Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 950 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Sierra Leone is 950 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Sierra Leone peaked at 1,500 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 900 ha, in 1972.
That places Sierra Leone 47th out of 65 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.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 950 ha | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 909 ha | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 900 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 987 ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 1,020 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 1,041 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 1,060 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 1,072 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 1,084 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 1,071 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 1,088 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 1,199 ha | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 1,140 ha | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 1,194 ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 1,071 ha | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 1,070 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,127 ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 1,000 ha | -11.3% |
| 2006 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 1,237 ha | -17.5% |
| 2011 | 1,158 ha | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 1,000 ha | -13.6% |
| 2013 | 946 ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 1,003 ha | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 1,049 ha | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 999 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 977 ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 965 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 953 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 948 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 949 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 950 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 949 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 950 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 905.9 ha | 900 ha | 950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 940 ha | 900 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,062 ha | 987 ha | 1,199 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,170 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,029 ha | 946 ha | 1,237 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 949.2 ha | 948 ha | 950 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Sierra Leone?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Sierra Leone was 950 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 900 ha in 1972.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Sierra Leone ranks 47th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. 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 Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.