Commodity Origins

What does Sri Lanka produce and export?

Sri Lanka ranks in the top ten producers of 7 commodities: cinnamon (#4, 8.4% of world output in 2024), tea (#4, 4.6% of world output in 2024), cloves (#5, 2.9% of world output in 2024), cardamom (#6, 2.1% of world output in 2024), pepper (#7, 4.8% of world output in 2024), coconut oil (#8, 1.4% of world output in 2023) and more. It is a top-ten exporter of cinnamon (#2, 24% of world export value in 2024), sisal (#2, 25% of world export value in 2024), tea (#2, 18% of world export value in 2024), cloves (#6, 1.7% of world export value in 2024), cardamom (#7, 1.6% of world export value in 2024) and more.

Where sri lanka is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of sri lanka production in 2024. Darkest: Sri Lanka 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: 100% (1)China: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Sri Lanka produce?

Commodities where Sri Lanka is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Cinnamon Softs48.4%20,587 t2024FAOSTAT
Tea Softs44.6%1.5 million t2024FAOSTAT
Cloves Softs52.9%5,813 t2024FAOSTAT
Cardamom Softs62.1%4,058 t2024FAOSTAT
Pepper Softs74.8%44,467 t2024FAOSTAT
Coconut oil Oilseeds & vegetable oils81.4%43,475 t2023FAOSTAT
Ginger Fruit & vegetables101.1%52,019 t2024FAOSTAT

What does Sri Lanka export?

Top 7 Sri Lanka commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 7 Sri Lanka commodity exports in 2024: Tea 18%, Cinnamon 24%, Sisal 25%, Pepper 2.8%, Coconut oil 1.1%, Cardamom 1.6%, Cloves 1.7%; rest of world 26%.TeaTea: 18%, $1.4 billion18%CinnamonCinnamon: 24%, $199.5 million24%SisalSisal: 25%, $169.8 million25%PepperPepper: 2.8%, $168.7 million2.8%Coconut oilCoconut oil: 1.1%, $90.5 million1.1%CardamomCardamom: 1.6%, $19.9 million1.6%ClovesCloves: 1.7%, $11.3 million1.7%Rest of worldRest of world: 26%, $026%
Sri Lanka's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Sri Lanka's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Sri Lanka dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 7 Sri Lanka commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Tea$1.4 billion18%
2Cinnamon$199.5 million24%
3Sisal$169.8 million25%
4Pepper$168.7 million2.8%
5Coconut oil$90.5 million1.1%
6Cardamom$19.9 million1.6%
7Cloves$11.3 million1.7%
Rest of world$026%

Sri Lanka's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Sri Lanka's own $2.1 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Tea alone is 66% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Sri Lanka compares with other countries.

Sri Lanka's tracked export mix by commodityTea: 65.8%; Cinnamon: 9.5%; Sisal: 8.1%; Pepper: 8.0%; Coconut oil: 4.3%; Other tracked commodities: 4.2%.Tea: 65.8%Tea65.8%Cinnamon: 9.5%Cinnamon9.5%Sisal: 8.1%Sisal8.1%Pepper: 8.0%Pepper8.0%Coconut oil: 4.3%Coconut oil4.3%Other tracked commodities: 4.2%Other tracked co…4.2%
Commodities where Sri Lanka is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Cinnamon224%$199.5 million2024
Sisal225%$169.8 million2024
Tea218%$1.4 billion2024
Cloves61.7%$11.3 million2024
Cardamom71.6%$19.9 million2024
Coconut oil91.1%$90.5 million2024
Pepper92.8%$168.7 million2024

Top-ten importer of

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Sri Lanka commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Sri Lanka is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Sri Lanka in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Sri Lanka, computed from the same data as this page.

What Sri Lanka uses

Sri Lanka had about 23 million people and a food supply of 2,675 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Sri Lanka, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Rice4.7 million tonnes0.6%184 (#11 of 141)99%1%
Tea1.2 million tonnes3.6%52 (#1 of 138)120%0.6%
Milk1.2 million tonnes0.1%43 (#101 of 142)46%55%
Wheat965 thousand tonnes0.1%39 (#107 of 143)<0.1%110%
Sugar912 thousand tonnes0.5%37 (#19 of 143)7.8%92%
Plantains764 thousand tonnes1.8%30 (#13 of 119)102%<0.1%
Corn438 thousand tonnes<0.1%5.4 (#94 of 140)50%50%
Cassava350 thousand tonnes0.1%14 (#30 of 112)102%4.9%

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

Who supplies Sri Lanka

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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