Brazil vs Sierra Leone: Coffee bean yields
Brazil
1.74 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Sierra Leone
1.47 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Brazil rank
7th
Sierra Leone rank
9th
Coffee bean yields over time
- Brazil
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1.74 tonnes per hectare against 1.47 tonnes per hectare in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.27 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Brazil ranks 7th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th of 82 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4617 tonnes per hectare | 0.6448 tonnes per hectare | 0.1831 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.5339 tonnes per hectare | 0.9828 tonnes per hectare | 0.4489 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 0.588 tonnes per hectare | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 0.6139 tonnes per hectare | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | 0.7101 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 0.2228 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 1.76 tonnes per hectare | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | 0.2278 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coffee bean yields, Brazil or Sierra Leone?
- Brazil, at 1.74 tonnes per hectare against 1.47 tonnes per hectare in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coffee bean yields between Brazil and Sierra Leone?
- 0.27 tonnes per hectare, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Sierra Leone?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Sierra Leone rank globally for coffee bean yields?
- Brazil ranks 7th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th of 82 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Coffee bean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare. Green coffee beans are coffee seeds (beans) that have not yet been roasted.