Tomatoes — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 5,514 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — area harvested in Sri Lanka stood at 5,514 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 7,920 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3,252 ha, in 1972.
Sri Lanka ranks 82nd of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,238 ha | 3,395 ha | 7,439 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,578 ha | 3,252 ha | 6,292 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,574 ha | 3,920 ha | 5,170 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,779 ha | 4,246 ha | 5,360 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,286 ha | 5,330 ha | 7,740 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,819 ha | 5,329 ha | 7,920 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,953 ha | 5,514 ha | 6,569 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 79 Côte d'Ivoire 5,769 ha compare
- 80 Australia and New Zealand 5,715 ha compare
- 81 North Macedonia 5,597 ha compare
- 83 Lebanon 5,400 ha compare
- 84 Australia 5,251 ha compare
- 85 Republic of Korea 5,109 ha compare
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 tomatoes — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 5,514 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 7,920 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,252 ha in 1972.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 82nd out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. 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 Tomatoes — Area harvested. 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.