Rice and products — Food supply in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Rice and products — Food supply was 1,175 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food supply in Sri Lanka, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice and products — food supply in Sri Lanka is 1,175 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply in Sri Lanka peaked at 1,413 kcal/cap/d in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,117 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
Sri Lanka ranks 6th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Rice and products — Food supply in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,174 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,142 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 1,160 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 1,182 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 1,201 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1,413 kcal/cap/d | +17.7% |
| 2016 | 1,217 kcal/cap/d | -13.9% |
| 2017 | 1,117 kcal/cap/d | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 1,199 kcal/cap/d | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 1,228 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 1,328 kcal/cap/d | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 1,334 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,193 kcal/cap/d | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 1,175 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,203 kcal/cap/d | 1,117 kcal/cap/d | 1,413 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,257 kcal/cap/d | 1,175 kcal/cap/d | 1,334 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 691.22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Cambodia 1,506 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Timor-Leste 774.48 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Philippines 1,253 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Bhutan 1,185 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 647.7 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Cabo Verde 558.18 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Thailand 1,157 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia 434.88 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Madagascar 1,145 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 360.43 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Sierra Leone 1,138 kcal/cap/d compare
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 rice and products — food supply in Sri Lanka?
- Rice and products — food supply in Sri Lanka was 1,175 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food supply recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1,413 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,117 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for rice and products — food supply?
- Sri Lanka ranks 6th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. 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 Rice and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.