Guatemala vs Sierra Leone: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Guatemala
1.04 million ha
in 2024
Sierra Leone
1.10 million ha
in 2024
Guatemala rank
74th
Sierra Leone rank
73rd

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Guatemala
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 1.10 million ha against 1.04 million ha in Guatemala, a difference of 53,920 ha.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Guatemala's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guatemala ahead.

Guatemala ranks 74th and Sierra Leone ranks 73rd of 178 countries.

Guatemala has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guatemala Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 760,568 ha 326,359 ha 434,209 ha Guatemala
1970s 694,123 ha 402,481 ha 291,641 ha Guatemala
1980s 748,459 ha 417,844 ha 330,615 ha Guatemala
1990s 701,640 ha 388,202 ha 313,438 ha Guatemala
2000s 693,310 ha 537,546 ha 155,764 ha Guatemala
2010s 908,576 ha 834,909 ha 73,667 ha Guatemala
2020s 1.11 million ha 945,216 ha 166,520 ha Guatemala

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Guatemala or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 1.10 million ha against 1.04 million ha in Guatemala as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Guatemala and Sierra Leone?
53,920 ha, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Sierra Leone?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Guatemala and Sierra Leone rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Guatemala ranks 74th and Sierra Leone ranks 73rd of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 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.