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

Paddy Harvested Extent Ha. Hectares, annual.

Values

Latest · 2025216,458 Ha−1.2% on 2024

Period	Hectares	Change, %
2025	216,458	−1.2
2024	218,985	−1.3
2023	221,861	−5.4
2022	234,627	+11.4
2021	210,536	−2.2
2020	215,327	+7.9
2019	199,595	+5.3
2018	189,490	+12.8
2017	167,977	+138.4
2016	70,461	−64.9
2015	200,925	−1.0
2014	202,911	+33.2

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) [Rainfed]
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 57,988 (195,085 against 253,073).

Consistency: 195,085 and 253,073, difference −57,988.
Harvested_Extent-Maha_Seasons-1979-2025.xlsx RAINFED: districts do not sum to the sheet's 'Sri Lanka' row
Harvested_Extent-Maha_Seasons-1979-2025.xlsx, 1984/1985 column: Batticaloa's own row is [Major 12878, Minor 1190, Rainfed 85610, Total 37678] - 12878+1190+85610=99678, not 37678 (Rainfed alone exceeds the row's own Total by more than double); Ampara/Puttalam/Ratnapura are also off by round 2,000-6,000 amounts in this column, while the Total column and the sheet's Sri-Lanka Total reconcile exactly.