Sierra Leone vs Sri Lanka: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Sierra Leone
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 1.21 million ha against 1.10 million ha in Sierra Leone, a difference of 116,460 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 73rd and Sri Lanka ranks 72nd of 178 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 326,359 ha | 565,914 ha | 239,554 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 402,481 ha | 778,771 ha | 376,289 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 417,844 ha | 843,090 ha | 425,246 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 388,202 ha | 836,661 ha | 448,460 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 537,546 ha | 907,354 ha | 369,809 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 834,909 ha | 1.11 million ha | 276,155 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 945,216 ha | 1.21 million ha | 266,116 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Sierra Leone or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 1.21 million ha against 1.10 million ha in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka?
- 116,460 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 73rd and Sri Lanka ranks 72nd 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
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.