Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 1.10 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — area harvested in Sierra Leone is 1.10 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.9% on the previous year and up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 1.28 million ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 206,336 ha, in 2000.
That places Sierra Leone 73rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 316,421 ha | — |
| 1962 | 288,000 ha | -9.0% |
| 1963 | 298,877 ha | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 298,951 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 332,400 ha | +11.2% |
| 1966 | 352,300 ha | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 373,900 ha | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 343,900 ha | -8.0% |
| 1969 | 332,484 ha | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 349,112 ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 378,400 ha | +8.4% |
| 1972 | 370,600 ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 373,700 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 393,500 ha | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 403,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 429,800 ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 440,400 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 455,400 ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 430,400 ha | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 440,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 431,500 ha | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 433,500 ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 413,500 ha | -4.6% |
| 1984 | 365,392 ha | -11.6% |
| 1985 | 389,365 ha | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 390,805 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 402,881 ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 447,300 ha | +11.0% |
| 1989 | 463,700 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 468,600 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 453,670 ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 432,919 ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 456,667 ha | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 401,700 ha | -12.0% |
| 1995 | 341,100 ha | -15.1% |
| 1996 | 354,500 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 387,200 ha | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 335,570 ha | -13.3% |
| 1999 | 250,092 ha | -25.5% |
| 2000 | 206,336 ha | -17.5% |
| 2001 | 335,200 ha | +62.5% |
| 2002 | 468,407 ha | +39.7% |
| 2003 | 490,300 ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 614,005 ha | +25.2% |
| 2005 | 737,800 ha | +20.2% |
| 2006 | 860,000 ha | +16.6% |
| 2007 | 508,556 ha | -40.9% |
| 2008 | 561,336 ha | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 593,516 ha | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 655,146 ha | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 718,355 ha | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 817,744 ha | +13.8% |
| 2013 | 773,060 ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 858,374 ha | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 736,750 ha | -14.2% |
| 2016 | 901,418 ha | +22.4% |
| 2017 | 898,229 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.28 million ha | +42.3% |
| 2019 | 712,092 ha | -44.3% |
| 2020 | 719,019 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1.11 million ha | +53.9% |
| 2022 | 808,231 ha | -26.9% |
| 2023 | 996,820 ha | +23.3% |
| 2024 | 1.10 million ha | +9.9% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 1.10 million ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.51 million ha, 73% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 1.10 million ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.26 million ha, 87% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 326,359 ha | 288,000 ha | 373,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 402,481 ha | 349,112 ha | 455,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 417,844 ha | 365,392 ha | 463,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 388,202 ha | 250,092 ha | 468,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 537,546 ha | 206,336 ha | 860,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 834,909 ha | 655,146 ha | 1.28 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 945,216 ha | 719,019 ha | 1.11 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
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, primary — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 1.10 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1.28 million ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 206,336 ha in 2000.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 73rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.7%. 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, primary — 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.