Rice — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Rice — Area harvested was 1.13 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Sri Lanka stood at 1.13 million ha.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and up 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 1.21 million ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 431,823 ha, in 1965.
Sri Lanka ranks 20th of 146 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 523,296 ha | 431,823 ha | 567,243 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 716,410 ha | 597,229 ha | 839,425 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 796,048 ha | 679,417 ha | 885,807 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 797,880 ha | 660,079 ha | 896,551 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 868,563 ha | 719,690 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 million ha | 791,679 ha | 1.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.12 million ha | 1.07 million ha | 1.16 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 17 Japan 1.46 million ha compare
- 18 Nepal 1.42 million ha compare
- 19 United Republic of Tanzania 1.30 million ha compare
- 21 Sierra Leone 987,345 ha compare
- 22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 912,998 ha compare
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 811,177 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture share gdp 8.36 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.36 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
- Rural population 79.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 17.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 8,514 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Rice — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 1.13 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 million ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 431,823 ha in 1965.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for rice — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 20th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.5%. 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 — 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.