Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.5192 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sri Lanka stood at 0.5192.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sri Lanka peaked at 1.26 in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.45, in 2021.
Sri Lanka ranks 61st of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.12 | 0.9224 | 1.26 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.06 | 0.8552 | 1.12 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8418 | 0.7776 | 0.9245 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5676 | 0.4826 | 0.8568 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5114 | 0.4718 | 0.5849 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5077 | 0.4613 | 0.5727 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5048 | 0.45 | 0.5651 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sri Lanka?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sri Lanka was 0.5192 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1.26 in 1965.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.45 in 2021.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Sri Lanka ranks 61st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).