Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 164,177 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka stood at 164,177 An.
The figure is up 12.2% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka peaked at 251,850 An in 1971 and was at its lowest, 146,339 An, in 2023.
Sri Lanka ranks 110th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 181,946 An | — |
| 1962 | 214,880 An | +18.1% |
| 1963 | 183,077 An | -14.8% |
| 1964 | 187,065 An | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 201,663 An | +7.8% |
| 1966 | 213,673 An | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 217,958 An | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 229,239 An | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 237,413 An | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 234,720 An | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 251,850 An | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 242,324 An | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 251,154 An | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 247,756 An | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 246,022 An | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 222,493 An | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 194,911 An | -12.4% |
| 1978 | 189,269 An | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 175,158 An | -7.5% |
| 1980 | 178,048 An | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 182,874 An | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 182,659 An | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 191,824 An | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 199,464 An | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 197,471 An | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 194,034 An | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 184,161 An | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 162,794 An | -11.6% |
| 1989 | 151,065 An | -7.2% |
| 1990 | 152,245 An | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 170,988 An | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 190,461 An | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 179,413 An | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 192,264 An | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 202,199 An | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 179,790 An | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 186,507 An | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 183,159 An | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 173,631 An | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 206,015 An | +18.7% |
| 2001 | 201,500 An | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 205,000 An | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 216,066 An | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 206,980 An | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 215,181 An | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 193,300 An | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 186,080 An | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 163,720 An | -12.0% |
| 2009 | 168,000 An | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 203,520 An | +21.1% |
| 2011 | 162,104 An | -20.3% |
| 2012 | 173,828 An | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 170,477 An | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 151,024 An | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 167,133 An | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 168,132 An | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 152,536 An | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 158,361 An | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 158,723 An | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 162,481 An | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 151,841 An | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 147,562 An | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 146,339 An | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 164,177 An | +12.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 207,435 An | 181,946 An | 237,413 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 225,566 An | 175,158 An | 251,850 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 182,439 An | 151,065 An | 199,464 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 181,066 An | 152,245 An | 202,199 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 196,184 An | 163,720 An | 216,066 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 166,584 An | 151,024 An | 203,520 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 154,480 An | 146,339 An | 164,177 An | 5 |
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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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka?
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka was 164,177 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 251,850 An in 1971.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 146,339 An in 2023.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Sri Lanka ranks 110th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.