Sri Lanka Arable Land 1960-2024
Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
- Sri Lanka arable land for 2022 was 0, a 100% decline from 2021.
- Sri Lanka arable land for 2021 was 1,372,000, a 0% increase from 2020.
- Sri Lanka arable land for 2020 was 1,372,000, a 0.03% increase from 2019.
- Sri Lanka arable land for 2019 was 1,371,573, a 0% increase from 2018.
| Sri Lanka Arable Land - Historical Data |
| Year |
Hectares |
Per Capita |
Percent |
| 2022 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00% |
| 2021 |
1,372,000 |
0.06 |
22.18% |
| 2020 |
1,372,000 |
0.06 |
22.18% |
| 2019 |
1,371,573 |
0.06 |
22.17% |
| 2018 |
1,371,600 |
0.06 |
22.17% |
| 2017 |
1,320,200 |
0.06 |
21.33% |
| 2016 |
1,310,000 |
0.06 |
21.17% |
| 2015 |
1,300,000 |
0.06 |
21.00% |
| 2014 |
1,300,000 |
0.06 |
20.73% |
| 2013 |
1,300,000 |
0.06 |
20.73% |
| 2012 |
1,300,000 |
0.06 |
20.73% |
| 2011 |
1,300,000 |
0.06 |
20.73% |
| 2010 |
1,200,000 |
0.06 |
19.14% |
| 2009 |
1,200,000 |
0.06 |
19.14% |
| 2008 |
1,200,000 |
0.06 |
19.14% |
| 2007 |
1,000,000 |
0.05 |
15.95% |
| 2006 |
1,050,000 |
0.05 |
16.74% |
| 2005 |
1,100,000 |
0.06 |
17.54% |
| 2004 |
900,000 |
0.05 |
14.35% |
| 2003 |
950,000 |
0.05 |
15.15% |
| 2002 |
936,000 |
0.05 |
14.93% |
| 2001 |
916,000 |
0.05 |
14.61% |
| 2000 |
915,000 |
0.05 |
14.59% |
| 1999 |
905,000 |
0.05 |
14.43% |
| 1998 |
889,000 |
0.05 |
14.18% |
| 1997 |
888,000 |
0.05 |
14.16% |
| 1996 |
887,000 |
0.05 |
14.14% |
| 1995 |
886,000 |
0.05 |
14.13% |
| 1994 |
883,000 |
0.05 |
14.08% |
| 1993 |
880,000 |
0.05 |
14.03% |
| 1992 |
905,000 |
0.05 |
14.43% |
| 1991 |
903,000 |
0.05 |
14.40% |
| 1990 |
900,000 |
0.05 |
14.35% |
| 1989 |
901,000 |
0.05 |
14.37% |
| 1988 |
898,000 |
0.05 |
14.32% |
| 1987 |
895,000 |
0.05 |
14.27% |
| 1986 |
887,000 |
0.05 |
14.14% |
| 1985 |
876,000 |
0.05 |
13.97% |
| 1984 |
872,000 |
0.05 |
13.91% |
| 1983 |
869,000 |
0.06 |
13.86% |
| 1982 |
857,000 |
0.06 |
13.67% |
| 1981 |
900,000 |
0.06 |
14.35% |
| 1980 |
900,000 |
0.06 |
14.35% |
| 1979 |
900,000 |
0.06 |
14.35% |
| 1978 |
1,000,000 |
0.07 |
15.95% |
| 1977 |
950,000 |
0.07 |
15.15% |
| 1976 |
900,000 |
0.06 |
14.35% |
| 1975 |
850,000 |
0.06 |
13.55% |
| 1974 |
834,000 |
0.06 |
13.30% |
| 1973 |
828,000 |
0.06 |
13.20% |
| 1972 |
822,000 |
0.06 |
13.11% |
| 1971 |
816,000 |
0.06 |
13.01% |
| 1970 |
810,000 |
0.07 |
12.92% |
| 1969 |
804,000 |
0.07 |
12.82% |
| 1968 |
798,000 |
0.07 |
12.73% |
| 1967 |
792,000 |
0.07 |
12.63% |
| 1966 |
792,000 |
0.07 |
12.63% |
| 1965 |
793,000 |
0.07 |
12.65% |
| 1964 |
790,000 |
0.07 |
12.60% |
| 1963 |
792,000 |
0.08 |
12.63% |
| 1962 |
577,000 |
0.06 |
9.20% |
| 1961 |
595,000 |
0.06 |
9.49% |
| 1960 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00% |
