Agriculture in Sri Lanka: production, rankings and trends
Main agricultural products in Sri Lanka with FAOSTAT histories, records, yields and global rankings.
Products121products with a statistical page
Best world positionN°1at least one product ranks first
Products ranked world #11products currently ranked first
Top-10 products13products in the global top ten
What the data show
The currently eligible series for Sri Lanka cover 121 products. 1 products currently place Sri Lanka at world rank #1, including Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c.. In total, 13 products rank in the global Top 10.
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How many products are covered for Sri Lanka?
121 products currently have an eligible page in this language.
What is best world rank?
Best position means the highest rank reached among tracked products. For Sri Lanka it is #1, and 1 products currently rank world #1.
What is the source of Sri Lanka agricultural data?
The core series come from FAOSTAT. Terra Cultiva then calculates trends, records and rankings.
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121 visible results
| Product | Metric | Latest value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals, primary | Production | 4.93M t 2024 | #59 |
| Rice | Production | 4.70M t 2024 | #19 |
| Coconuts, in shell | Production | 1.81M t 2024 | #6 |
| Tea leaves | Production | 1.51M t 2024 | #4 |
| Vegetables Primary | Production | 1.12M t 2024 | #74 |
| Fruit Primary | Production | 1.09M t 2024 | #87 |
| Plantains and cooking bananas | Production | 742.6k t 2024 | #11 |
| Sugar cane | Production | 697.0k t 2024 | #55 |
| Sugar Crops Primary | Production | 697.0k t 2024 | #82 |
| Roots and Tubers, Total | Production | 432.2k t 2024 | #101 |
| Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent | Production | 370.1k t 2024 | #12 |
| Cassava, fresh | Production | 312.2k t 2024 | #41 |
| Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent | Production | 250.4k t 2024 | #56 |
| Maize (corn) | Production | 223.5k t 2024 | #91 |
| Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens | Production | 176.2k t 2024 | #29 |
| Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent | Production | 166.7k t 2024 | #60 |
| Pumpkins, squash and gourds | Production | 162.8k t 2024 | #32 |
| Other beans, green | Production | 147.1k t 2024 | #11 |
| Eggplants (aubergines) | Production | 124.2k t 2024 | #17 |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | Production | 120.9k t 2024 | #73 |
| Cabbages | Production | 106.8k t 2024 | #50 |
| Hen eggs in shell, fresh | Production | 94.8k t 2024 | #55 |
| Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) | Production | 87.8k t 2024 | #44 |
| Tomatoes | Production | 74.2k t 2024 | #87 |
| Carrots and turnips | Production | 73.2k t 2024 | #55 |
| Okra | Production | 72.6k t 2024 | #15 |
| Areca nuts | Production | 70.9k t 2024 | #6 |
| Natural rubber in primary forms | Production | 69.3k t 2024 | #17 |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | Production | 64.7k t 2024 | #58 |
| Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) | Production | 53.3k t 2024 | #85 |
| Ginger, raw | Production | 52.0k t 2024 | #10 |
| Cucumbers and gherkins | Production | 51.4k t 2024 | #57 |
| Pineapples | Production | 50.4k t 2024 | #41 |
| Sweet potatoes | Production | 49.8k t 2024 | #57 |
| Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables | Production | 47.0k t 2024 | #14 |
| Pepper (Piper spp.), raw | Production | 44.5k t 2024 | #7 |
| Potatoes | Production | 42.2k t 2024 | #114 |
| Groundnuts, excluding shelled | Production | 29.0k t 2024 | #47 |
| Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw | Production | 20.6k t 2024 | #4 |
| Pulses, Total | Production | 17.9k t 2024 | #114 |
| Treenuts, Total | Production | 17.6k t 2024 | #58 |
| Cashew nuts, in shell | Production | 17.6k t 2024 | #19 |
| Citrus Fruit, Total | Production | 17.5k t 2024 | #90 |
| Avocados | Production | 12.9k t 2024 | #37 |
| Cow peas, dry | Production | 11.4k t 2024 | #23 |
| Sesame seed | Production | 10.5k t 2024 | #37 |
| Lemons and limes | Production | 10.1k t 2024 | #55 |
| Millet | Production | 8.7k t 2024 | #50 |
| Unmanufactured tobacco | Production | 8.5k t 2024 | #41 |
| Oranges | Production | 7.4k t 2024 | #81 |
| Beans, dry | Production | 6.5k t 2024 | #74 |
| Soya beans | Production | 6.2k t 2024 | #72 |
| Cloves (whole stems), raw | Production | 5.8k t 2024 | #5 |
