What is cocoa bean yields in Sierra Leone?

Cocoa bean yields in Sierra Leone was 0.4718 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest cocoa bean yields recorded in Sierra Leone?

The highest recorded value was 0.5996 tonnes per hectare in 2019.

What is the lowest cocoa bean yields recorded in Sierra Leone?

The lowest recorded value was 0.275 tonnes per hectare in 2001.

How does Sierra Leone rank for cocoa bean yields?

Sierra Leone ranks 26th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.

Is cocoa bean yields rising or falling in Sierra Leone?

Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cocoa bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Cocoa bean yields in Sierra Leone

Name: Cocoa bean yields in Sierra Leone
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Sierra Leone: Cocoa bean yields was 0.4718 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.4718 tonnes per hectare

Change on year

up 37.6%

World rank

26th

of 61 countries

All-time high

0.5996 tonnes per hectare

in 2019

All-time low

0.275 tonnes per hectare

in 2001

Years of data

1961–2024

Cocoa bean yields in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.

Analysis

Sierra Leone recorded 0.4718 tonnes per hectare for cocoa bean yields in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 37.6% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cocoa bean yields in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.5996 tonnes per hectare in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.275 tonnes per hectare, in 2001.

That places Sierra Leone 26th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.4475 tonnes per hectare	0.4199 tonnes per hectare	0.478 tonnes per hectare	9
1970s	0.4248 tonnes per hectare	0.4136 tonnes per hectare	0.4406 tonnes per hectare	10
1980s	0.4232 tonnes per hectare	0.4046 tonnes per hectare	0.4558 tonnes per hectare	10
1990s	0.3659 tonnes per hectare	0.3555 tonnes per hectare	0.3816 tonnes per hectare	10
2000s	0.3493 tonnes per hectare	0.275 tonnes per hectare	0.4054 tonnes per hectare	10
2010s	0.411 tonnes per hectare	0.3536 tonnes per hectare	0.5996 tonnes per hectare	10
2020s	0.408 tonnes per hectare	0.3429 tonnes per hectare	0.4905 tonnes per hectare	5

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

23 Brazil 0.4821 tonnes per hectare compare
24 Vietnam 0.4805 tonnes per hectare compare
25 Guinea 0.4759 tonnes per hectare compare
27 Indonesia 0.4562 tonnes per hectare compare
28 El Salvador 0.4227 tonnes per hectare compare
29 Belize 0.4221 tonnes per hectare compare

See the full ranking of 61 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.5% (2025)
Rural population 4.77 million (2025)
Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
Rural population 54.1% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
Land under cereal production 1.05 million hectares (2023)

All data for Sierra Leone →

Frequently asked questions

What is cocoa bean yields in Sierra Leone?: Cocoa bean yields in Sierra Leone was 0.4718 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest cocoa bean yields recorded in Sierra Leone?: The highest recorded value was 0.5996 tonnes per hectare in 2019.
What is the lowest cocoa bean yields recorded in Sierra Leone?: The lowest recorded value was 0.275 tonnes per hectare in 2001.
How does Sierra Leone rank for cocoa bean yields?: Sierra Leone ranks 26th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
Is cocoa bean yields rising or falling in Sierra Leone?: Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cocoa bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Cocoa bean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 61 places, 3,632 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.