Poultry Birds — Stocks in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Poultry Birds — Stocks was 18,732 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Stocks in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 18,732 1000 An for poultry birds — stocks in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — stocks in Sri Lanka peaked at 24,331 1000 An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,788 1000 An, in 1962.
Sri Lanka ranks 105th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Poultry Birds — Stocks in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,866 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,788 1000 An | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 6,170 1000 An | +62.9% |
| 1964 | 6,321 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 6,133 1000 An | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 6,544 1000 An | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 6,308 1000 An | -3.6% |
| 1968 | 6,788 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 6,602 1000 An | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 6,881 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 7,615 1000 An | +10.7% |
| 1972 | 7,251 1000 An | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 7,553 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 6,545 1000 An | -13.3% |
| 1975 | 5,699 1000 An | -12.9% |
| 1976 | 5,714 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 5,844 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 4,925 1000 An | -15.7% |
| 1979 | 5,898 1000 An | +19.8% |
| 1980 | 6,362 1000 An | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 6,321 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 6,272 1000 An | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 6,481 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 6,639 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 7,126 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 1986 | 7,667 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 8,618 1000 An | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 8,677 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 8,868 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 8,834 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 8,303 1000 An | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 8,791 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 9,311 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 9,522 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 9,567 1000 An | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 9,206 1000 An | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 9,321 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 9,579 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 9,933 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 10,632 1000 An | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 10,667 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 11,576 1000 An | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 9,790 1000 An | -15.4% |
| 2004 | 11,058 1000 An | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 11,652 1000 An | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 13,329 1000 An | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 13,795 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 14,349 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 13,630 1000 An | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 14,031 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 14,211 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 14,051 1000 An | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 16,659 1000 An | +18.6% |
| 2014 | 16,641 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 16,756 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 21,068 1000 An | +25.7% |
| 2017 | 21,287 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 20,543 1000 An | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 20,423 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 24,292 1000 An | +18.9% |
| 2021 | 24,331 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 22,780 1000 An | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 18,080 1000 An | -20.6% |
| 2024 | 18,732 1000 An | +3.6% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 18,732 1000 An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,912 1000 An, 99% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 18,732 1000 An is below the median for South Asia, which is 57,713 1000 An, 32% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poultry Birds — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +62.9% | 3,788 1000 An | 6,170 1000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,836 1000 An | 3,788 1000 An | 6,788 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,392 1000 An | 4,925 1000 An | 7,615 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,303 1000 An | 6,272 1000 An | 8,868 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,237 1000 An | 8,303 1000 An | 9,933 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,048 1000 An | 9,790 1000 An | 14,349 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,567 1000 An | 14,031 1000 An | 21,287 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,643 1000 An | 18,080 1000 An | 24,331 1000 An | 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 poultry birds — stocks in Sri Lanka?
- Poultry birds — stocks in Sri Lanka was 18,732 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poultry birds — stocks recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 24,331 1000 An in 2021.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — stocks recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,788 1000 An in 1962.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for poultry birds — stocks?
- Sri Lanka ranks 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poultry birds — stocks rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. 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 Poultry Birds — Stocks. 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.