Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 4,661 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Sierra Leone stood at 4,661 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 5,349 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 4,661 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Sierra Leone 8th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,079 kg/ha | 4,845 kg/ha | 5,349 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 4,999 kg/ha | 4,794 kg/ha | 5,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,813 kg/ha | 4,677 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,698 kg/ha | 4,661 kg/ha | 4,740 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Sierra Leone was 4,661 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 5,349 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,661 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 8th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield. 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.