Potato production in Sri Lanka

Potato production in Sri Lanka was 42,207 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 3.6% from 2023. That is the 114th highest of 154 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes42,207

Change on 2023+3.6%

Rank114th of 154Countries ranked

Series high101,6422019

Series low1,1481962

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Potato production in Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	tonnes
2024	42,207
2023	40,749
2022	47,614
2021	75,911
2020	65,085
2019	101,642
2018	88,897
2017	73,358
2016	95,805
2015	94,896
2014	82,372
2013	78,750
2012	72,200
2011	59,360
2010	51,930
2009	61,700
2008	74,820
2007	77,390
2006	78,490
2005	79,450
2004	81,270
2003	71,750
2002	88,710
2001	57,680
2000	48,410
1999	27,170
1998	25,900
1997	66,484
1996	100,755
1995	81,657
1994	79,385
1993	78,180
1992	78,562
1991	66,737
1990	87,200
1989	83,500
1988	87,500
1987	81,042
1986	82,482
1985	89,000
1984	68,300
1983	89,800
1982	76,893
1981	66,000
1980	51,121
1979	37,900
1978	29,098
1977	29,102
1976	27,876
1975	21,924
1974	26,896
1973	26,384
1972	31,279
1971	30,500
1970	31,741
1969	26,927
1968	18,270
1967	11,509
1966	7,361
1965	2,117
1964	4,721
1963	7,271
1962	1,148
1961	3,928

Rankings

Countries by potato production 160 places
EU countries by potato production 27 places

Definition

Quantity of potatoes produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

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. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_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. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (Potato production, Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510), Potato production, Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/sri-lanka. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Potato production, Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/sri-lanka.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510), Potato production, Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/sri-lanka (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510): Potato production, Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/sri-lanka. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_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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