Agriculture & Rural in Sri Lanka

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

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross Production Value 29.12 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 38.0% 8th
Cotton seed — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.02 2024 — 49th
Rice — Import dependency ratio 0 2024 — 42nd
Rice — Self-sufficiency ratio 1 2024 unchanged 15th
Pimento — Losses 2 1000 t 2023 unchanged 19th
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Gross Production Value 78.90 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 169.6% 2nd
Rubber — Stock Variation 0 t 2013 — 3rd
Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry] 3.5 % 2024 up 322.9% 17th
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment 63.64 % 2024 down 12.7% 38th
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and 5.75 % 2023 up 11.0% 14th
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value 0.2 million No 2024 down 50.0% 17th
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in fishing and aquaculture 118.15 1000 No 2023 up 8.2% 11th
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 11.91 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 169.9% 10th
Abaca — Export Quantity 0 t 2013 — 4th
Soya beans — Terms of trade 178.45 % 2024 up 433.6% 11th
Pineapples — Terms of trade 394.51 % 2024 up 406.5% 10th
Sesameseed Oil — Production 1 1000 t 2023 — 37th
Rape and Mustardseed — Losses 121 t 2013 up 26.0% 40th
Population in severe food insecurity 250.9 num th 2024 up 75.9% 89th
Cassava and products — Stock Variation 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% 9th
Number of newborns with low birthweight (million) — Value 0.1 million No 2020 unchanged 12th
Sesame seed — Processing 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged 42nd
Sesame seed — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 27th
Butter, Ghee — Feed 0 1000 t 2023 — 11th
Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry] -21.32 % 2024 down 50.7% 44th
Copra Cake — Stock Variation 0 t 2013 up 100.0% 5th
Palm kernels — Domestic supply quantity 0 1000 t 2023 — 45th
Palm kernels — Residuals 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st
Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry]: Total -1.12 % 2024 up 69.1% 26th
Rape and Mustardseed — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 37th
Groundnut Cake — Stock Variation 0 t 2013 — 3rd
Rape and Mustardseed — Feed 1 t 2013 — 36th
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Non-agricultural 21.33 % 2024 up 45.4% 12th
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total AFS 1.44 % 2024 down 61.7% 29th
Cottonseed — Losses 0 t 2013 — 33rd
Cow peas, dry — Gross Production Value 6.82 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 212.5% 10th
Non-Cereals — Food aid received 164 t 2016 down 98.5% 78th
Barley — Terms of trade 126.21 % 2024 up 146.1% 19th
Tea (including mate) — Losses 15 1000 t 2023 down 16.7% 13th
Cocoa Beans and products — Production 1 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% 38th
Sorghum — Import dependency ratio 0.03 2014 — 31st
Sorghum — Self-sufficiency ratio 0.97 2014 — 42nd
Hard Fibres, Other — Production 147,000 t 2013 up 7.9% 2nd
Hard Fibres, Other — Stock Variation 0 t 2013 down 100.0% 1st
Cereals — Food aid received 898 t 2015 down 98.9% 84th
Palm kernels — Stock Variation 0 1000 t 2023 — 24th
Rice — Terms of trade 53.95 % 2024 down 97.2% 44th
Mustard seed — Gross Production Value 181,845 1000 SLC 2024 up 393.1% 8th
Oranges, Mandarines — Processing 1 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% 43rd
FDI inflows to Food, Beverages and Tobacco — Value US$ 49.6 million USD 2016 up 42.8% 32nd
Plantains — Losses 66 1000 t 2023 up 29.4% 16th
Tea (including mate) — Production 1,434 1000 t 2023 down 20.8% 5th
Green tea (not fermented), black tea (fermented) and partly fermented 259,294 t 2023 down 23.8% 5th
FDI inflows to Food, Beverages and Tobacco — Value US$, 2015 prices 50.41 million USD 2016 down 1.8% 28th
FDI inflows to Food, Beverages and Tobacco — Share of Total FDI 6.6 % 2016 down 5.3% 11th
Land used for agriculture 1.45 million 2010 down 4.3% 117th
Cropland area 1.16 million 2010 down 3.8% 96th
Other Agricultural tractors (two-axle tractors) — Import Value 15,178 1000 USD 2009 up 405.4% 68th
Credit to Fishery — Value Standard Local Currency 28,343 million SLC 2022 up 172.7% 3rd
Credit to Fishery — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices 14,324 million SLC 2022 up 23.6% 2nd