Coffee, green — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 1,499 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coffee, green — 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Sierra Leone is 1,499 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 90.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 19,326 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1,113 ha, in 2016.
Sierra Leone ranks 46th of 75 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1984 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1985 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 10,200 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 11,200 ha | +9.8% |
| 1991 | 11,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 11,304 ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 10,739 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 15,000 ha | +39.7% |
| 1995 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 14,300 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 19,326 ha | +35.1% |
| 1998 | 16,821 ha | -13.0% |
| 1999 | 14,000 ha | -16.8% |
| 2000 | 9,000 ha | -35.7% |
| 2001 | 9,659 ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 9,974 ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 10,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 11,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 11,700 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 12,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 12,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 12,973 ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 13,958 ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 14,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 14,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 14,936 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 11,929 ha | -20.1% |
| 2016 | 1,113 ha | -90.7% |
| 2017 | 1,194 ha | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 1,528 ha | +28.0% |
| 2019 | 1,425 ha | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 1,489 ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 1,526 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 1,680 ha | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 1,607 ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 1,499 ha | -6.7% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 1,499 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 15,432 ha, 10% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 1,499 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,778 ha, 19% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -90.7% | 11,929 ha | 1,113 ha |
| 1994 | +39.7% | 10,739 ha | 15,000 ha |
| 2000 | -35.7% | 14,000 ha | 9,000 ha |
| 1997 | +35.1% | 14,300 ha | 19,326 ha |
| 2018 | +28.0% | 1,194 ha | 1,528 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,670 ha | 8,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,819 ha | 10,739 ha | 19,326 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,943 ha | 9,000 ha | 12,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,756 ha | 1,113 ha | 14,936 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,560 ha | 1,489 ha | 1,680 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 1,499 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 19,326 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,113 ha in 2016.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 46th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.0%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.