Sierra Leone vs Western Africa: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested over time
- Sierra Leone
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 770,458 ha against 119,429 ha in Sierra Leone, a difference of 651,029 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 6.5 times Sierra Leone's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Sierra Leone ranks 11th and Western Africa ranks 8th of 116 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,444 ha | 423,188 ha | 376,744 ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 48,950 ha | 485,862 ha | 436,912 ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 52,600 ha | 526,893 ha | 474,293 ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 60,906 ha | 537,668 ha | 476,762 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 87,200 ha | 630,462 ha | 543,262 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 117,007 ha | 749,452 ha | 632,445 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 118,813 ha | 767,682 ha | 648,869 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested, Sierra Leone or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 770,458 ha against 119,429 ha in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested between Sierra Leone and Western Africa?
- 651,029 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Sierra Leone and Western Africa rank globally for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 11th and Western Africa ranks 8th of 116 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Other pulses n.e.c. — 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.