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Sri Lanka: Arable land (% of land area)

22.18percent · 2024+7.0% since 2014

Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202422.179
202322.179
202222.179
202122.179
202022.179
201922.171
201822.171
201721.33
201621.166
201521.004
201420.73
201320.73
201220.73
201120.73
201019.136
200919.136
200819.136
200715.946
200616.744
200517.541
200414.352
200315.149
200214.677
200114.363
200014.358
199914.124
199814.036
199714.025
199614.049
199514.152
199414.125
199313.956
199214.018
199114.219
199014.181
198914.047
198814.014
198713.975
198613.81
198513.743
198414.017
198313.87
198213.612
198114.038
198013.59
197914.216
197815.942
197715.361
197614.752
197514.188
197413.299
197313.204
197213.108
197113.012
197012.917
196912.821
196812.725
196712.63
196612.63
196512.646
196412.598
196312.63
19629.201
19619.488

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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