Agriculture & Rural in Sri Lanka

3,982 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Sri Lanka.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of cattle 1.13 million animals 2024 up 1.9% 105th
Number of poultry birds 18.73 million animals 2024 up 12.6% 111th
Poultry meat per animal 1.78 kilograms per animal 2024 up 55.0% 47th
Pig meat per animal 72 kilograms per animal 2024 unchanged 74th
Cattle meat per animal 127 kilograms per animal 2024 down 6.6% 157th
Eggs per bird 15.12 kilograms per animal 2024 up 10.8% 39th
Chicken meat production 258,540 tonnes 2024 up 79.6% 54th
Chicken meat yield per animal 1.78 kilograms per animal 2024 up 55.0% 39th
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat 164,177 animals 2024 up 8.7% 113th
Global meat production 291,946 tonnes 2024 up 61.6% 98th
Cereal production 4.93 million tonnes 2024 up 35.8% 60th
Land animals slaughtered for meat 145.08 million animals 2024 up 15.9% 58th
Daily number of animals slaughtered for meat 449.8 animals 2024 up 8.7% 113th
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested 21,685 ha 2024 down 8.8% 41st
Cassava, fresh — Yield 14,399 kg/ha 2024 up 13.6% 36th
Cassava, fresh — Production 312,237 t 2024 up 3.5% 36th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production, per capita 0.0004 t per person 2024 up 143.0% 43rd
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 112.3% 35th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested, per capita 0.0001 ha per person 2024 down 42.3% 73rd
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested, per unit of GDP 0 ha per US$ of GDP 2024 down 49.6% 73rd
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, per 0.0024 t per person 2024 down 69.2% 95th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, per 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 73.1% 66th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, per unit of 0 kg/ha per US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.8% 75th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per 0.0002 ha per person 2024 down 67.3% 91st
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per 0 ha per US$ of GDP 2024 down 71.5% 66th
Number of pigs 109,660 animals 2024 up 4.2% 114th
Sugar cane — Gross Production Index Number 83.82 2024 down 27.4% 62nd
Sugar cane — Gross per capita Production Index Number 78.8 2024 down 32.3% 55th
Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Gross Production Index Number 210.97 2024 up 130.2% 8th
Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Gross per capita Production Index 198.49 2024 up 114.7% 8th
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value 63.80 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 176.4% 30th
Number of people employed in agriculture 2.19 million people 2025 down 8.9% 50th
Millet — Gross Production Value 2,609 1000 Int$ 2024 down 2.1% 53rd
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Gross Production Value 48,160 1000 USD 2024 down 38.7% 30th
Millet — Area harvested 7,596 ha 2024 up 2.6% 52nd
Millet — Yield 1,144 kg/ha 2024 down 4.5% 40th
Millet — Production 8,694 t 2024 down 2.1% 53rd
Cabbages — Production, per square kilometre 1.62 t per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% 26th
Cabbages — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.0702 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% 24th
Corn yields 3.07 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 14.4% 96th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 36,740 1000 USD 2024 down 60.7% 61st
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 24,154 1000 USD 2024 up 296.6% 47th
Pineapples — Gross Production Value 20,387 1000 Int$ 2024 down 9.2% 37th
Pineapples — Production 50,425 t 2024 down 9.2% 37th
Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value 330.42 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 468.3% 36th
Coconut oil — Production 43,475 t 2023 down 3.8% 7th
Fish landings and discards 17,512 2018 down 23.8% 54th
Fish discards 17,512 2018 down 23.8% 54th
Cucumbers and gherkins — Gross Production Value 12,917 1000 USD 2024 up 40.9% 73rd
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 20.9 % 2023 down 17.1% 124th
Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,300 g/An 2024 unchanged 59th
Pineapples — Area harvested 4,692 ha 2024 down 13.3% 32nd
Pineapples — Yield 10,747 kg/ha 2024 up 4.6% 58th
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood 68.33 % 2023 up 5.3% 45th
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood 31.67 % 2023 down 9.9% 130th
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in 36.66 % 2023 up 23.4% 45th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value 2,420 1000 No 2023 down 0.0% 34th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value 1,122 1000 No 2023 down 14.5% 47th
Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) 119 % 2023 up 1.7% 101st
Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,760 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 2.3% 105th