Tea leaves — Producer Price in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Tea leaves — Producer Price was 186,820 LCU in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea leaves — producer price in Sri Lanka is 186,820 LCU, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 142.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — producer price in Sri Lanka peaked at 219,134 LCU in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17,940 LCU, in 1999.
That places Sri Lanka 10th out of 21 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 46,680 LCU | — |
| 1992 | 49,660 LCU | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 50,410 LCU | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 51,945 LCU | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 55,070 LCU | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 62,865 LCU | +14.2% |
| 1997 | 73,990 LCU | +17.7% |
| 1998 | 96,170 LCU | +30.0% |
| 1999 | 17,940 LCU | -81.3% |
| 2000 | 21,090 LCU | +17.6% |
| 2001 | 21,050 LCU | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 21,830 LCU | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 21,079 LCU | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 26,430 LCU | +25.4% |
| 2005 | 27,180 LCU | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 29,190 LCU | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 40,860 LCU | +40.0% |
| 2008 | 45,450 LCU | +11.2% |
| 2009 | 52,710 LCU | +16.0% |
| 2016 | 77,045 LCU | +46.2% |
| 2017 | 94,749 LCU | +23.0% |
| 2018 | 87,557 LCU | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 83,515 LCU | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 95,405 LCU | +14.2% |
| 2021 | 92,904 LCU | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 219,134 LCU | +135.9% |
| 2023 | 173,481 LCU | -20.8% |
| 2024 | 189,640 LCU | +9.3% |
| 2025 | 186,820 LCU | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 56,081 LCU | 17,940 LCU | 96,170 LCU | 9 |
| 2000s | 30,687 LCU | 21,050 LCU | 52,710 LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 85,716 LCU | 77,045 LCU | 94,749 LCU | 4 |
| 2020s | 159,564 LCU | 92,904 LCU | 219,134 LCU | 6 |
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)
- 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 tea leaves — producer price in Sri Lanka?
- Tea leaves — producer price in Sri Lanka was 186,820 LCU in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 219,134 LCU in 2022.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,940 LCU in 1999.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for tea leaves — producer price?
- Sri Lanka ranks 10th out of 21 countries with data for 2025.
- Is tea leaves — producer price rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 142.5%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.