Agricultural land in Sri Lanka
Agricultural land made up 48.8% of the land area of Sri Lanka in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.
Sri Lanka, 2024
48.8%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
World, 2023
36.9%
Position in 2024
64th of 208
Agricultural land in Sri Lanka over time
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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48.8% | – |
| 2023 | 48.6% | 36.9% |
| 2022 | 45.5% | 37.0% |
| 2021 | 45.5% | 37.0% |
| 2020 | 45.5% | 36.9% |
| 2019 | 45.4% | 36.9% |
| 2018 | 45.4% | 36.9% |
| 2017 | 44.6% | 37.0% |
| 2016 | 44.4% | 36.8% |
| 2015 | 44.3% | 36.8% |
| 2014 | 43.7% | 37.0% |
| 2013 | 43.7% | 37.0% |
| 2012 | 43.7% | 37.0% |
| 2011 | 43.5% | 36.7% |
| 2010 | 41.8% | 36.5% |
| 2009 | 41.6% | 36.5% |
| 2008 | 41.4% | 36.5% |
| 2007 | 38.0% | 36.6% |
| 2006 | 38.8% | 36.6% |
| 2005 | 39.7% | 36.6% |
| 2004 | 36.5% | 36.6% |
| 2003 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
| 2002 | 37.6% | 37.1% |
| 2001 | 37.5% | 37.2% |
| 2000 | 37.5% | 37.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 48.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 43.7%, the figure has changed by +5.1 percentage points.
- Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Sri Lanka has the 64th highest value.
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Cereal yield
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Cost of a healthy diet
Int$5.21e (Estimate) per person per day
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Healthy diet unaffordable
34.9%e (Estimate)
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Pesticide use
1.59e (Estimate) kg/ha
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Nitrogen fertiliser use
54.6e (Estimate) kg/ha
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