Sri Lanka (sheet total) (Maha) [Major]
Paddy Harvested Extent Ha. Hectares, annual.
362,075 Ha · 2025 (−0.1% on 2024)
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Data source: Department of Census and Statistics, Harvested Extent- Maha Seasons-1979-2025
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About this series
- Source Department of Census and Statistics, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit Hectares
- Date range 1983 – 2025
- Last checked 15 Sep 2026
Checks: 1 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Paddy Harvested Extent Ha: Sri Lanka (sheet total) (Maha) [Major]
- Read from
- DCS Paddy Statistics (Department of Census and Statistics)
- Source page
- http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Agriculture/StaticalInformation/PaddyStatistics
- Notes
- DCS Paddy Statistics, Harvested_Extent-Maha_Seasons-1979-2025.xlsx, district breakdown. Maha season, stored at the first calendar year of the split season per docs/conventions.md. Districts sum to the sheet's own 'Sri Lanka' row - see check_paddy_district_totals(). Not held elsewhere: the ESS/load_ess.py AGR.PADDY family is national-level only.
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Vintages
One vintage so far, published 15 Sep 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.
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Source discrepancies
What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.
- Error in the source1984
The parts and the published total differ by 19,949 (255,940 against 235,991).
Consistency: 255,940 and 235,991, difference 19,949.
Harvested_Extent-Maha_Seasons-1979-2025.xlsx MAJOR: districts do not sum to the sheet's 'Sri Lanka' row
Harvested_Extent-Maha_Seasons-1979-2025.xlsx, 1984/1985 column: four district rows (Batticaloa, Ampara, Puttalam, Ratnapura) fail their own Major+Minor+Rainfed=Total arithmetic in this one column - e.g. Batticaloa's own Rainfed cell (85,610) is nearly 3x its own row's printed Total (37,678) - while the Total column and the sheet's own Sri-Lanka Total (559,235) reconcile exactly both ways, confirming several scattered keying errors in this column's Major/Minor/Rainfed cells, not a parsing artifact.