What is coffee bean yields in Sierra Leone?

Coffee bean yields in Sierra Leone was 1.47 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest coffee bean yields recorded in Sierra Leone?

The highest recorded value was 2.51 tonnes per hectare in 1989.

What is the lowest coffee bean yields recorded in Sierra Leone?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1845 tonnes per hectare in 2014.

How does Sierra Leone rank for coffee bean yields?

Sierra Leone ranks 9th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.

Is coffee bean yields rising or falling in Sierra Leone?

Over the last ten years it is up 698.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Coffee bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Coffee bean yields in Sierra Leone

Name: Coffee bean yields in Sierra Leone
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Sierra Leone: Coffee bean yields was 1.47 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

1.47 tonnes per hectare

Change on year

up 1.4%

World rank

9th

of 82 countries

All-time high

2.51 tonnes per hectare

in 1989

All-time low

0.1845 tonnes per hectare

in 2014

Years of data

1961–2024

Coffee bean yields in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.

Analysis

Sierra Leone recorded 1.47 tonnes per hectare for coffee bean yields in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 698.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, coffee bean yields in Sierra Leone peaked at 2.51 tonnes per hectare in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.1845 tonnes per hectare, in 2014.

Sierra Leone ranks 9th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.6448 tonnes per hectare	0.3024 tonnes per hectare	1.2 tonnes per hectare	9
1970s	0.9828 tonnes per hectare	0.3985 tonnes per hectare	1.71 tonnes per hectare	10
1980s	1.87 tonnes per hectare	1.08 tonnes per hectare	2.51 tonnes per hectare	10
1990s	1.87 tonnes per hectare	1.1 tonnes per hectare	2.3 tonnes per hectare	10
2000s	1.71 tonnes per hectare	1.64 tonnes per hectare	1.79 tonnes per hectare	10
2010s	1.7 tonnes per hectare	0.1845 tonnes per hectare	2.5 tonnes per hectare	10
2020s	1.53 tonnes per hectare	1.45 tonnes per hectare	1.61 tonnes per hectare	5

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

7 Brazil 1.74 tonnes per hectare compare
8 Ghana 1.6 tonnes per hectare compare
10 Tonga 1.37 tonnes per hectare compare
11 United States 1.35 tonnes per hectare compare
12 Nigeria 1.31 tonnes per hectare compare

See the full ranking of 82 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.5% (2025)
Rural population 4.77 million (2025)
Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
Rural population 54.1% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
Land under cereal production 1.05 million hectares (2023)

All data for Sierra Leone →

Frequently asked questions

What is coffee bean yields in Sierra Leone?: Coffee bean yields in Sierra Leone was 1.47 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest coffee bean yields recorded in Sierra Leone?: The highest recorded value was 2.51 tonnes per hectare in 1989.
What is the lowest coffee bean yields recorded in Sierra Leone?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1845 tonnes per hectare in 2014.
How does Sierra Leone rank for coffee bean yields?: Sierra Leone ranks 9th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
Is coffee bean yields rising or falling in Sierra Leone?: Over the last ten years it is up 698.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Coffee bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Coffee bean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 82 places, 4,908 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare. Green coffee beans are coffee seeds (beans) that have not yet been roasted.