Soya beans — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Soya beans — Area harvested was 3,215 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Sri Lanka is 3,215 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 19.3% on the previous year and down 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 17,377 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 40 ha, in 1961.
That places Sri Lanka 76th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 | 46.67 ha | 40 ha | 60 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 784.7 ha | 80 ha | 1,931 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,037 ha | 1,091 ha | 17,377 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,440 ha | 497 ha | 3,980 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,837 ha | 640 ha | 3,080 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,437 ha | 914 ha | 8,316 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,917 ha | 1,915 ha | 3,986 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 73 Slovenia 4,170 ha compare
- 74 Nicaragua 4,000 ha compare
- 75 Switzerland 3,278 ha compare
- 77 Spain 3,120 ha compare
- 78 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,042 ha compare
- 79 China, Taiwan Province of 3,000 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 soya beans — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 3,215 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 17,377 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 ha in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 76th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.4%. 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 Soya beans — Area harvested. 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.