Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production was 66,000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Sri Lanka stood at 66,000 t.
The figure is down 16.5% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Sri Lanka peaked at 79,000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4,087 t, in 1962.
Sri Lanka ranks 85th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,100 t | — |
| 1962 | 4,087 t | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 5,347 t | +30.8% |
| 1964 | 6,759 t | +26.4% |
| 1965 | 8,000 t | +18.4% |
| 1966 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,400 t | +30.0% |
| 1968 | 7,900 t | -24.0% |
| 1969 | 8,900 t | +12.7% |
| 1970 | 10,200 t | +14.6% |
| 1971 | 14,800 t | +45.1% |
| 1972 | 14,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,300 t | -30.4% |
| 1974 | 13,400 t | +30.1% |
| 1975 | 21,300 t | +59.0% |
| 1976 | 23,280 t | +9.3% |
| 1977 | 23,310 t | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 26,210 t | +12.4% |
| 1979 | 19,650 t | -25.0% |
| 1980 | 26,250 t | +33.6% |
| 1981 | 25,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 23,700 t | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 21,830 t | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 19,690 t | -9.8% |
| 1985 | 19,500 t | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 35,060 t | +79.8% |
| 1987 | 34,540 t | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 53,620 t | +55.2% |
| 1989 | 53,990 t | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 57,170 t | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 66,434 t | +16.2% |
| 1992 | 59,970 t | -9.7% |
| 1993 | 68,770 t | +14.7% |
| 1994 | 72,530 t | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 71,570 t | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 74,640 t | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 63,080 t | -15.5% |
| 1998 | 62,670 t | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 65,520 t | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 64,310 t | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 47,920 t | -25.5% |
| 2002 | 37,550 t | -21.6% |
| 2003 | 54,370 t | +44.8% |
| 2004 | 60,330 t | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 54,000 t | -10.5% |
| 2006 | 56,000 t | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 31,630 t | -43.5% |
| 2008 | 37,990 t | +20.1% |
| 2009 | 32,000 t | -15.8% |
| 2010 | 31,480 t | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 34,880 t | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 42,940 t | +23.1% |
| 2013 | 53,060 t | +23.6% |
| 2014 | 52,190 t | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 62,000 t | +18.8% |
| 2016 | 65,000 t | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 70,000 t | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 65,000 t | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 60,000 t | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 60,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 71,000 t | +18.3% |
| 2022 | 79,000 t | +11.3% |
| 2023 | 66,000 t | -16.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,055 t | 4,087 t | 10,400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,725 t | 10,200 t | 26,210 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,318 t | 19,500 t | 53,990 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 66,235 t | 57,170 t | 74,640 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,610 t | 31,630 t | 64,310 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,655 t | 31,480 t | 70,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 69,000 t | 60,000 t | 79,000 t | 4 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.36 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Sri Lanka?
- Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Sri Lanka was 66,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 79,000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,087 t in 1962.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production?
- Sri Lanka ranks 85th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. 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 Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.