Cereals, primary — Yield in Liberia
Liberia: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,112 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 1,112 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Liberia peaked at 1,553 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 509.8 kg/ha, in 1964.
Liberia ranks 168th of 193 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 | 779.88 kg/ha | 509.8 kg/ha | 1,109 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,234 kg/ha | 1,199 kg/ha | 1,258 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,258 kg/ha | 1,166 kg/ha | 1,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,124 kg/ha | 909.1 kg/ha | 1,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,180 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 1,553 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,163 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha | 1,231 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,103 kg/ha | 1,052 kg/ha | 1,148 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture share gdp 32.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
- Rural population 43.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 2.52 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 142,551 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Liberia?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Liberia was 1,112 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,553 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 509.8 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Liberia rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Liberia ranks 168th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.