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 7th out of 131 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.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5,100 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 5,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,845 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 5,000 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 5,150 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 5,196 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 4,992 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 4,979 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 5,349 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 5,188 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 4,794 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2002 | 4,974 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 4,841 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 5,000 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 5,118 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 5,059 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 5,000 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 5,059 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 4,961 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 4,876 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 4,934 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 5,000 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,677 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 4,704 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 4,714 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 4,722 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 4,754 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 4,752 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 4,740 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 4,718 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 4,694 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 4,677 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 4,661 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 4,661 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 342.8 kg/ha, 13.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 4,661 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 346.4 kg/ha, 13.5× the median. (36 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 4 France 5,161 kg/ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 1,681 kg/ha compare
- 5 Malaysia 5,086 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 979 kg/ha compare
- 6 Samoa 5,075 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 840 kg/ha compare
- 8 Austria 4,637 kg/ha compare
- 9 Italy 4,617 kg/ha compare
- 10 Belgium 4,346 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 700.6 kg/ha compare
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 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 7th out of 131 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.