Sorghum — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sorghum — Area harvested was 83 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 83 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.8% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 5,808 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 40 ha, in 1989.
Sri Lanka ranks 97th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,320 ha | 836 ha | 1,622 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,203 ha | 780 ha | 5,808 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 337.7 ha | 40 ha | 560 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 156.5 ha | 70 ha | 241 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 199 ha | 70 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.1 ha | 65 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 123.2 ha | 66 ha | 200 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 94 Czechoslovakia 152 ha compare
- 95 Kyrgyzstan 151 ha compare
- 96 Palestine 109 ha compare
- 98 Jordan 82 ha compare
- 99 Philippines 72 ha compare
- 100 Peru 60 ha compare
- 100 Slovenia 60 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 sorghum — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 83 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 5,808 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 ha in 1989.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 97th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. 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 Sorghum — 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.