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 103rd out of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,670 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,432 ha | +20.3% |
| 1963 | 11,730 ha | +12.4% |
| 1964 | 10,247 ha | -12.6% |
| 1965 | 13,441 ha | +31.2% |
| 1966 | 12,107 ha | -9.9% |
| 1967 | 12,964 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 13,763 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 12,468 ha | -9.4% |
| 1970 | 11,607 ha | -6.9% |
| 1971 | 9,609 ha | -17.2% |
| 1972 | 12,489 ha | +30.0% |
| 1973 | 14,567 ha | +16.6% |
| 1974 | 15,085 ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 20,028 ha | +32.8% |
| 1976 | 32,693 ha | +63.2% |
| 1977 | 56,403 ha | +72.5% |
| 1978 | 53,842 ha | -4.5% |
| 1979 | 51,217 ha | -4.9% |
| 1980 | 48,094 ha | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 66,388 ha | +38.0% |
| 1982 | 66,990 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 91,847 ha | +37.1% |
| 1984 | 94,251 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 56,374 ha | -40.2% |
| 1986 | 62,224 ha | +10.4% |
| 1987 | 63,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 63,300 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 63,208 ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 64,327 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 68,409 ha | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 69,600 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 55,395 ha | -20.4% |
| 1994 | 49,937 ha | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 36,227 ha | -27.5% |
| 1996 | 37,191 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 32,886 ha | -11.6% |
| 1998 | 32,369 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 28,526 ha | -11.9% |
| 2000 | 25,918 ha | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 21,860 ha | -15.7% |
| 2002 | 23,030 ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 25,850 ha | +12.2% |
| 2004 | 18,270 ha | -29.3% |
| 2005 | 21,000 ha | +14.9% |
| 2006 | 19,350 ha | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 19,395 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 21,523 ha | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 20,010 ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 21,150 ha | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 16,250 ha | -23.2% |
| 2012 | 17,273 ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 16,821 ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 17,330 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 15,694 ha | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 14,096 ha | -10.2% |
| 2017 | 12,641 ha | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 15,341 ha | +21.4% |
| 2019 | 13,046 ha | -15.0% |
| 2020 | 17,361 ha | +33.1% |
| 2021 | 16,276 ha | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 20,184 ha | +24.0% |
| 2023 | 18,093 ha | -10.4% |
| 2024 | 16,919 ha | -6.5% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 16,919 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,525 ha, 91% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 16,919 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 140,212 ha, 12% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
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 |
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 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 103rd out of 169 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.