Sorghum — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sorghum — Yield was 1,928 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 1,928 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 22.7% on the previous year and up 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 2,494 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 571.9 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places Sri Lanka 46th out of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 895.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 942.2 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 779.1 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1964 | 711.3 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1965 | 852 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1966 | 880.4 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 909.8 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 781.1 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1969 | 668 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1970 | 571.9 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1971 | 709.7 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1972 | 644 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1973 | 752.9 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1974 | 1,011 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 1975 | 961.8 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 950.2 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 1,004 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 1,130 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1979 | 1,410 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1980 | 894.6 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1981 | 1,111 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1982 | 851.5 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1983 | 975.6 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1984 | 1,200 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1985 | 760 kg/ha | -36.7% |
| 1986 | 583.1 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1987 | 611.7 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 666.7 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1989 | 750 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 714.3 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 691.1 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 703.4 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 615.4 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 713.2 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1995 | 921.2 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1996 | 951 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 907.8 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 700 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1999 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 750 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 714.3 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 681.8 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 714.3 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 771.4 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 958.3 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2006 | 850 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2007 | 1,000 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2008 | 1,235 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2009 | 1,286 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 1,250 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 1,286 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 1,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,423 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 1,385 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 1,620 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2016 | 2,064 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2017 | 2,385 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2018 | 1,988 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2019 | 1,362 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2020 | 1,673 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2021 | 1,823 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 1,212 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 2023 | 2,494 kg/ha | +105.8% |
| 2024 | 1,928 kg/ha | -22.7% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1,928 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 824.33 kg/ha | 668 kg/ha | 942.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 914.6 kg/ha | 571.9 kg/ha | 1,410 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 840.43 kg/ha | 583.1 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 761.74 kg/ha | 615.4 kg/ha | 951 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 896.11 kg/ha | 681.8 kg/ha | 1,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,605 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 2,385 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,826 kg/ha | 1,212 kg/ha | 2,494 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 43 Czechoslovakia 1,974 kg/ha compare
- 44 Bulgaria 1,956 kg/ha compare
- 45 Azerbaijan 1,933 kg/ha compare
- 47 Romania 1,909 kg/ha compare
- 48 Thailand 1,852 kg/ha compare
- 49 Kyrgyzstan 1,808 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)
- 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 — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Sorghum — yield in Sri Lanka was 1,928 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 2,494 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 571.9 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sorghum — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 46th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.1%. 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 Sorghum — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.