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Agricultural land in Sri Lanka

Agricultural land in Sri Lanka was 48.8% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.2 pts from 2023. That is the 67th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202448.8% Estimated
Change on 2023+0.2 pts
Rank67th of 224Countries ranked
Series high48.82024
Series low27.21962

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Agricultural land in Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024

25303540455019611971198119912001201120241961: 27.5 %1962: 27.2 %1963: 32.9 %1964: 33.5 %1965: 34.4 %1966: 35.2 %1967: 36 %1968: 37 %1969: 37.1 %1970: 37.2 %1971: 37.3 %1972: 37.4 %1973: 37.5 %1974: 37.6 %1975: 37.6 %1976: 38.2 %1977: 38.8 %1978: 39.4 %1979: 37.6 %1980: 37.5 %1981: 37.5 %1982: 36.6 %1983: 36.8 %1984: 36.9 %1985: 36.9 %1986: 37.1 %1987: 37.2 %1988: 37.3 %1989: 37.3 %1990: 37.3 %1991: 37.4 %1992: 37.2 %1993: 37 %1994: 37 %1995: 37.1 %1996: 37.1 %1997: 37.1 %1998: 37.1 %1999: 37.4 %2000: 37.5 %2001: 37.5 %2002: 37.6 %2003: 38.1 %2004: 36.5 %2005: 39.8 %2006: 38.8 %2007: 38 %2008: 41.4 %2009: 41.6 %2010: 41.8 %2011: 43.5 %2012: 43.7 %2013: 43.7 %2014: 43.7 %2015: 44.3 %2016: 44.4 %2017: 44.6 %2018: 45.5 %2019: 45.5 %2020: 45.5 %2021: 45.5 %2022: 45.5 %2023: 48.6 %2024: 48.8 %2030405019611983200520241961: 27.5 %1962: 27.2 %1963: 32.9 %1964: 33.5 %1965: 34.4 %1966: 35.2 %1967: 36 %1968: 37 %1969: 37.1 %1970: 37.2 %1971: 37.3 %1972: 37.4 %1973: 37.5 %1974: 37.6 %1975: 37.6 %1976: 38.2 %1977: 38.8 %1978: 39.4 %1979: 37.6 %1980: 37.5 %1981: 37.5 %1982: 36.6 %1983: 36.8 %1984: 36.9 %1985: 36.9 %1986: 37.1 %1987: 37.2 %1988: 37.3 %1989: 37.3 %1990: 37.3 %1991: 37.4 %1992: 37.2 %1993: 37 %1994: 37 %1995: 37.1 %1996: 37.1 %1997: 37.1 %1998: 37.1 %1999: 37.4 %2000: 37.5 %2001: 37.5 %2002: 37.6 %2003: 38.1 %2004: 36.5 %2005: 39.8 %2006: 38.8 %2007: 38 %2008: 41.4 %2009: 41.6 %2010: 41.8 %2011: 43.5 %2012: 43.7 %2013: 43.7 %2014: 43.7 %2015: 44.3 %2016: 44.4 %2017: 44.6 %2018: 45.5 %2019: 45.5 %2020: 45.5 %2021: 45.5 %2022: 45.5 %2023: 48.6 %2024: 48.8 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202448.8 Estimated
202348.6 Estimated
202245.5 Estimated
202145.5 Estimated
202045.5 Estimated
201945.5 Estimated
201845.5 Estimated
201744.6 Estimated
201644.4 Estimated
201544.3 Estimated
201443.7 Estimated
201343.7 Estimated
201243.7 Estimated
201143.5 Estimated
201041.8 Estimated
200941.6 Estimated
200841.4 Estimated
200738 Estimated
200638.8 Estimated
200539.8 Estimated
200436.5 Estimated
200338.1 Estimated
200237.6 Estimated
200137.5 Estimated
200037.5 Estimated
199937.4 Estimated
199837.1 Estimated
199737.1 Estimated
199637.1 Estimated
199537.1 Estimated
199437 Estimated
199337 Estimated
199237.2 Estimated
199137.4 Estimated
199037.3 Estimated
198937.3 Estimated
198837.3 Estimated
198737.2 Estimated
198637.1 Estimated
198536.9 Estimated
198436.9 Estimated
198336.8 Estimated
198236.6 Estimated
198137.5 Estimated
198037.5 Estimated
197937.6 Estimated
197839.4 Estimated
197738.8 Estimated
197638.2 Estimated
197537.6 Estimated
197437.6 Estimated
197337.5 Estimated
197237.4 Estimated
197137.3 Estimated
197037.2 Estimated
196937.1 Estimated
196837 Estimated
196736 Estimated
196635.2 Estimated
196534.4 Estimated
196433.5 Estimated
196332.9 Estimated
196227.2 Estimated
196127.5 Estimated

Sri Lanka compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Sri Lanka is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/sri-lanka. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/sri-lanka.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/sri-lanka (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Sri Lanka?

Agricultural land in Sri Lanka was 48.8% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.2 pts from 2023. That is the 67th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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48.8% in 2024, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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