Cereal yields in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cereal yields was 1.37 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yields in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal yields in Sierra Leone is 1.37 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yields in Sierra Leone peaked at 1.93 tonnes per hectare in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.813 tonnes per hectare, in 2018.
Sierra Leone ranks 150th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | 0.9406 tonnes per hectare | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.18 tonnes per hectare | 0.9959 tonnes per hectare | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | 0.813 tonnes per hectare | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.5% (2025)
- Rural population 4.77 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 1.05 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yields in Sierra Leone?
- Cereal yields in Sierra Leone was 1.37 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yields recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1.93 tonnes per hectare in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereal yields recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.813 tonnes per hectare in 2018.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cereal yields?
- Sierra Leone ranks 150th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yields rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.