Arable land — Area, per capita in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Arable land — Area, per capita was 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Arable land — Area, per capita in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 ha per person.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.0001 1000 ha per person for arable land — area, per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — area, per capita in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 ha per person, in 2004.
That places Sri Lanka 122nd out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Arable land — Area, per capita in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +33.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -12.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0 1000 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 0 1000 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 0 1000 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0 1000 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0 1000 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +21.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 0 1000 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +19.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +0.6% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.0001 1000 ha per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0001 1000 ha per person, 59% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.0001 1000 ha per person is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0001 1000 ha per person, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land — Area, per capita in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +33.9% | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area, annual growth rate 0.395 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per capita 0.0001 1000 ha per person (2024)
- Arable land — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arable land — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — area, per capita in Sri Lanka?
- Arable land — area, per capita in Sri Lanka was 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest arable land — area, per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 1963.
- What is the lowest arable land — area, per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 ha per person in 2004.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for arable land — area, per capita?
- Sri Lanka ranks 122nd out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — area, per capita rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Arable land — Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Arable land — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Arable land — Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Arable land — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Arable land — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.