Tomatoes — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Tomatoes — Yield was 13,464 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — yield in Sri Lanka is 13,464 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 15,170 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,222 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Sri Lanka 129th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tomatoes — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,314 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,109 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1963 | 1,857 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1964 | 1,892 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 2,686 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 1966 | 2,027 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1967 | 1,222 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 1968 | 2,076 kg/ha | +69.8% |
| 1969 | 1,738 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1970 | 3,023 kg/ha | +73.9% |
| 1971 | 4,116 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1972 | 3,998 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 4,054 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 4,111 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 3,419 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1976 | 3,403 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 2,916 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 2,568 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1979 | 5,119 kg/ha | +99.4% |
| 1980 | 5,939 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1981 | 5,158 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1982 | 3,132 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 1983 | 5,988 kg/ha | +91.2% |
| 1984 | 7,352 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1985 | 3,137 kg/ha | -57.3% |
| 1986 | 6,668 kg/ha | +112.6% |
| 1987 | 6,041 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1988 | 7,299 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1989 | 6,382 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1990 | 7,032 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 7,133 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 7,601 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 7,285 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 7,207 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 7,002 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 6,904 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 6,651 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 6,931 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 7,384 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 7,589 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 7,574 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 7,609 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 7,585 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 8,992 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2005 | 9,148 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 9,193 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 9,768 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 10,943 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 10,353 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 10,376 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 9,959 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 10,624 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 11,877 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 11,793 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 13,005 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 14,909 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2017 | 15,170 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 15,108 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 13,276 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 13,778 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 14,391 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 14,947 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 14,468 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 13,464 kg/ha | -6.9% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 13,464 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 27,291 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 13,464 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 15,798 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Yield in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +112.6% | 3,137 kg/ha | 6,668 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +99.4% | 2,568 kg/ha | 5,119 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +91.2% | 3,132 kg/ha | 5,988 kg/ha |
| 1970 | +73.9% | 1,738 kg/ha | 3,023 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +69.8% | 1,222 kg/ha | 2,076 kg/ha |
| 1985 | -57.3% | 7,352 kg/ha | 3,137 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,991 kg/ha | 1,222 kg/ha | 2,686 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,673 kg/ha | 2,568 kg/ha | 5,119 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,710 kg/ha | 3,132 kg/ha | 7,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,113 kg/ha | 6,651 kg/ha | 7,601 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,875 kg/ha | 7,574 kg/ha | 10,943 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,610 kg/ha | 9,959 kg/ha | 15,170 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,209 kg/ha | 13,464 kg/ha | 14,947 kg/ha | 5 |
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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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Tomatoes — yield in Sri Lanka was 13,464 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 15,170 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,222 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 129th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. 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 Tomatoes — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.