 2010 | 3,840 ha | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 4,480 ha | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 4,650 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 5,140 ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 5,365 ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 4,447 ha | -17.1% |
| 2016 | 5,092 ha | +14.5% |
| 2017 | 4,457 ha | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 5,174 ha | +16.1% |
| 2019 | 5,432 ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 3,565 ha | -34.4% |
| 2021 | 4,623 ha | +29.7% |
| 2022 | 3,455 ha | -25.3% |
| 2023 | 2,813 ha | -18.6% |
| 2024 | 3,253 ha | +15.6% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 3,253 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 21% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 3,253 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 211,505 ha, 2% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,193 ha | 512 ha | 2,968 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,276 ha | 2,860 ha | 4,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,442 ha | 4,537 ha | 7,299 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,192 ha | 2,170 ha | 7,925 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,183 ha | 3,642 ha | 6,610 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,808 ha | 3,840 ha | 5,432 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,542 ha | 2,813 ha | 4,623 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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 potatoes — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 3,253 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 7,925 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 512 ha in 1962.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 111th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.4%. 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 Potatoes — 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.