Sorghum — Producer Price in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sorghum — Producer Price was 40,000 LCU in 2014. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, 1991–2014
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 40,000 LCU for sorghum — producer price in 2014.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.3% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — producer price in Sri Lanka peaked at 52,670 LCU in 2006 and was at its lowest, 12,540 LCU, in 1991.
That places Sri Lanka 25th out of 61 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Sorghum — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 12,540 LCU | — |
| 1992 | 14,400 LCU | +14.8% |
| 1993 | 15,010 LCU | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 15,200 LCU | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 17,190 LCU | +13.1% |
| 1996 | 19,120 LCU | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 22,890 LCU | +19.7% |
| 1998 | 31,310 LCU | +36.8% |
| 1999 | 30,010 LCU | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 26,310 LCU | -12.3% |
| 2001 | 26,310 LCU | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 32,550 LCU | +23.7% |
| 2003 | 33,630 LCU | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 40,650 LCU | +20.9% |
| 2005 | 40,420 LCU | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 52,670 LCU | +30.3% |
| 2013 | 30,000 LCU | -43.0% |
| 2014 | 40,000 LCU | +33.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19,741 LCU | 12,540 LCU | 31,310 LCU | 9 |
| 2000s | 36,077 LCU | 26,310 LCU | 52,670 LCU | 7 |
| 2010s | 35,000 LCU | 30,000 LCU | 40,000 LCU | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 22.92 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2965 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 1,483 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), annual growth rate 22.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per unit of GDP 89.22 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per capita 446,273 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 9.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.2244 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — producer price in Sri Lanka?
- Sorghum — producer price in Sri Lanka was 40,000 LCU in 2014, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 52,670 LCU in 2006.
- What is the lowest sorghum — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,540 LCU in 1991.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sorghum — producer price?
- Sri Lanka ranks 25th out of 61 countries with data for 2014.
- Is sorghum — producer price rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — Producer Price (LCU/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.