Agriculture & Rural in Sri Lanka

4,078 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Sri Lanka.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population 1.1 % 2023 up 83.3% 99th
Raw milk of goats — Gross Production Value 1.36 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 79.0% 31st
Soyabeans — Production 8 1000 t 2023 down 38.5% 69th
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Other uses 0.01 t 2022 down 99.5% 101st
Tomatoes — Revealed comparative advantage index 0 2024 — 93rd
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employees in agriculture in 15.94 % 2023 down 1.1% 12th
Rice and products — Seed 79 1000 t 2023 down 13.2% 25th
Edible offal of buffalo, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 78,761 An 2024 down 33.0% 12th
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 78,761 An 2024 down 33.0% 12th
Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 78,761 An 2024 down 33.0% 12th
Buffalo fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 78,761 An 2024 down 33.0% 12th
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested 15,747 ha 2024 down 26.7% 17th
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield 1,118 kg/ha 2024 up 276.6% 13th
Sesameseed Oil — Export quantity 0 1000 t 2023 — 19th
Cow peas, dry — Gross Production Value 13,520 1000 USD 2024 down 25.3% 10th
Coconuts, in shell — Gross Production Value 734,723 1000 USD 2024 down 15.8% 4th
Cashew nuts, in shell — Gross Production Index Number 136.99 2024 up 176.0% 8th
Cashew nuts, in shell — Gross per capita Production Index Number 129.18 2024 up 157.4% 8th
Millet and products — Export quantity 0 1000 t 2023 — 40th
Sesame seed — Gross Production Value 22,467 1000 USD 2024 up 3.1% 18th
Lemons and limes — Gross Production Value 3.96 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 597.9% 25th
Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults 1 million No 2023 up 100.0% 62nd
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 113 kg/An 2024 unchanged 22nd
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Production 8,900 t 2024 down 33.0% 13th
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested 98,783 ha 2024 down 23.3% 15th
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield 701.2 kg/ha 2024 down 17.3% 23rd
Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — Yield/Carcass Weight 34 kg/An 2024 unchanged 10th
Coffee, green — Gross Production Value 16,793 1000 USD 2024 up 52.8% 24th
Soybean yields 1.93 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 76.8% 46th
Cassava and products — Other uses 6 1000 t 2023 down 68.4% 43rd
Beans — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 77th
Soyabeans — Processing 11 1000 t 2023 down 15.4% 88th
Groundnut Oil — Export quantity 0 1000 t 2023 — 21st
Natural rubber in primary forms — Gross Production Index Number 74.43 2024 down 36.5% 24th
Natural rubber in primary forms — Gross per capita Production Index 69.94 2024 down 40.8% 24th
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 28,523 1000 Int$ 2024 down 33.0% 13th
Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross Production Value 190,851 1000 USD 2024 up 15.7% 7th
Fertilizer production by nutrient type 0 tonnes 2023 — 29th
Oranges — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.01 2024 — 84th
Agricultural tractors, total — Export Value 32 1000 USD 2008 down 82.0% 123rd
2.1.2 Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (male) 823.8 1000 No 2024 up 73.5% 62nd
Raw milk of cattle — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.01 2024 — 96th
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Gross Production Value 371,209 1000 USD 2024 up 59.7% 2nd
Agricultural tractors, total — Export Quantity 4 No 2008 down 87.9% 110th
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employees in agriculture in 14.5 % 2023 down 23.9% 5th
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total 33.21 % 2023 down 11.5% 24th
Spices, Other — Production 91 1000 t 2023 up 152.8% 16th
Cottonseed — Seed 0 t 2013 — 77th
Peas — Losses 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged 36th
Number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million) 0.9 million No 2023 up 80.0% 61st
Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults 1 million No 2023 up 150.0% 60th
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value 154,737 1000 Int$ 2024 up 8.9% 1st
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Production 370,085 t 2024 up 8.9% 1st
Countries that are contracting Parties to the International Treaty on 1 2025 unchanged 5th
Sweet potatoes — Losses 3 1000 t 2023 unchanged 54th
Number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million) 0.9 million No 2023 up 80.0% 61st
Bananas — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.02 2024 — 71st
Cottonseed — Production 0 1000 t 2018 — 72nd
Sunflowerseed Cake — Export Quantity 0 t 2013 — 61st
Copra Cake — Production 27,600 t 2013 up 162.9% 6th