Sierra Leone vs Sweden: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Sierra Leone
1.10 million ha
in 2024
Sweden
982,330 ha
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
73rd
Sweden rank
75th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Sweden
0500.0k1.0M1.5M196119922024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 1.10 million ha against 982,330 ha in Sweden, a difference of 113,450 ha.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 73rd and Sweden ranks 75th of 178 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Sweden Difference Ahead
1960s 326,359 ha 1.40 million ha 1.08 million ha Sweden
1970s 402,481 ha 1.55 million ha 1.14 million ha Sweden
1980s 417,844 ha 1.44 million ha 1.02 million ha Sweden
1990s 388,202 ha 1.18 million ha 794,204 ha Sweden
2000s 537,546 ha 1.09 million ha 551,406 ha Sweden
2010s 834,909 ha 983,536 ha 148,627 ha Sweden
2020s 945,216 ha 976,728 ha 31,512 ha Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Sierra Leone or Sweden?
Sierra Leone, at 1.10 million ha against 982,330 ha in Sweden as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Sierra Leone and Sweden?
113,450 ha, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Sweden?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Sierra Leone and Sweden rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Sierra Leone ranks 73rd and Sweden ranks 75th 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.