Sierra Leone vs Zambia: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested

Sierra Leone
262,326 ha
in 2024
Zambia
267,331 ha
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
19th
Zambia rank
18th

Cassava, fresh — Area harvested over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 267,331 ha against 262,326 ha in Sierra Leone, a difference of 5,005 ha.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 19th and Zambia ranks 18th of 93 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Zambia Difference Ahead
1960s 18,755 ha 26,111 ha 7,356 ha Zambia
1970s 17,526 ha 36,400 ha 18,874 ha Zambia
1980s 26,120 ha 62,538 ha 36,418 ha Zambia
1990s 42,122 ha 122,400 ha 80,278 ha Zambia
2000s 214,093 ha 160,574 ha 53,519 ha Sierra Leone
2010s 264,014 ha 85,513 ha 178,501 ha Sierra Leone
2020s 179,475 ha 233,996 ha 54,522 ha Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cassava, fresh — area harvested, Sierra Leone or Zambia?
Zambia, at 267,331 ha against 262,326 ha in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in cassava, fresh — area harvested between Sierra Leone and Zambia?
5,005 ha, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zambia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Sierra Leone and Zambia rank globally for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
Sierra Leone ranks 19th and Zambia ranks 18th of 93 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cassava, fresh — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
126 places, 7,733 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.