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 68th out of 107 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.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 60 ha | +50.0% |
| 1968 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 80 ha | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 100 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 178 ha | +78.0% |
| 1973 | 157 ha | -11.8% |
| 1974 | 1,308 ha | +733.1% |
| 1975 | 1,140 ha | -12.8% |
| 1976 | 720 ha | -36.8% |
| 1977 | 1,012 ha | +40.6% |
| 1978 | 1,931 ha | +90.8% |
| 1979 | 1,221 ha | -36.8% |
| 1980 | 1,091 ha | -10.6% |
| 1981 | 2,213 ha | +102.8% |
| 1982 | 17,377 ha | +685.2% |
| 1983 | 14,625 ha | -15.8% |
| 1984 | 11,818 ha | -19.2% |
| 1985 | 2,455 ha | -79.2% |
| 1986 | 4,009 ha | +63.3% |
| 1987 | 3,493 ha | -12.9% |
| 1988 | 1,840 ha | -47.3% |
| 1989 | 1,450 ha | -21.2% |
| 1990 | 3,980 ha | +174.5% |
| 1991 | 2,052 ha | -48.4% |
| 1992 | 1,363 ha | -33.6% |
| 1993 | 884 ha | -35.1% |
| 1994 | 960 ha | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 2,359 ha | +145.7% |
| 1996 | 849 ha | -64.0% |
| 1997 | 497 ha | -41.5% |
| 1998 | 641 ha | +29.0% |
| 1999 | 820 ha | +27.9% |
| 2000 | 690 ha | -15.9% |
| 2001 | 640 ha | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 1,260 ha | +96.9% |
| 2003 | 2,550 ha | +102.4% |
| 2004 | 1,300 ha | -49.0% |
| 2005 | 3,080 ha | +136.9% |
| 2006 | 3,070 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,860 ha | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 1,260 ha | -55.9% |
| 2009 | 1,660 ha | +31.7% |
| 2010 | 4,500 ha | +171.1% |
| 2011 | 2,450 ha | -45.6% |
| 2012 | 1,520 ha | -38.0% |
| 2013 | 7,930 ha | +421.7% |
| 2014 | 6,229 ha | -21.5% |
| 2015 | 4,701 ha | -24.5% |
| 2016 | 6,301 ha | +34.0% |
| 2017 | 8,316 ha | +32.0% |
| 2018 | 1,511 ha | -81.8% |
| 2019 | 914 ha | -39.5% |
| 2020 | 3,538 ha | +287.1% |
| 2021 | 1,915 ha | -45.9% |
| 2022 | 1,931 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 3,986 ha | +106.4% |
| 2024 | 3,215 ha | -19.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 3,215 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,182 ha, 21% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 3,215 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 22,549 ha, 14% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +733.1% | 157 ha | 1,308 ha |
| 1982 | +685.2% | 2,213 ha | 17,377 ha |
| 2013 | +421.7% | 1,520 ha | 7,930 ha |
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
- 65 Slovenia 4,170 ha compare
- 66 Nicaragua 4,000 ha compare
- 67 Switzerland 3,278 ha compare
- 69 Spain 3,120 ha compare
- 70 China, Taiwan Province of 3,000 ha compare
- 71 Uzbekistan 2,914 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 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 68th out of 107 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.