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	Table 417 (Pro., Agr., Rice)
	Paddy : Production and Average Yield (District) (1997-2004)
	pro 417e
Year	Maha (1997/1998)		Yala (1998)		Maha (1998/1999)		Yala (1999)		Maha (1999/2000)		Yala (2000)		Maha 2001/2002		Yala 2002		Maha 2002/2003		Yala 2003		Maha 2003/2004		Yala 2004
Yield                 District	Production                (1000 t )	Average  Yield (kg/ha)	Production                (1000 t )	Average  Yield (kg/ha)	Production                (1000 t )	Average  Yield (kg/ha)	Production                (1000 t )	Average  Yield (kg/ha)	Production                (1000 t )	Average  Yield (kg/ha)	Production                (1000 t )	Average  Yield (kg/ha)	Production                (1000 t )	Average  Yield (kg/ha)	Production                (1000 t )	Average  Yield (kg/ha)	Production                (1000 t )	Average  Yield (kg/ha)	Production                (1000 t )	Average  Yield (kg/ha)	Production                (1000 t )	Average  Yield (kg/ha)	Production                (1000 t )	Average  Yield (kg/ha)
Sri Lanka	1782	3,555	913	3,807	1734	3,612	1120	3,752	1779	3,798	1077	3,958	1,777	3,990	1,087	3,742	1,895	3,794	1,176	3,709	1,670	4,002	959	4,244
Colombo	15	3,220	1	2,532	14	3,442	7	2,517	12	3,209	2	2,733	17	3,576	4	2,464	12	3,279	3	2,347	1	3,568	2	2,562
Gampaha	26	2,596	2	2,014	28	3,037	10	3,121	28	3,247	4	2,770	28	3,499	4	2,817	28	3,152	9	2,467	26	3,245	4	2,825
Kalutara	36	2,547	22	2,696	43	3,064	29	2,488	40	2,859	31	2,661	39	2,876	29	2,495	31	2,477	24	2,374	30	2,426	19	2,312
Kandy	40	3,151	19	3,228	37	2,973	30	3,568	42	3,509	23	3,492	48	3,910	27	3,449	39	3,554	26	3,387	36	3,627	25	3,962
Matale	56	3,906	19	3,554	45	3,657	21	3,784	48	3,854	20	3,627	49	4,089	19	3,511	58	4,162	21	3,661	51	4,129	15	4,021
Nuwara Eliya	14	3,867	4	2,960	12	3,247	4	3,281	11	3,247	4	3,164	13	3,638	4	3,540	9	2,983	3	3,318	10	3,321	4	3,630
Galle	42	3,154	3	2,302	40	3,042	28	2,665	40	3,085	23	2,623	45	3,593	24	2,607	42	3,438	22	2,601	35	3,383	19	3,159
Matara	44	3,253	29	3,215	46	3,431	45	3,792	47	3,540	47	3,639	45	3,735	30	2,962	39	3,514	30	2,820	41	3,799	40	3,653
Hambanthota	81	3,761	70	4,366	84	4,106	65	3,809	74	4,354	72	4,092	59	4,820	45	4,343	65	4,587	61	3,754	67	4,627	56	4,780
Jaffna	11	1,935	0	0	14	2,217	0	0	21	3,137	0	0	15	3,404	＊＊	＊＊	20	3,419	＊＊	＊＊	13	2,016	＊＊	＊＊
Kilinochchi＊	0	0	0	0	5	2,733	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2,113	11	2,577	26	3,287	9	3,351	50	3,399	17	4,436
Mannar＊	14	2,578	2	2,784	18	2,784	2	2,640	17	2,814	2	2,681	15	3,924	3	2,710	34	4,271	1	2,674	24	4,102	1	2,836
Vauniya ＊	10	2,681	3	2,887	19	3,497	3	3,487	19	3,455	3	3,685	22	3,838	2	2,840	27	3,637	3	3,624	28	3,704	0	4,454
Mullativu＊	17	2,578	4	2,630	18	2,578	4	2,887	18	2,578	4	2,939	6	2,615	8	2,990	27	2,948	6	3,791	26	3,977	2	4,215
Batticaloa	87	2,808	35	3,539	86	2,871	46	3,632	89	2,854	48	3,544	96	3,126	45	3,282	101	2,581	55	3,319	113	2,815	51	3,501
Ampara	205	3,871	224	4,548	215	4,099	212	4,290	193	3,866	243	4,666	248	4,607	224	4,512	228	4,216	222	4,487	249	4,655	254	4,771
Trincomalee	50	2,681	29	2,681	65	3,425	40	3,609	61	3,177	46	3,832	79	3,607	40	4,238	81	3,466	50	4,168	90	3,985	29	4,268
Kurunegala	250	3,460	83	3,294	216	3,171	144	3,349	237	3,614	56	3,142	196	3,521	165	3,207	227	3,520	170	3,170	75	3,608	70	3,661
Puttalam	36	3,078	15	3,605	36	3,259	19	3,574	26	3,442	18	3,666	21	3,314	28	3,225	40	3,108	29	3,224	22	3,685	7	2,347
Anuradhapura	230	4,264	43	3,870	183	4,294	62	4,126	192	4,400	68	4,248	164	4,323	40	4,190	219	4,341	68	3,891	102	4,523	10	4,117
Polonnaruwa	175	4,114	164	4,330	175	4,236	177	4,365	202	4,539	192	4,560	198	4,627	174	4,528	197	4,462	184	4,474	228	5,019	167	4,988
Badulla	53	2,867	37	4,036	67	3,710	30	3,707	72	4,081	40	4,571	74	4,257	34	4,122	68	3,772	39	4,169	77	4,326	42	4,619
Monaragala	48	3,398	12	3,138	48	3,521	20	3,980	51	3,984	21	3,852	47	3,956	15	3,406	55	3,838	22	3,585	58	4,064	18	3,676
Rathnapura	37	2,804	26	2,706	39	2,927	29	2,893	42	3,296	32	3,092	41	3,442	29	3,037	33	3,081	23	2,588	32	3,003	29	3,550
Kegalla	33	3,436	12	2,481	32	3,354	25	3,233	34	3,709	14	2,842	35	4,042	20	2,961	28	3,421	22	3,045	21	3,233	20	3,513
Udawalawe	47	5,121	34	4,787	43	4,882	36	4,760	48	5,024	42	4,821	45	5,238	40	4,902	45	5,192	41	4,877	42	5,044	45	5,385
Mahaweli "H" Area	125	5,516	21	4,072	106	4,748	32	4,138	115	5,156	22	3,804	114	5,192	23	4,606	116	5,118	33	4,393	109	4,895	13	4,286
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Department of Censes & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
Key:
＊：　Estimates　since Maha 2001/2002.
＊＊：　No cultibation during Yala Season.
Revised:  2008(y)/06(m)/21(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka