Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre was 0.4448 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.4448 ha per square kilometre for drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.4721 ha per square kilometre in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.4448 ha per square kilometre, in 2022.
Sri Lanka ranks 30th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.4697 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.4697 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.4697 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.469 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.4683 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.4696 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.4685 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.4686 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.4682 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.4667 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.466 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.4694 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.4694 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4715 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.4721 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4709 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.4699 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4649 ha per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.4632 ha per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4611 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.4606 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.46 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.4575 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.4542 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.4469 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.4513 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4517 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4517 ha per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4522 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.4464 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4461 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.4457 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.4448 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.4448 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.4448 ha per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0 ha per square kilometre, 9524.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.4448 ha per square kilometre is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.2393 ha per square kilometre, 1.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4688 ha per square kilometre | 0.4667 ha per square kilometre | 0.4697 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4679 ha per square kilometre | 0.4611 ha per square kilometre | 0.4721 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4532 ha per square kilometre | 0.4464 ha per square kilometre | 0.4606 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4454 ha per square kilometre | 0.4448 ha per square kilometre | 0.4461 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More climate change data for Sri Lanka
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 327.09 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,418 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 618.46 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,800 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 2.33 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 100 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 4,168 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,071 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,097 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.82 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka?
- Drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka was 0.4448 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4721 ha per square kilometre in 2004.
- What is the lowest drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4448 ha per square kilometre in 2022.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre?
- Sri Lanka ranks 30th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Drained organic soils — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Drained organic soils — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Drained organic soils — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Drained organic soils — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.