Cocoa beans — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cocoa beans — Yield was 471.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cocoa beans — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — yield in Sierra Leone stood at 471.8 kg/ha.
The figure is up 37.6% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 599.6 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 275 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Sierra Leone 21st out of 53 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.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 473.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 478 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 472.9 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 454.3 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1965 | 425.7 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1966 | 453.4 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1967 | 429.9 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 419.9 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 420.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 423.3 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 433.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 439.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 440.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 423.8 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1975 | 422.7 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 413.6 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 419.5 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 417.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 414.1 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 404.6 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 410.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 431.4 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 416.7 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 415 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 413.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 418 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 427.3 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 455.8 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 440 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 355.5 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1991 | 355.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 355.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 358.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 366.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 370.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 379.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 371.4 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 381.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 364 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 300 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2001 | 275 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 319.4 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2003 | 363.6 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2004 | 375 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 405.4 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 366.8 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 368.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 362.1 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 357.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 394 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 360 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 360 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 353.6 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 388.2 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 399 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 416.3 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 418.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 420.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 599.6 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 2020 | 490.5 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 364.1 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 2022 | 370.9 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 342.9 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 471.8 kg/ha | +37.6% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 471.8 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 471.8 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 471.8 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 308.35 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +42.5% | 420.7 kg/ha | 599.6 kg/ha |
| 2024 | +37.6% | 342.9 kg/ha | 471.8 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -25.8% | 490.5 kg/ha | 364.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 447.51 kg/ha | 419.9 kg/ha | 478 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 424.81 kg/ha | 413.6 kg/ha | 440.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 423.24 kg/ha | 404.6 kg/ha | 455.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 365.89 kg/ha | 355.5 kg/ha | 381.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 349.28 kg/ha | 275 kg/ha | 405.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 410.98 kg/ha | 353.6 kg/ha | 599.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 408.04 kg/ha | 342.9 kg/ha | 490.5 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Sierra Leone was 471.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 599.6 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 275 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 21st out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield 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, published as part of Cocoa beans — Yield. 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.