Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 99,012 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 99,012 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 119,049 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 38,217 ha, in 1962.
That places Sri Lanka 61st out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41,360 ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,217 ha | -7.6% |
| 1963 | 47,635 ha | +24.6% |
| 1964 | 46,838 ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 56,471 ha | +20.6% |
| 1966 | 51,438 ha | -8.9% |
| 1967 | 56,886 ha | +10.6% |
| 1968 | 57,412 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 55,628 ha | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 49,369 ha | -11.3% |
| 1971 | 52,589 ha | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 64,481 ha | +22.6% |
| 1973 | 76,056 ha | +18.0% |
| 1974 | 85,107 ha | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 95,253 ha | +11.9% |
| 1976 | 98,256 ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 91,906 ha | -6.5% |
| 1978 | 89,226 ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 77,960 ha | -12.6% |
| 1980 | 80,971 ha | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 87,390 ha | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 80,321 ha | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 85,470 ha | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 84,830 ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 81,850 ha | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 87,549 ha | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 77,065 ha | -12.0% |
| 1988 | 83,510 ha | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 77,070 ha | -7.7% |
| 1990 | 83,408 ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 78,067 ha | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 81,344 ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 85,065 ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 87,886 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 88,698 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 82,067 ha | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 80,054 ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 75,659 ha | -5.5% |
| 1999 | 80,625 ha | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 77,037 ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 83,152 ha | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 83,351 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 87,172 ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 82,560 ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 94,942 ha | +15.0% |
| 2006 | 96,141 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 94,932 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 99,613 ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 82,209 ha | -17.5% |
| 2010 | 96,980 ha | +18.0% |
| 2011 | 99,966 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 103,410 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 109,815 ha | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 112,814 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 107,127 ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 104,122 ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 92,412 ha | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 105,451 ha | +14.1% |
| 2019 | 93,371 ha | -11.5% |
| 2020 | 119,049 ha | +27.5% |
| 2021 | 117,216 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 111,227 ha | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 99,805 ha | -10.3% |
| 2024 | 99,012 ha | -0.8% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 99,012 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 2.4× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 99,012 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 216,898 ha, 46% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,209 ha | 38,217 ha | 57,412 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 78,020 ha | 49,369 ha | 98,256 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 82,603 ha | 77,065 ha | 87,549 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 82,287 ha | 75,659 ha | 88,698 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 88,111 ha | 77,037 ha | 99,613 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 102,547 ha | 92,412 ha | 112,814 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 109,262 ha | 99,012 ha | 119,049 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 99,012 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 119,049 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,217 ha in 1962.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 61st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.