Sesame seed — Food supply in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sesame seed — Food supply was 38,470 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Food supply in Sri Lanka, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 38,470 million Kcal for sesame seed — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 209.2% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — food supply in Sri Lanka peaked at 50,193 million Kcal in 2021 and was at its lowest, 12,443 million Kcal, in 2022.
That places Sri Lanka 34th out of 134 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Food supply in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 35,642 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 36,984 million Kcal | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 38,482 million Kcal | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 39,147 million Kcal | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 42,734 million Kcal | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 32,880 million Kcal | -23.1% |
| 2016 | 34,420 million Kcal | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 25,079 million Kcal | -27.1% |
| 2018 | 21,762 million Kcal | -13.2% |
| 2019 | 26,077 million Kcal | +19.8% |
| 2020 | 35,708 million Kcal | +36.9% |
| 2021 | 50,193 million Kcal | +40.6% |
| 2022 | 12,443 million Kcal | -75.2% |
| 2023 | 38,470 million Kcal | +209.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33,321 million Kcal | 21,762 million Kcal | 42,734 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,204 million Kcal | 12,443 million Kcal | 50,193 million Kcal | 4 |
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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 sesame seed — food supply in Sri Lanka?
- Sesame seed — food supply in Sri Lanka was 38,470 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — food supply recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 50,193 million Kcal in 2021.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — food supply recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,443 million Kcal in 2022.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sesame seed — food supply?
- Sri Lanka ranks 34th out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sesame seed — food supply rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Food supply (kcal). 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.