Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 33,117 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 33,117 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.6% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 226,373 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 30,330 ha, in 2017.
Sri Lanka ranks 91st of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,865 ha | — |
| 1962 | 44,759 ha | -12.0% |
| 1963 | 66,110 ha | +47.7% |
| 1964 | 59,927 ha | -9.4% |
| 1965 | 67,452 ha | +12.6% |
| 1966 | 64,719 ha | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 92,054 ha | +42.2% |
| 1968 | 95,284 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 90,926 ha | -4.6% |
| 1970 | 78,654 ha | -13.5% |
| 1971 | 85,547 ha | +8.8% |
| 1972 | 77,474 ha | -9.4% |
| 1973 | 145,564 ha | +87.9% |
| 1974 | 226,373 ha | +55.5% |
| 1975 | 216,114 ha | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 199,842 ha | -7.5% |
| 1977 | 126,616 ha | -36.6% |
| 1978 | 97,880 ha | -22.7% |
| 1979 | 74,030 ha | -24.4% |
| 1980 | 69,878 ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 78,110 ha | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 81,590 ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 76,590 ha | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 79,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 74,780 ha | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 69,730 ha | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 66,448 ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 69,890 ha | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 65,100 ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 62,890 ha | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 57,440 ha | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 51,232 ha | -10.8% |
| 1993 | 49,430 ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 49,691 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 48,553 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 47,874 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 44,289 ha | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 41,048 ha | -7.3% |
| 1999 | 39,980 ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 41,442 ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 39,400 ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 40,690 ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 40,160 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 35,050 ha | -12.7% |
| 2005 | 35,680 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 35,510 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 34,420 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 35,560 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 34,010 ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 33,160 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 34,470 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 34,030 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 34,810 ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 34,696 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 33,141 ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 32,333 ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 30,330 ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 31,633 ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 34,954 ha | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 34,398 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 35,579 ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 34,871 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 35,824 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 33,117 ha | -7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70,233 ha | 44,759 ha | 95,284 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 132,809 ha | 74,030 ha | 226,373 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 73,122 ha | 65,100 ha | 81,590 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,243 ha | 39,980 ha | 62,890 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,192 ha | 34,010 ha | 41,442 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,356 ha | 30,330 ha | 34,954 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,758 ha | 33,117 ha | 35,824 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 33,117 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 226,373 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,330 ha in 2017.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 91st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.