Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Rice and products — Food supply quantity was 184.36 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Sri Lanka, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 184.36 kg/cap for rice and products — food supply quantity in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply quantity in Sri Lanka peaked at 217.29 kg/cap in 2015 and was at its lowest, 172.05 kg/cap, in 2017.
That places Sri Lanka 10th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 180.53 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 175.62 kg/cap | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 178.34 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 181.77 kg/cap | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 184.68 kg/cap | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 217.29 kg/cap | +17.7% |
| 2016 | 187.32 kg/cap | -13.8% |
| 2017 | 172.05 kg/cap | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 184.48 kg/cap | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 192.65 kg/cap | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 208.24 kg/cap | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 209.13 kg/cap | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 187.19 kg/cap | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 184.36 kg/cap | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 185.47 kg/cap | 172.05 kg/cap | 217.29 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 197.23 kg/cap | 184.36 kg/cap | 209.13 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 7 Philippines 200.38 kg/cap compare
- 8 Sierra Leone 191.66 kg/cap compare
- 8 Melanesia 61.49 kg/cap compare
- 9 Indonesia 186.09 kg/cap compare
- 9 Micronesia 54.91 kg/cap compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54.55 kg/cap compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 48.11 kg/cap compare
- 11 Thailand 172.49 kg/cap compare
- 12 Bhutan 172.4 kg/cap compare
- 12 Micronesia (Federated States of) 44.82 kg/cap compare
- 13 Guinea 168.54 kg/cap compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 43.37 kg/cap 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 quantity in Sri Lanka?
- Rice and products — food supply quantity in Sri Lanka was 184.36 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food supply quantity recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 217.29 kg/cap in 2015.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply quantity recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 172.05 kg/cap in 2017.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for rice and products — food supply quantity?
- Sri Lanka ranks 10th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.