Tea (including mate) — Production in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Tea (including mate) — Production was 1,434 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Tea (including mate) — Production in Sri Lanka, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea (including mate) — production in Sri Lanka is 1,434 1000 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea (including mate) — production in Sri Lanka peaked at 1,810 1000 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1,400 1000 t, in 2022.
Sri Lanka ranks 5th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,685 1000 t | 1,490 1000 t | 1,810 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,534 1000 t | 1,400 1000 t | 1,800 1000 t | 4 |
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 tea (including mate) — production in Sri Lanka?
- Tea (including mate) — production in Sri Lanka was 1,434 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea (including mate) — production recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1,810 1000 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest tea (including mate) — production recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,400 1000 t in 2022.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for tea (including mate) — production?
- Sri Lanka ranks 5th out of 47 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tea (including mate) — production rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tea (including mate) — Production. 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.