Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 13,051 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Sri Lanka is 13,051 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.8% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 14,394 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3,934 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Sri Lanka 120th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,059 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,289 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 5,607 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1964 | 7,377 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1965 | 5,653 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1966 | 5,558 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 5,086 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1968 | 5,448 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 5,451 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 5,818 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 5,376 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1972 | 5,228 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 5,038 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 3,934 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1975 | 4,609 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1976 | 4,813 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 5,634 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1978 | 7,644 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1979 | 9,741 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1980 | 9,703 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 9,611 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 9,833 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 12,136 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1984 | 11,350 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 10,515 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 9,479 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1987 | 8,863 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1988 | 9,535 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1989 | 9,067 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 8,626 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 8,842 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 8,606 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 9,190 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 8,852 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 8,903 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 8,985 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 8,363 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 8,174 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 8,261 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 8,429 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 8,624 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 8,876 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 8,582 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 9,751 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 9,637 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 9,749 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 10,066 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 10,352 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 11,374 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 11,494 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 11,586 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 11,924 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 12,494 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 12,515 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 14,211 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2016 | 14,369 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 13,844 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 14,394 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 13,703 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 14,085 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 13,901 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 13,126 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 14,307 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2024 | 13,051 kg/ha | -8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,059 kg/ha | 5,086 kg/ha | 7,377 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,784 kg/ha | 3,934 kg/ha | 9,741 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,009 kg/ha | 8,863 kg/ha | 12,136 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,680 kg/ha | 8,174 kg/ha | 9,190 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,544 kg/ha | 8,429 kg/ha | 11,374 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,054 kg/ha | 11,494 kg/ha | 14,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,694 kg/ha | 13,051 kg/ha | 14,307 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 117 Iceland 13,351 kg/ha compare
- 118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,165 kg/ha compare
- 119 Uruguay 13,127 kg/ha compare
- 121 China, Hong Kong SAR 13,005 kg/ha compare
- 122 Costa Rica 12,941 kg/ha compare
- 123 Mongolia 12,818 kg/ha 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Sri Lanka was 13,051 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 14,394 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,934 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 120th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. 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.