Sri Lanka (sheet total) (Yala) [Major]

Paddy Harvested Extent Ha. Hectares, annual.

340,394.836 Ha · 2025 (+6.0% on 2024)

Values

Latest · 2025340,394.836 Ha+6.0% on 2024

Period	Hectares	Change, %
2025	340,394.836	+6.0
2024	321,275.000	+1.4
2023	316,772.000	+6.6
2022	297,185.000	−3.9
2021	309,294.000	+8.3
2020	285,659.000	+14.3
2019	249,999.000	+5.2
2018	237,645.000	+36.3
2017	174,381.000	−33.7
2016	263,064.000	−12.8
2015	301,587.000	+62.2
2014	185,967.000	−35.6

Data source: Department of Census and Statistics, Harvested Extent-Yala Seasons-1979-2025

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About this series

Source Department of Census and Statistics, compiled by Macro Lab
Unit Hectares
Date range 1984 – 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) (Yala) [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-Yala_Seasons-1979-2025.xlsx, district breakdown. Yala season (single calendar year). 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-Yala Seasons-1979-2025DCS · – · 40 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.

Disagrees with itself1986
The parts and the published total differ by 6,060 (161,815 against 167,875).

Consistency: 161,815 and 167,875, difference −6,060.
Harvested_Extent-Yala_Seasons-1979-2025.xlsx MAJOR: districts do not sum to the sheet's 'Sri Lanka' row
Harvested_Extent-Yala_Seasons-1979-2025.xlsx, 1986 column: every one of the 27 district rows is internally consistent (own Major+Minor+Rainfed = own Total), and no row is a plausible single-cell typo - the printed Sri Lanka Major total (161,815) is simply 6,060 short of the (internally-consistent) district sum (167,875), with nothing in the sheet pointing to which side is right.