Sri Lanka (sheet total) (Maha) [Minor]

Paddy Harvested Extent Ha. Hectares, annual.

191,167 Ha · 2025 (−5.7% on 2024)

Values

Latest · 2025191,167 Ha−5.7% on 2024

Period	Hectares	Change, %
2025	191,167	−5.7
2024	202,686	−1.2
2023	205,233	+0.3
2022	204,541	+1.8
2021	200,901	+2.7
2020	195,592	−1.3
2019	198,247	+3.9
2018	190,789	+43.1
2017	133,325	+86.4
2016	71,535	−64.5
2015	201,739	+3.1
2014	195,768	+53.8

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.

Details

Name in the warehouse: Paddy Harvested Extent Ha: Sri Lanka (sheet total) (Maha) [Minor]
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.

Source documents

Harvested Extent- Maha Seasons-1979-2025DCS · – · 41 values

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 27,998 (150,191 against 122,193).

Consistency: 150,191 and 122,193, difference 27,998.
Harvested_Extent-Maha_Seasons-1979-2025.xlsx MINOR: districts do not sum to the sheet's 'Sri Lanka' row
Same 1984/1985 column of Harvested_Extent-Maha_Seasons-1979-2025.xlsx as the MAJOR/RAINFED entries for this period - the same four district rows (Batticaloa, Ampara, Puttalam, Ratnapura) that fail their own internal Major+Minor+Rainfed=Total arithmetic in this column are the source of the Minor-column mismatch too.