Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested was 7,744 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 7,744 ha for coconuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 6.9% on the previous year and up 54.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 8,332 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,150 ha, in 1961.
That places Sierra Leone 44th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,250 ha | 1,150 ha | 1,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,540 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,700 ha | 1,700 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,358 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,026 ha | 2,610 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,083 ha | 4,333 ha | 6,008 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,804 ha | 4,810 ha | 8,332 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 41 Guinea-Bissau 11,615 ha compare
- 42 Timor-Leste 11,274 ha compare
- 43 Haiti 10,185 ha compare
- 45 Cuba 7,342 ha compare
- 46 Marshall Islands 6,765 ha compare
- 47 Somalia 6,627 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture share gdp 29.54 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.54 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 4.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 47.85 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 7,744 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 8,332 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,150 ha in 1961.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 44th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.6%. 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 Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.