Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 56,275 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — 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 fruit primary — area harvested in Sierra Leone is 56,275 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 56,275 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1961.
Sierra Leone ranks 98th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 4,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,200 ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 29,210 ha | +461.7% |
| 1986 | 29,310 ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 29,360 ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 29,790 ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 30,110 ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 30,228 ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 33,696 ha | +11.5% |
| 1992 | 34,419 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 33,859 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 34,056 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 33,043 ha | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 33,454 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 33,708 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 35,707 ha | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 35,816 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 36,324 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 35,501 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 37,155 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 38,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 41,000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 42,300 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 43,400 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 44,100 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 44,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 45,300 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 46,228 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 47,104 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 47,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 48,819 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 49,845 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 50,125 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 50,481 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 51,242 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 51,878 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 52,405 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 53,595 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 54,387 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 54,871 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 56,126 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 56,275 ha | +0.3% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 56,275 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 127,290 ha, 44% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 56,275 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 91% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +461.7% | 5,200 ha | 29,210 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,140 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,298 ha | 4,800 ha | 30,110 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,799 ha | 30,228 ha | 35,816 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,748 ha | 35,501 ha | 45,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,563 ha | 46,228 ha | 52,405 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,051 ha | 53,595 ha | 56,275 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1983 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.4477 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 56,275 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 56,275 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 98th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit Primary — 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.