Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 198,714 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — area harvested in Sierra Leone is 198,714 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 464.1% on the previous year and up 351.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 198,714 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,000 ha, in 1961.
Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1963 | 7,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1967 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 12,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 9,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 12,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1972 | 16,000 ha | +45.5% |
| 1973 | 18,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 14,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1975 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 13,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 17,000 ha | +30.8% |
| 1979 | 22,000 ha | +29.4% |
| 1980 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 35,000 ha | +59.1% |
| 1983 | 30,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1984 | 40,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1985 | 45,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 50,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 52,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1989 | 55,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 67,512 ha | +22.7% |
| 1991 | 67,453 ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 15,173 ha | -77.5% |
| 1993 | 15,076 ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 32,000 ha | +112.3% |
| 1995 | 27,000 ha | -15.6% |
| 1996 | 29,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 35,000 ha | +20.7% |
| 1998 | 38,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 30,000 ha | -21.1% |
| 2000 | 40,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2001 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 36,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 33,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 36,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 37,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 38,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 29,000 ha | -23.7% |
| 2009 | 28,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 50,000 ha | +78.6% |
| 2011 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 42,000 ha | -16.0% |
| 2014 | 44,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 30,072 ha | -31.7% |
| 2016 | 114,587 ha | +281.0% |
| 2017 | 116,879 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 119,216 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 24,428 ha | -79.5% |
| 2020 | 132,513 ha | +442.5% |
| 2021 | 41,196 ha | -68.9% |
| 2022 | 48,534 ha | +17.8% |
| 2023 | 35,229 ha | -27.4% |
| 2024 | 198,714 ha | +464.1% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 198,714 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 103,197 ha, 1.9× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 198,714 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 47,388 ha, 4.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Sierra Leone changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +464.1% | 35,229 ha | 198,714 ha |
| 2020 | +442.5% | 24,428 ha | 132,513 ha |
| 2016 | +281.0% | 30,072 ha | 114,587 ha |
| 1994 | +112.3% | 15,076 ha | 32,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,556 ha | 6,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,200 ha | 11,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,500 ha | 21,000 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,621 ha | 15,076 ha | 67,512 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,500 ha | 28,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,118 ha | 24,428 ha | 119,216 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 91,237 ha | 35,229 ha | 198,714 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 4 Cameroon 642,244 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 617,168 ha compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 3.81 million ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 127,342 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 84,675 ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 541,588 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 77,391 ha compare
- 8 Colombia 197,709 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 20,907 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10,397 ha compare
- 9 Peru 189,602 ha compare
- 10 Liberia 182,495 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 3,122 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 cocoa beans — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 198,714 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 198,714 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 7th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 351.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — 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.