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Asia > Sri Lanka > Agriculture

SRI LANKAN AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 111 [70th of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 36.45 % of land area Time series [108th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 23,560 sq. km Time series [111st of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 10,500 Time series [85th of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 1,910 thousand hectares [86th of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 14.17 % of land area Time series [79th of 199]
Arable land > hectares 916,000 hectares Time series [112nd of 199]
Cereal production 111 thousand metric tons [70th of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 3,438.2 kg/ha Time series [51st of 171]
Cotton exports 0 thousand bales [73rd of 109]
Cotton production 5 [59th of 109]
Crop production index 94.9 % Time series [157th of 182]
Fertilizer use 128.9 kg [30th of 138]
Food production index 95.6 % Time series [164th of 182]
Labor share 45.2% [54th of 149]
Meat production 91 thousand metric tons [107th of 149]
Products
rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, tea, rubber, coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef; fish
Tractor concentration 4.2 [87th of 147]
Tractors 8,000 [85th of 147]
value added > annual % growth 2.5 % Time series [75th of 164]

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SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; United States Department of Agriculture; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

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