Cassava, fresh — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 10,885 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Sierra Leone is 10,885 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 25.4% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 19,573 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,761 kg/ha, in 1962.
Sierra Leone ranks 54th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,558 kg/ha | 2,761 kg/ha | 4,210 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,863 kg/ha | 4,450 kg/ha | 5,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,183 kg/ha | 3,378 kg/ha | 5,995 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,902 kg/ha | 4,992 kg/ha | 6,968 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,485 kg/ha | 6,166 kg/ha | 7,840 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,788 kg/ha | 8,230 kg/ha | 15,880 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,112 kg/ha | 10,885 kg/ha | 19,573 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 51 Guinea-Bissau 11,375 kg/ha compare
- 52 Angola 10,977 kg/ha compare
- 53 Guadeloupe 10,968 kg/ha compare
- 55 Micronesia (Federated States of) 10,696 kg/ha compare
- 55 Micronesia 10,696 kg/ha compare
- 57 Colombia 10,632 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture share gdp 29.54 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.54 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 4.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 47.85 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Sierra Leone was 10,885 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 19,573 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,761 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 54th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Yield. 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.