Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Producer Price in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Producer Price was 1.85 million LCU in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 1.85 million LCU for pepper (piper spp.), raw — producer price in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 47.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — producer price in Sri Lanka peaked at 1.91 million LCU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 42,240 LCU, in 1993.
That places Sri Lanka 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 62,830 LCU | — |
| 1992 | 45,430 LCU | -27.7% |
| 1993 | 42,240 LCU | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 59,000 LCU | +39.7% |
| 1995 | 99,260 LCU | +68.2% |
| 1996 | 100,420 LCU | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 152,750 LCU | +52.1% |
| 1998 | 239,120 LCU | +56.5% |
| 1999 | 272,310 LCU | +13.9% |
| 2000 | 284,250 LCU | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 226,730 LCU | -20.2% |
| 2002 | 173,180 LCU | -23.6% |
| 2003 | 136,330 LCU | -21.3% |
| 2004 | 140,240 LCU | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 132,690 LCU | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 151,940 LCU | +14.5% |
| 2007 | 280,670 LCU | +84.7% |
| 2008 | 327,830 LCU | +16.8% |
| 2009 | 302,780 LCU | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 394,026 LCU | +30.1% |
| 2011 | 837,500 LCU | +112.5% |
| 2012 | 694,589 LCU | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 920,705 LCU | +32.6% |
| 2014 | 1.10 million LCU | +19.5% |
| 2015 | 1.25 million LCU | +13.5% |
| 2016 | 1.26 million LCU | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 612,308 LCU | -51.6% |
| 2018 | 616,757 LCU | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 669,459 LCU | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 546,000 LCU | -18.4% |
| 2021 | 1.06 million LCU | +93.6% |
| 2022 | 1.65 million LCU | +55.7% |
| 2023 | 1.91 million LCU | +15.9% |
| 2024 | 1.83 million LCU | -4.1% |
| 2025 | 1.85 million LCU | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 119,262 LCU | 42,240 LCU | 272,310 LCU | 9 |
| 2000s | 215,664 LCU | 132,690 LCU | 327,830 LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 836,003 LCU | 394,026 LCU | 1.26 million LCU | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.47 million LCU | 546,000 LCU | 1.91 million LCU | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 2 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,764 LCU compare
- 2 Cambodia 9.80 million LCU compare
- 3 Madagascar 6.47 million LCU compare
- 4 Malawi 4.08 million LCU compare
- 6 Thailand 350,000 LCU compare
- 7 Philippines 148,125 LCU compare
- 8 Seychelles 94,390 LCU compare
More economy & growth data for Sri Lanka
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP -8.07 Percent per annum (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP -7.82 Percent per annum (2022)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 5.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 203.1 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 1.02 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 6.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.6 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 3,001 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 6.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7423 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — producer price in Sri Lanka?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — producer price in Sri Lanka was 1.85 million LCU in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1.91 million LCU in 2023.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,240 LCU in 1993.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — producer price?
- Sri Lanka ranks 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2025.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — producer price rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Producer Price (LCU/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.