Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index was 290.04 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Sri Lanka, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
In 2025, sweet potatoes — producer price index in Sri Lanka stood at 290.04. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 13.8% on the previous year and up 181.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price index in Sri Lanka peaked at 290.04 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 15.66, in 1991.
Sri Lanka ranks 11th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 15.66 | — |
| 1992 | 17.88 | +14.2% |
| 1993 | 19.94 | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 21 | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 21.77 | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 23.7 | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 25.17 | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 25.76 | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 26.01 | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 26.39 | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 28.59 | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 30.37 | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 31.64 | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 31.6 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 37.3 | +18.0% |
| 2006 | 39.79 | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 48.84 | +22.7% |
| 2008 | 67.99 | +39.2% |
| 2009 | 62.53 | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 62.72 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 75.71 | +20.7% |
| 2012 | 81.8 | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 81.98 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 87.54 | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 103.21 | +17.9% |
| 2016 | 109.25 | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 115.23 | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 112.58 | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 117.22 | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 120.26 | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 134.42 | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 211.63 | +57.4% |
| 2023 | 206.94 | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 254.98 | +23.2% |
| 2025 | 290.04 | +13.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.88 | 15.66 | 26.01 | 9 |
| 2000s | 40.5 | 26.39 | 67.99 | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.72 | 62.72 | 117.22 | 10 |
| 2020s | 203.04 | 120.26 | 290.04 | 6 |
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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 sweet potatoes — producer price index in Sri Lanka?
- Sweet potatoes — producer price index in Sri Lanka was 290.04 in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — producer price index recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 290.04 in 2025.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price index recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.66 in 1991.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sweet potatoes — producer price index?
- Sri Lanka ranks 11th out of 82 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sweet potatoes — producer price index rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 181.0%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index (2014-2016 = 100). 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.