Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price was 374.6 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — producer price in Sri Lanka is 374.6 USD, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 34.2% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price in Sri Lanka peaked at 374.6 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 138 USD, in 2004.
Sri Lanka ranks 44th of 71 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 167.3 USD | — |
| 1992 | 180.2 USD | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 182.3 USD | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 187.8 USD | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 187.7 USD | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 189.4 USD | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 188.5 USD | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 176.6 USD | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 162.7 USD | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 151.4 USD | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 141.3 USD | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 140.3 USD | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 144.8 USD | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 138 USD | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 164 USD | +18.8% |
| 2006 | 169.2 USD | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 195.1 USD | +15.3% |
| 2008 | 277.3 USD | +42.1% |
| 2009 | 240.4 USD | -13.3% |
| 2010 | 245.1 USD | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 302.5 USD | +23.4% |
| 2012 | 283.2 USD | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 280.6 USD | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 296.2 USD | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 335.7 USD | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 331.6 USD | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 334 USD | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 306.2 USD | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 289.7 USD | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 286.3 USD | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 301.4 USD | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 289.8 USD | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 279.2 USD | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 374.6 USD | +34.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 180.28 USD | 162.7 USD | 189.4 USD | 9 |
| 2000s | 176.18 USD | 138 USD | 277.3 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 300.48 USD | 245.1 USD | 335.7 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 306.26 USD | 279.2 USD | 374.6 USD | 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)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 3,427 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.04 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 5,196 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 10.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 312.61 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 1.56 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 6.39 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — producer price in Sri Lanka?
- Sweet potatoes — producer price in Sri Lanka was 374.6 USD 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 374.6 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 138 USD in 2004.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sweet potatoes — producer price?
- Sri Lanka ranks 44th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — producer price rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Producer Price (USD/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.