Sugar & Sweeteners — Food in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sugar & Sweeteners — Food was 876 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food in Sri Lanka, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 876 1000 t for sugar & sweeteners — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 27.5% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar & sweeteners — food in Sri Lanka peaked at 876 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 592 1000 t, in 2017.
Sri Lanka ranks 42nd 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.
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 634 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 601 1000 t | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 679 1000 t | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 657 1000 t | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 615 1000 t | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 743 1000 t | +20.8% |
| 2016 | 751 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 592 1000 t | -21.2% |
| 2018 | 615 1000 t | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 641 1000 t | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 773 1000 t | +20.6% |
| 2021 | 742 1000 t | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 687 1000 t | -7.4% |
| 2023 | 876 1000 t | +27.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 652.8 1000 t | 592 1000 t | 751 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 769.5 1000 t | 687 1000 t | 876 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 39 Jordan 928 1000 t compare
- 40 Chile 894 1000 t compare
- 40 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 894 1000 t compare
- 43 Uzbekistan 703 1000 t compare
- 43 China, Taiwan Province of 703 1000 t compare
- 45 Peru 698 1000 t 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)
- 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 sugar & sweeteners — food in Sri Lanka?
- Sugar & sweeteners — food in Sri Lanka was 876 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar & sweeteners — food recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 876 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar & sweeteners — food recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 592 1000 t in 2017.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sugar & sweeteners — food?
- Sri Lanka ranks 42nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar & sweeteners — food rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. 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 Sugar & Sweeteners — Food. 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.