Soya beans — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Soya beans — Yield was 1,927 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in Sri Lanka stood at 1,927 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 76.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 2,405 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 639.9 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Sri Lanka 46th out of 98 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.
Soya beans — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 833.3 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 875 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 900 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 904.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 1,446 kg/ha | +59.9% |
| 1974 | 964.1 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1975 | 1,019 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 1,024 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 1,099 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 1,492 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 1979 | 1,092 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1980 | 992.7 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 1,079 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 639.9 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 1983 | 725.3 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1984 | 675.4 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 1,109 kg/ha | +64.2% |
| 1986 | 948.9 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1987 | 1,065 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1988 | 934.8 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1989 | 1,034 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1990 | 804 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1991 | 974.7 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1992 | 990.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 938.9 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 1,017 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 1,003 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 855.1 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1997 | 845.1 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 934.5 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 975.6 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 927.5 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 968.8 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 920.6 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 1,161 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2004 | 1,454 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2005 | 1,620 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 1,687 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 1,678 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 2,405 kg/ha | +43.3% |
| 2009 | 2,283 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 1,671 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 2011 | 1,567 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 1,099 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 2013 | 1,696 kg/ha | +54.3% |
| 2014 | 1,090 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 2015 | 1,439 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 2016 | 1,560 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 1,727 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2018 | 1,654 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 2,404 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 2020 | 2,227 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 1,981 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2022 | 1,990 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,952 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 1,927 kg/ha | -1.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1,927 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,932 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 1,927 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 1,265 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 777.77 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,081 kg/ha | 875 kg/ha | 1,492 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 920.45 kg/ha | 639.9 kg/ha | 1,109 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 933.85 kg/ha | 804 kg/ha | 1,017 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,511 kg/ha | 920.6 kg/ha | 2,405 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,591 kg/ha | 1,090 kg/ha | 2,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,015 kg/ha | 1,927 kg/ha | 2,227 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Soya beans — yield in Sri Lanka was 1,927 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 2,405 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 639.9 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for soya beans — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 46th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.8%. 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 Soya beans — 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.