Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield was 498.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Sierra Leone stood at 498.6 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 38.1% on the previous year and down 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 1,250 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 498.6 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Sierra Leone 72nd out of 73 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,032 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 1,031 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 1,062 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 1,094 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 1,108 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 1,143 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 1,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,111 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,100 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 1,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,091 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,182 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 1,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,200 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 1,214 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 1,190 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 1,167 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 1,161 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 1,210 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 1,200 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 1,212 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 1,199 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 1,201 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,231 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 1,227 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 1,230 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 1,210 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 1,185 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 1,199 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,250 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 1,200 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 1,227 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 1,200 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,077 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 892.9 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 896.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 947.2 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 979.2 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 904.9 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 866.7 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 896.9 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 885.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 837.3 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 820.1 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 788.5 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 805.4 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 498.6 kg/ha | -38.1% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 498.6 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,433 kg/ha, 35% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 498.6 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,413 kg/ha, 35% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Sierra Leone changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -38.1% | 805.4 kg/ha | 498.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,024 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,094 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,111 kg/ha | 1,091 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,169 kg/ha | 1,091 kg/ha | 1,214 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,209 kg/ha | 1,185 kg/ha | 1,231 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,208 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 954.7 kg/ha | 866.7 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 749.98 kg/ha | 498.6 kg/ha | 837.3 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 250 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Sierra Leone was 498.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1,250 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 498.6 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 72nd out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.