Starchy Roots — Food supply in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 602,965 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Sri Lanka, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, starchy roots — food supply in Sri Lanka stood at 602,965 million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.9% on the previous year and up 53.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Sri Lanka peaked at 602,965 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 355,176 million Kcal, in 2010.
Sri Lanka ranks 64th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 355,176 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 374,028 million Kcal | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 375,104 million Kcal | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 393,403 million Kcal | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 375,373 million Kcal | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 517,894 million Kcal | +38.0% |
| 2016 | 523,979 million Kcal | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 482,568 million Kcal | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 506,687 million Kcal | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 522,349 million Kcal | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 542,065 million Kcal | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 534,723 million Kcal | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 534,262 million Kcal | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 602,965 million Kcal | +12.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 442,656 million Kcal | 355,176 million Kcal | 523,979 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 553,504 million Kcal | 534,262 million Kcal | 602,965 million Kcal | 4 |
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food supply in Sri Lanka?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Sri Lanka was 602,965 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 602,965 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 355,176 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Sri Lanka ranks 64th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.3%. 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 Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.