Cereals, primary — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,370 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — 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 cereals, primary — yield in Sierra Leone is 1,370 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 1,929 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 813 kg/ha, in 2018.
Sierra Leone ranks 157th 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 | 1,289 kg/ha | 940.6 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,375 kg/ha | 1,238 kg/ha | 1,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,307 kg/ha | 1,223 kg/ha | 1,536 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,190 kg/ha | 1,112 kg/ha | 1,253 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,184 kg/ha | 995.9 kg/ha | 1,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,424 kg/ha | 813 kg/ha | 1,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,654 kg/ha | 1,370 kg/ha | 1,929 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 cereals, primary — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Sierra Leone was 1,370 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1,929 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 813 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 157th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield 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, 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.