Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 7,602 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Sri Lanka stood at 7,602 kg/ha.
The figure is down 17.4% on the previous year and up 321.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 9,203 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 570 kg/ha, in 1975.
Sri Lanka ranks 3rd of 128 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 613.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 625.6 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 630.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 620.4 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 623.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 613.8 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 646.6 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 691 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 693.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 693.4 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 692.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 692.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 707.7 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 707.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 570 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1976 | 663.5 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1977 | 684.2 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 681.8 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 846.2 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1980 | 1,185 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 1981 | 1,028 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1982 | 1,069 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 1,132 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 1,056 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 1,110 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 1,211 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1987 | 1,122 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1988 | 1,156 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 1,183 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 1,159 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 1,141 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 1,103 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 1,240 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1994 | 1,286 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 1,327 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 1,308 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 1,276 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 1,352 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 1,255 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 1,205 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 1,245 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 1,213 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 1,225 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 1,262 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 1,385 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 1,478 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 1,548 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 1,762 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2009 | 1,724 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 1,641 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 1,684 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1,810 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 2,539 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 2014 | 1,804 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 2015 | 2,985 kg/ha | +65.4% |
| 2016 | 3,828 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 2017 | 4,830 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 2018 | 4,412 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 8,208 kg/ha | +86.0% |
| 2020 | 8,076 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 8,542 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 6,733 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2023 | 9,203 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 2024 | 7,602 kg/ha | -17.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 639.84 kg/ha | 613.8 kg/ha | 693.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 693.91 kg/ha | 570 kg/ha | 846.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,125 kg/ha | 1,028 kg/ha | 1,211 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,245 kg/ha | 1,103 kg/ha | 1,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,405 kg/ha | 1,205 kg/ha | 1,762 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,374 kg/ha | 1,641 kg/ha | 8,208 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,031 kg/ha | 6,733 kg/ha | 9,203 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Sri Lanka was 7,602 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 9,203 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 570 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 3rd out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 321.3%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.