Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Liberia
Liberia: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 80,904 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Liberia stood at 80,904 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Liberia peaked at 122,824 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 29,000 ha, in 1995.
Liberia ranks 34th of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Liberia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 43,181 ha | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 45,770 ha | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 47,956 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 46,520 ha | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 52,180 ha | +12.2% |
| 1989 | 59,500 ha | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 55,000 ha | -7.6% |
| 1991 | 42,000 ha | -23.6% |
| 1992 | 44,579 ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 40,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 40,623 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 29,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1996 | 32,810 ha | +13.1% |
| 1997 | 43,300 ha | +32.0% |
| 1998 | 47,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 55,500 ha | +18.1% |
| 2000 | 67,000 ha | +20.7% |
| 2001 | 72,500 ha | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 72,863 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 75,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 75,427 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 76,854 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 83,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 78,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 74,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 63,210 ha | -14.6% |
| 2010 | 61,470 ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 62,202 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 67,870 ha | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 66,258 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 75,287 ha | +13.6% |
| 2015 | 80,674 ha | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 122,824 ha | +52.2% |
| 2017 | 60,960 ha | -50.4% |
| 2018 | 65,286 ha | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 83,023 ha | +27.2% |
| 2020 | 82,274 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 80,338 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 79,405 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 80,505 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 80,904 ha | +0.5% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 80,904 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 93,511 ha, 87% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 80,904 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 95,885 ha, 84% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Liberia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +52.2% | 80,674 ha | 122,824 ha |
| 2017 | -50.4% | 122,824 ha | 60,960 ha |
| 1997 | +32.0% | 32,810 ha | 43,300 ha |
| 1995 | -28.6% | 40,623 ha | 29,000 ha |
| 2019 | +27.2% | 65,286 ha | 83,023 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,511 ha | 43,181 ha | 59,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,981 ha | 29,000 ha | 55,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 73,785 ha | 63,210 ha | 83,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,585 ha | 60,960 ha | 122,824 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 80,685 ha | 79,405 ha | 82,274 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Liberia?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Liberia was 80,904 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 122,824 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,000 ha in 1995.
- How does Liberia rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Liberia ranks 34th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.