Coffee, green — Yield in Liberia
Liberia: Coffee, green — Yield was 237.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coffee, green — Yield in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 237.3 kg/ha for coffee, green — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — yield in Liberia peaked at 685.5 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 100 kg/ha, in 1991.
Liberia ranks 66th of 74 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Yield in Liberia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 485.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 536.3 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1963 | 524.3 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 500 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 354.1 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1966 | 685.5 kg/ha | +93.6% |
| 1967 | 618.1 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1968 | 520.7 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1969 | 355.1 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 1970 | 354.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 281.3 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1972 | 357.6 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1973 | 495.4 kg/ha | +38.5% |
| 1974 | 244.6 kg/ha | -50.6% |
| 1975 | 288.2 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1976 | 266.5 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1977 | 503.8 kg/ha | +89.0% |
| 1978 | 346.6 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1979 | 328 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1980 | 455.1 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 1981 | 336 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1982 | 469.4 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 1983 | 375 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1984 | 575 kg/ha | +53.3% |
| 1985 | 450 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1986 | 478.7 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1987 | 233.3 kg/ha | -51.3% |
| 1988 | 211.8 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1989 | 266.7 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1990 | 106.7 kg/ha | -60.0% |
| 1991 | 100 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 187.5 kg/ha | +87.5% |
| 1993 | 200 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 183.7 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1995 | 189.5 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 195.4 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 201.2 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 197.4 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 195.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 195.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 202.1 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 206.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 210.7 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 214.7 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 226.7 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 236.7 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 227.1 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 228.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 225 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 230.8 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 232.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 232.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 229.1 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 232.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 236.2 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 232.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 234.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 237.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 234.6 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 236.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 238.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 236.1 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 236.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 237.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 237.3 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 714.7 kg/ha, 33% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 237.3 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 545.8 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee, green — Yield in Liberia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +93.6% | 354.1 kg/ha | 685.5 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +89.0% | 266.5 kg/ha | 503.8 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +87.5% | 100 kg/ha | 187.5 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -60.0% | 266.7 kg/ha | 106.7 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +53.3% | 375 kg/ha | 575 kg/ha |
| 1987 | -51.3% | 478.7 kg/ha | 233.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 508.87 kg/ha | 354.1 kg/ha | 685.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 346.68 kg/ha | 244.6 kg/ha | 503.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 385.1 kg/ha | 211.8 kg/ha | 575 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 175.71 kg/ha | 100 kg/ha | 201.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 217.33 kg/ha | 195.4 kg/ha | 236.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 233.13 kg/ha | 229.1 kg/ha | 237.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 237 kg/ha | 236.1 kg/ha | 238.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 63 Ecuador 294.9 kg/ha compare
- 64 Mexico 294.8 kg/ha compare
- 65 El Salvador 242.8 kg/ha compare
- 67 French Polynesia 226.2 kg/ha compare
- 68 Benin 194.5 kg/ha compare
- 69 Trinidad and Tobago 146.8 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coffee, green — yield in Liberia?
- Coffee, green — yield in Liberia was 237.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 685.5 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Liberia rank for coffee, green — yield?
- Liberia ranks 66th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — yield rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coffee, green — 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.