Sugar cane — Production in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sugar cane — Production was 696,971 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Production in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — production in Sri Lanka is 696,971 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.5% on the previous year and down 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — production in Sri Lanka peaked at 1.53 million t in 1994 and was at its lowest, 112,000 t, in 1962.
That places Sri Lanka 62nd out of 113 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 | 137,222 t | 112,000 t | 160,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 234,000 t | 160,000 t | 335,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 579,283 t | 350,000 t | 839,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 million t | 731,108 t | 1.53 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 966,997 t | 782,510 t | 1.14 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 772,435 t | 644,785 t | 960,392 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 811,967 t | 696,971 t | 876,660 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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 sugar cane — production in Sri Lanka?
- Sugar cane — production in Sri Lanka was 696,971 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — production recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1.53 million t in 1994.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — production recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 112,000 t in 1962.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sugar cane — production?
- Sri Lanka ranks 62nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — production rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. 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 Sugar cane — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.