Vegetables Primary — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 11,347 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in Sri Lanka stood at 11,347 kg/ha.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 12,735 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,406 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Sri Lanka 123rd 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 — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,916 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,350 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1963 | 3,348 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,887 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1965 | 3,189 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1966 | 2,872 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1967 | 2,570 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1968 | 2,584 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 2,664 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 3,590 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1971 | 3,477 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 2,854 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1973 | 2,646 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1974 | 2,406 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1975 | 3,300 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1976 | 3,150 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 3,216 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 3,097 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 5,179 kg/ha | +67.2% |
| 1980 | 5,272 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 4,552 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1982 | 4,281 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 6,292 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 1984 | 7,629 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1985 | 6,979 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1986 | 7,162 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 7,305 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 8,084 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 7,409 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1990 | 7,117 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 7,200 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 7,177 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 6,813 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 6,680 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 6,729 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 6,738 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 6,914 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 7,045 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 7,422 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 7,379 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 6,798 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 6,864 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 6,800 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 7,950 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2005 | 7,889 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 8,150 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 8,897 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 9,006 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 9,272 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 9,542 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 9,672 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 10,038 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 11,172 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 11,336 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 11,831 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 12,599 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 12,423 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 12,735 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 12,629 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 11,800 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 11,753 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 10,833 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 11,786 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 11,347 kg/ha | -3.7% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 11,347 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,535 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 11,347 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 11,773 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +67.2% | 3,097 kg/ha | 5,179 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +47.0% | 4,281 kg/ha | 6,292 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,153 kg/ha | 2,570 kg/ha | 3,916 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,291 kg/ha | 2,406 kg/ha | 5,179 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,496 kg/ha | 4,281 kg/ha | 8,084 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,984 kg/ha | 6,680 kg/ha | 7,422 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,901 kg/ha | 6,798 kg/ha | 9,272 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,398 kg/ha | 9,542 kg/ha | 12,735 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,504 kg/ha | 10,833 kg/ha | 11,800 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 120 Serbia 11,775 kg/ha compare
- 121 Romania 11,507 kg/ha compare
- 122 Afghanistan 11,371 kg/ha compare
- 124 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11,296 kg/ha compare
- 125 Mozambique 11,268 kg/ha compare
- 126 Indonesia 11,105 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Sri Lanka was 11,347 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 12,735 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,406 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 123rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 — Yield. 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.