Wheat and products — Food in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Wheat and products — Food was 895 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Food in Sri Lanka, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat and products — food in Sri Lanka is 895 1000 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 11.6% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food in Sri Lanka peaked at 1,199 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 765 1000 t, in 2010.
Sri Lanka ranks 60th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Wheat and products — Food in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 765 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 892 1000 t | +16.6% |
| 2012 | 826 1000 t | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 902 1000 t | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 887 1000 t | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 1,044 1000 t | +17.7% |
| 2016 | 857 1000 t | -17.9% |
| 2017 | 1,065 1000 t | +24.3% |
| 2018 | 1,044 1000 t | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 884 1000 t | -15.3% |
| 2020 | 1,199 1000 t | +35.6% |
| 2021 | 1,132 1000 t | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 802 1000 t | -29.2% |
| 2023 | 895 1000 t | +11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 916.6 1000 t | 765 1000 t | 1,065 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,007 1000 t | 802 1000 t | 1,199 1000 t | 4 |
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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat and products — food in Sri Lanka?
- Wheat and products — food in Sri Lanka was 895 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1,199 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 765 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for wheat and products — food?
- Sri Lanka ranks 60th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 Wheat and products — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.