Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 19,966 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 19,966 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 20,167 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12,356 ha, in 1991.
That places Sierra Leone 45th out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 13,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14,285 ha | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 12,356 ha | -13.5% |
| 1992 | 13,098 ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 13,230 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 13,246 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 13,336 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 13,442 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 13,553 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 13,500 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 14,141 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 14,401 ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 14,683 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 15,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 16,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 16,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 16,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 17,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 17,353 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 17,646 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 18,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 18,140 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 18,411 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 18,806 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 19,124 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 19,393 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 19,634 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 19,890 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 20,167 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 19,897 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 19,985 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 20,016 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 19,966 ha | -0.2% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 19,966 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 7,542 ha, 2.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 19,966 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 3.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 13,405 ha | 12,356 ha | 14,285 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,582 ha | 14,141 ha | 17,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,640 ha | 17,353 ha | 19,890 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,006 ha | 19,897 ha | 20,167 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 42 China, Taiwan Province of 23,254 ha compare
- 43 Republic of Korea 22,640 ha compare
- 44 Panama 22,139 ha compare
- 46 Guatemala 18,768 ha compare
- 47 USSR 18,000 ha compare
- 48 Costa Rica 17,157 ha 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 19,966 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 20,167 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,356 ha in 1991.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 45th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.