Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 16,919 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 16,919 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 94,251 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 8,670 ha, in 1961.
That places Sri Lanka 114th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,758 ha | 8,670 ha | 13,763 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,754 ha | 9,609 ha | 56,403 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 67,578 ha | 48,094 ha | 94,251 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,487 ha | 28,526 ha | 69,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,621 ha | 18,270 ha | 25,918 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,964 ha | 12,641 ha | 21,150 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,767 ha | 16,276 ha | 20,184 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture share gdp 8.36 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.36 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
- Rural population 79.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 17.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 8,514 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 16,919 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 94,251 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,670 ha in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 114th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — 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.