Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita was 0.0023 t per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.0023 t per person for sweet potatoes — production, per capita in 2024.
The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0143 t per person in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.0016 t per person, in 2019.
That places Sri Lanka 56th out of 99 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.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0059 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0042 t per person | -28.3% |
| 1963 | 0.005 t per person | +18.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0064 t per person | +27.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0047 t per person | -26.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0056 t per person | +20.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0064 t per person | +13.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0065 t per person | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0055 t per person | -15.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0059 t per person | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0046 t per person | -22.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0044 t per person | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 0.007 t per person | +59.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0118 t per person | +68.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0143 t per person | +21.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0135 t per person | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0091 t per person | -32.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0093 t per person | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0102 t per person | +9.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0086 t per person | -15.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0105 t per person | +22.4% |
| 1982 | 0.01 t per person | -5.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0076 t per person | -23.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0095 t per person | +24.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0076 t per person | -20.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0059 t per person | -22.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0051 t per person | -14.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0054 t per person | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0053 t per person | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0047 t per person | -11.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0045 t per person | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0036 t per person | -20.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0033 t per person | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0036 t per person | +8.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0035 t per person | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0033 t per person | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 0.003 t per person | -9.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0028 t per person | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0027 t per person | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0027 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0025 t per person | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0024 t per person | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0022 t per person | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 0.002 t per person | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 0.002 t per person | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.002 t per person | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0024 t per person | +17.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0025 t per person | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0023 t per person | -10.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0022 t per person | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0022 t per person | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0021 t per person | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0026 t per person | +26.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0024 t per person | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0025 t per person | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0021 t per person | -15.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0019 t per person | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 0.002 t per person | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0016 t per person | -18.3% |
| 2020 | 0.002 t per person | +24.5% |
| 2021 | 0.002 t per person | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 0.002 t per person | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0024 t per person | +19.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0023 t per person | -6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0056 t per person | 0.0042 t per person | 0.0065 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.009 t per person | 0.0044 t per person | 0.0143 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0075 t per person | 0.0051 t per person | 0.0105 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0035 t per person | 0.0027 t per person | 0.0047 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0023 t per person | 0.002 t per person | 0.0027 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0022 t per person | 0.0016 t per person | 0.0026 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0021 t per person | 0.002 t per person | 0.0024 t per person | 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Sri Lanka?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Sri Lanka was 0.0023 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0143 t per person in 1975.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0016 t per person in 2019.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sweet potatoes — production, per capita?
- Sri Lanka ranks 56th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per capita rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.