Rice production in Sri Lanka

Rice production in Sri Lanka was 4,698,453 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 4.1% from 2023. That is the 19th highest of 135 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes4,698,453

Change on 2023+4.1%

Rank19th of 135Countries ranked

Series high5,149,5962021

Series low764,1581965

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Rice production in Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	tonnes
2024	4,698,453
2023	4,513,431
2022	3,392,905
2021	5,149,596
2020	5,120,924
2019	4,592,056
2018	3,929,831
2017	2,383,153
2016	4,420,085
2015	4,819,000
2014	3,381,000
2013	4,621,000
2012	3,845,941
2011	3,894,890
2010	4,300,620
2009	3,651,670
2008	3,875,000
2007	3,131,000
2006	3,342,000
2005	3,246,000
2004	2,628,000
2003	3,071,200
2002	2,859,480
2001	2,695,080
2000	2,859,900
1999	2,857,100
1998	2,692,340
1997	2,239,370
1996	2,061,520
1995	2,809,890
1994	2,683,690
1993	2,570,000
1992	2,339,700
1991	2,389,000
1990	2,538,000
1989	2,063,437
1988	2,476,613
1987	2,127,832
1986	2,588,177
1985	2,661,211
1984	2,419,700
1983	2,483,526
1982	2,155,629
1981	2,229,346
1980	2,133,199
1979	1,917,223
1978	1,890,493
1977	1,677,294
1976	1,252,624
1975	1,154,161
1974	1,602,311
1973	1,312,420
1972	1,312,450
1971	1,395,780
1970	1,615,932
1969	1,375,959
1968	1,359,542
1967	1,158,154
1966	980,746
1965	764,158
1964	1,074,049
1963	1,045,908
1962	1,029,194
1961	923,024

Rankings

Countries by rice production 142 places
EU countries by rice production 26 places

Definition

Quantity of rice as paddy, the unhusked grain as harvested 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.

Paddy weight. Milled rice, the measure some other sources use, weighs about two thirds as much. 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): Rice, production, t (item 27, 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): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510) (Rice 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): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510), Rice 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/rice-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): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Rice 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/rice-production/sri-lanka.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510), Rice 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/rice-production/sri-lanka (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_rice_production_sri_lanka_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510): Rice 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/rice-production/sri-lanka. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, 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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