Cereal yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Cereal yield was 3,804 kg per hectare in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal yield in Sri Lanka is 3,804 kg per hectare, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 25.4% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 4,733 kg per hectare in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,682 kg per hectare, in 1965.
Sri Lanka ranks 71st of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,951 kg per hectare | 1,682 kg per hectare | 2,427 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,986 kg per hectare | 1,753 kg per hectare | 2,338 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,825 kg per hectare | 2,501 kg per hectare | 3,066 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,057 kg per hectare | 2,902 kg per hectare | 3,400 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,520 kg per hectare | 3,283 kg per hectare | 3,791 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,803 kg per hectare | 3,046 kg per hectare | 4,724 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,028 kg per hectare | 3,033 kg per hectare | 4,733 kg per hectare | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
- Rural population 79.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 17.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 1.25 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal production 4.74 million metric tons (2023)
- Fertilizer consumption 153.94 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Sri Lanka?
- Cereal yield in Sri Lanka was 3,804 kg per hectare in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 4,733 kg per hectare in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,682 kg per hectare in 1965.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for cereal yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 71st out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield 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 FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.