# Potato production in Sri Lanka

Potato production in Sri Lanka was 42,207 tonnes in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `potato_production`
- Place id: `lk`
- Unit: tonnes
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Citation: 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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| 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 |