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Food insecurity
Sri Lanka — 3 years of data
Historical Values
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2022 | widespread lack of access: due to serious macroeconomic challenges, significant reduction in 2022 cereal output, and high food prices - severe macroeconomic challenges, mostly reflecting dwindling foreign currency reserves after revenues from merchandise exports, remittances, and from the tourist sector declined dramatically over the last year, have had a negative impact on the country s capacity to import cereals; the 2022 cereal production sharply declined due to a government ordered reduction |
| 2023 | widespread lack of access: due to unfavorable prospects for 2023 agricultural output and high prices of key food items - the 2023 cereal production is forecast below the five-year average, mostly reflecting constraints on farmers access to agricultural inputs; elevated prices of key food items are also constraining economic access to food for a large number of households (2023) |
| 2024 | widespread lack of access: due to unfavorable prospects for 2023 agricultural output and high prices of key food items - the 2023 cereal production is forecast below the five-year average, mostly reflecting constraints on farmers access to agricultural inputs; elevated prices of key food items are also constraining economic access to food for a large number of households (2023) |