Cereals - Excluding Beer — Production in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Production was 1,545 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Production in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals - excluding beer — production in Sierra Leone stood at 1,545 1000 t.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — production in Sierra Leone peaked at 2,132 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 985 1000 t, in 2016.
Sierra Leone ranks 103rd of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Production in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,145 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,258 1000 t | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 1,259 1000 t | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,374 1000 t | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 1,304 1000 t | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 987 1000 t | -24.3% |
| 2016 | 985 1000 t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,026 1000 t | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 1,041 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 1,084 1000 t | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 1,170 1000 t | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 2,132 1000 t | +82.2% |
| 2022 | 1,528 1000 t | -28.3% |
| 2023 | 1,545 1000 t | +1.1% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 1,545 1000 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 3,811 1000 t, 41% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 1,545 1000 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,459 1000 t, 63% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals - Excluding Beer — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +82.2% | 1,170 1000 t | 2,132 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,146 1000 t | 985 1000 t | 1,374 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,594 1000 t | 1,170 1000 t | 2,132 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 100 Kyrgyzstan 1,672 1000 t compare
- 101 Caribbean 1,582 1000 t compare
- 102 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,557 1000 t compare
- 104 Turkmenistan 1,469 1000 t compare
- 105 Tajikistan 1,396 1000 t compare
- 106 Estonia 1,207 1000 t compare
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 cereals - excluding beer — production in Sierra Leone?
- Cereals - excluding beer — production in Sierra Leone was 1,545 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — production recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 2,132 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — production recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 985 1000 t in 2016.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cereals - excluding beer — production?
- Sierra Leone ranks 103rd out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — production rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. 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, published as part of Cereals - Excluding Beer — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.