Fruit Primary — Production in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Fruit Primary — Production was 292,087 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Production in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — production in Sierra Leone is 292,087 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Sierra Leone peaked at 292,087 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 84,400 t, in 1961.
Sierra Leone ranks 115th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Production in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 84,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 88,600 t | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 89,900 t | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 93,400 t | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 96,700 t | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 95,500 t | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 97,500 t | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 98,500 t | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 101,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 103,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 103,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 106,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 107,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 110,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 111,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 114,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 116,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 119,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 122,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 128,000 t | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 132,500 t | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 138,700 t | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 141,800 t | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 145,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 148,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 151,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 153,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 160,700 t | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 168,700 t | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 153,028 t | -9.3% |
| 1991 | 152,985 t | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 157,217 t | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 155,110 t | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 159,323 t | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 156,465 t | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 159,688 t | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 162,572 t | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 161,000 t | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 162,500 t | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 170,536 t | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 174,991 t | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 182,118 t | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 188,500 t | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 200,000 t | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 209,725 t | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 215,500 t | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 221,600 t | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 225,000 t | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 230,857 t | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 237,310 t | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 243,887 t | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 251,500 t | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 256,799 t | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 262,215 t | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 266,544 t | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 270,403 t | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 274,225 t | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 278,011 t | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 281,867 t | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 284,457 t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 285,303 t | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 288,315 t | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 291,593 t | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 292,087 t | +0.2% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 292,087 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.24 million t, 24% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 292,087 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 459,726 t, 64% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93,944 t | 84,400 t | 101,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 111,100 t | 103,000 t | 122,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 146,740 t | 128,000 t | 168,700 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 157,989 t | 152,985 t | 162,572 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 201,883 t | 170,536 t | 230,857 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 262,276 t | 237,310 t | 281,867 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 288,351 t | 284,457 t | 292,087 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 112 Guyana 385,322 t compare
- 113 United Arab Emirates 357,113 t compare
- 114 El Salvador 330,948 t compare
- 116 Puerto Rico 281,944 t compare
- 117 Congo 272,820 t compare
- 118 Martinique 269,555 t 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 fruit primary — production in Sierra Leone?
- Fruit primary — production in Sierra Leone was 292,087 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 292,087 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 84,400 t in 1961.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for fruit primary — production?
- Sierra Leone ranks 115th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. 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, published as part of Fruit Primary — Production. 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.