Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price was 112,660 SLC in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 112,660 SLC for sweet potatoes — producer price in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.2% on the previous year and up 191.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price in Sri Lanka peaked at 112,660 SLC in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,920 SLC, in 1991.
That places Sri Lanka 23rd out of 73 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 6,920 SLC | — |
| 1992 | 7,900 SLC | +14.2% |
| 1993 | 8,810 SLC | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 9,280 SLC | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 9,620 SLC | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 10,470 SLC | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 11,120 SLC | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 11,380 SLC | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 11,490 SLC | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 11,660 SLC | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 12,630 SLC | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 13,420 SLC | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 13,980 SLC | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 13,960 SLC | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 16,480 SLC | +18.1% |
| 2006 | 17,580 SLC | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 21,580 SLC | +22.8% |
| 2008 | 30,040 SLC | +39.2% |
| 2009 | 27,630 SLC | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 27,710 SLC | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 33,450 SLC | +20.7% |
| 2012 | 36,140 SLC | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 36,223 SLC | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 38,678 SLC | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 45,604 SLC | +17.9% |
| 2016 | 48,269 SLC | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 50,911 SLC | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 49,740 SLC | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 51,790 SLC | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 53,134 SLC | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 59,391 SLC | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 93,506 SLC | +57.4% |
| 2023 | 91,434 SLC | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 112,660 SLC | +23.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,666 SLC | 6,920 SLC | 11,490 SLC | 9 |
| 2000s | 17,896 SLC | 11,660 SLC | 30,040 SLC | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,851 SLC | 27,710 SLC | 51,790 SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,025 SLC | 53,134 SLC | 112,660 SLC | 5 |
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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)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), annual growth rate 38.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0608 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per capita 276.26 current US$ per person (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 5.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.0674 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 337.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 5.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU), per 20.29 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — producer price in Sri Lanka?
- Sweet potatoes — producer price in Sri Lanka was 112,660 SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 112,660 SLC in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,920 SLC in 1991.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sweet potatoes — producer price?
- Sri Lanka ranks 23rd out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — producer price rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 191.3%. 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 (SLC/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.