Environment in Sri Lanka

2,390 indicators covering environment for Sri Lanka.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Value US$, 2015 prices 2,153 million USD 2024 down 1.2% 33rd
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit 8.85 % 2024 down 14.8% 21st
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Ratio of Value Added 0.3094 2024 down 5.7% 36th
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Import value 42 1000 USD 2024 down 71.4% 158th
Forest rents 0.1% 2021 down 45.4% 119th
Water withdrawals per capita 563.57 cubic meters per person 2023 down 7.0% 52nd
Superphosphates above 35% — Import quantity 25,598 t 2024 down 73.0% 21st
Superphosphates above 35% — Import value 12,671 1000 USD 2024 down 63.2% 20th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Production 8,500 t 2024 unchanged 95th
Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of) 6.91 2022 up 21.3% 147th
Exported deforestation 2,554 hectares 2023 down 47.5% 41st
Imported deforestation 4,597 hectares 2023 up 142.9% 51st
Deforestation embedded in trade 2,043 hectares 2023 up 168.8% 70th
Consumption-based deforestation per person 4.47 square meters 2023 up 70.1% 76th
Dissolving wood pulp — Production 0 t 2024 29th
Percent of arable land equipped for irrigation (percent) (3-year) 10.3 % 2021 up 12.0% 16th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 0.0832 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 45.4% 101st
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 928.6 Square kilometres 2024 up 48.3% 49th
Industrial water withdrawal 831.00 million cubic meters 2023 unchanged 53rd
Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 27,248 1000 USD 2024 up 104.6% 66th
Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 3,226 t 2024 up 116.8% 73rd
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 3 t 2016 down 62.5% 101st
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 2 1000 USD 2016 down 50.0% 102nd
Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 9,726 t 2024 up 74.6% 48th
Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 47,171 1000 USD 2024 up 82.1% 52nd
Disinfectants, etc (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 471.99 t 2024 down 13.1% 125th
Disinfectants, etc (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 2,633 1000 USD 2024 up 37.2% 117th
Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 1,947 t 2024 up 33.9% 76th
Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 10,655 1000 USD 2024 up 79.2% 82nd
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent applications 1 Patents 2023 unchanged 66th
15.2.1 Forest area under an independently verified forest management 21.53 1000 ha 2024 up 41.8% 70th
Total official financial flows for water supply and sanitation, by recipient 65.21 million millions of constant united states dollars 2024 down 56.7% 37th
Case materials — Production 8,500 t 2024 unchanged 81st
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity 6 t 2016 down 98.8% 109th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import value 357 1000 USD 2016 up 6.2% 65th
Hazardous pesticides — Import quantity 171.53 t 2024 down 49.4% 44th
Hazardous pesticides — Import value 807.07 1000 USD 2024 down 37.2% 46th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 2,812 Hectares 2020 up 7.3% 97th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 1,372 Hectares 2020 up 14.3% 83rd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 2,372 Hectares 2020 up 8.8% 76th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 2,113 Hectares 2020 up 0.4% 96th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 6,186 Hectares 2020 down 1.4% 112th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 92nd
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 95th
Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 698.12 Square kilometres 2023 up 257.6% 56th
Urea — Export quantity 0.4 t 2024 down 94.2% 114th
Urea — Export value 0.21 1000 USD 2024 down 95.7% 115th
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants 2 Patents 2022 down 33.3% 44th
Wood residues — Production 10,000 m3 2024 up 233.3% 71st
Buffalo — Stocks 327,010 An 2023 down 14.1% 18th
Buffalo — Amount excreted in manure 11.27 million kg 2023 down 14.1% 19th
Buffalo — Manure left on pasture 5.24 million kg 2023 down 14.1% 16th
Buffalo — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 1.05 million kg 2023 down 14.1% 16th
Buffalo — Manure left on pasture that leaches 1.57 million kg 2023 down 14.1% 16th
Buffalo — Manure management 2.93 million kg 2023 down 14.1% 16th
Buffalo — Losses from manure treated 180,279 kg 2023 down 14.1% 18th
Buffalo — Manure applied to soils 2.75 million kg 2023 down 14.1% 16th
Buffalo — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 549,852 kg 2023 down 14.1% 16th
Buffalo — Manure applied to soils that leaches 824,778 kg 2023 down 14.1% 16th
Wood chips, particles and residues — Production 10,000 m3 2024 up 233.3% 84th