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.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,458 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,556 ha | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 1,458 ha | -6.3% |
| 1964 | 1,136 ha | -22.1% |
| 1965 | 1,622 ha | +42.8% |
| 1966 | 1,471 ha | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 1,120 ha | -23.9% |
| 1968 | 836 ha | -25.4% |
| 1969 | 1,223 ha | +46.3% |
| 1970 | 946 ha | -22.6% |
| 1971 | 782 ha | -17.3% |
| 1972 | 781 ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 1,469 ha | +88.1% |
| 1974 | 3,658 ha | +149.0% |
| 1975 | 5,808 ha | +58.8% |
| 1976 | 3,533 ha | -39.2% |
| 1977 | 2,199 ha | -37.8% |
| 1978 | 2,074 ha | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 780 ha | -62.4% |
| 1980 | 560 ha | -28.2% |
| 1981 | 540 ha | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 357 ha | -33.9% |
| 1983 | 410 ha | +14.8% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +22.0% |
| 1985 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 307 ha | -38.6% |
| 1987 | 103 ha | -66.4% |
| 1988 | 60 ha | -41.7% |
| 1989 | 40 ha | -33.3% |
| 1990 | 70 ha | +75.0% |
| 1991 | 123 ha | +75.7% |
| 1992 | 145 ha | +17.9% |
| 1993 | 130 ha | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 136 ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 241 ha | +77.2% |
| 1996 | 204 ha | -15.4% |
| 1997 | 206 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 110 ha | -46.6% |
| 1999 | 200 ha | +81.8% |
| 2000 | 160 ha | -20.0% |
| 2001 | 70 ha | -56.2% |
| 2002 | 220 ha | +214.3% |
| 2003 | 280 ha | +27.3% |
| 2004 | 350 ha | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 240 ha | -31.4% |
| 2006 | 200 ha | -16.7% |
| 2007 | 160 ha | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 170 ha | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 140 ha | -17.6% |
| 2010 | 80 ha | -42.9% |
| 2011 | 70 ha | -12.5% |
| 2012 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 97 ha | +38.6% |
| 2014 | 96 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 90 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 78 ha | -13.3% |
| 2017 | 65 ha | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 85 ha | +30.8% |
| 2019 | 100 ha | +17.6% |
| 2020 | 200 ha | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 176 ha | -12.0% |
| 2022 | 66 ha | -62.5% |
| 2023 | 91 ha | +37.9% |
| 2024 | 83 ha | -8.8% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 83 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,373 ha, 1% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +214.3% | 70 ha | 220 ha |
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, 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 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.