| Coffee, green | Production | 5.1k t 2024 | #43 |
| Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. | Production | 5.0k t 2024 | #21 |
| Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw | Production | 4.1k t 2024 | #6 |
| Cocoa beans | Production | 1.2k t 2024 | #34 |
| Mustard seed | Production | 449 t 2024 | #13 |
| Sorghum | Production | 160 t 2024 | #99 |
| Eggs from other birds in shell, fresh, n.e.c. | Production | 45 t 2024 | #36 |
| Milk, Total | Production | 537.8k t 2024 | #90 |
| Raw milk of cattle | Production | 430.0k t 2024 | #95 |
| Meat, Poultry | Production | 258.6k t 2024 | #55 |
| Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled | Production | 258.5k t 2024 | #53 |
| Eggs Primary | Production | 94.8k t 2024 | #55 |
| Raw milk of buffalo | Production | 91.7k t 2024 | #10 |
| Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary | Production | 29.8k t 2024 | #114 |
| Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 20.9k t 2024 | #120 |
| Raw milk of goats | Production | 16.1k t 2024 | #68 |
| Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled | Production | 8.9k t 2024 | #15 |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 3.8k t 2024 | #95 |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | Production | 3.1k t 2024 | #100 |
| Raw hides and skins of buffaloes | Production | 2.7k t 2024 | #13 |
| Meat of goat, fresh or chilled | Production | 2.7k t 2024 | #87 |
| Sheep and Goat Meat | Production | 2.7k t 2024 | #119 |
| Edible offal of buffalo, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 2.3k t 2024 | #12 |
| Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 924 t 2024 | #142 |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | Production | 752 t 2024 | #96 |
| Buffalo fat, unrendered | Production | 356 t 2024 | #14 |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 201 t 2024 | #94 |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | Production | 201 t 2024 | #92 |
| Goat fat, unrendered | Production | 65 t 2024 | #83 |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 25 t 2024 | #127 |
| Fat of pigs | Production | 23 t 2024 | #129 |
| Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled | Production | 22 t 2024 | #65 |
| Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. | Production | 370.1k t 2024 | #1 |
| Cantaloupes and other melons | Production | 22.8k t 2024 | #56 |
| Cauliflowers and broccoli | Production | 2.0k t 2024 | #68 |
| Cattle and Buffaloes | Stocks | 1.46M head 2024 | #98 |
| Cattle | Stocks | 1.13M head 2024 | #103 |
| Sheep and Goats | Stocks | 369.3k head 2024 | #128 |
| Goats | Stocks | 351.5k head 2024 | #97 |
| Buffalo | Stocks | 336.5k head 2024 | #18 |
| Meat, Total | Production | 291.9k t 2024 | #96 |
| Beer of barley, malted | Production | 210.0k t 2023 | #76 |
| Coir, raw | Production | 164.5k t 2024 | #3 |
| Swine / pigs | Stocks | 109.7k head 2024 | #111 |
| Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) | Production | 66.0k t 2023 | #84 |
| Skim milk of cows | Production | 62.3k t 2023 | #86 |
| Coconut oil | Production | 43.5k t 2023 | #8 |
| Molasses | Production | 25.6k t 2023 | #82 |
| Whole milk, condensed | Production | 20.9k t 2023 | #17 |
| Evaporated & Condensed Milk | Production | 20.9k t 2023 | #38 |
| Poultry Birds | Stocks | 18.73M head 2024 | #99 |
| Chickens | Stocks | 18.72M head 2024 | #97 |
| Sheep | Stocks | 17.8k head 2024 | #147 |
| Margarine and shortening | Production | 7.7k t 2023 | #65 |
| Butter of cow milk | Production | 2.6k t 2023 | #75 |
| Butter and Ghee | Production | 2.6k t 2023 | #84 |
| Soya bean oil | Production | 2.0k t 2023 | #86 |
| Horses | Stocks | 1.3k head 2024 | #124 |
| Groundnut oil | Production | 588 t 2023 | #69 |
| Oil of sesame seed | Production | 500 t 2023 | #48 |
| Ducks | Stocks | 16.0k head 2024 | #69 |
| Green tea (not fermented), black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg | Production | 259.3k t 2023 | #6 |
| Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh | Production | 27.9k t 2024 | #28 |
| Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled | Production | 160 t 1990 | — |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | Production | 16 t 1990 | — |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 12 t 1990 | — |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | Production | 3.9 t 1990 | — |
| Seed cotton, unginned | Production | 0.00 t 1996 | — |