Fruit Primary — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Fruit Primary — Yield was 5,190 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — yield in Sierra Leone stood at 5,190 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 27,885 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 4,509 kg/ha, in 1998.
Sierra Leone ranks 159th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,100 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,150 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 22,475 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 23,350 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 24,175 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 23,875 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 24,375 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 24,625 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 25,250 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 25,750 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 25,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 26,500 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 26,750 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 27,500 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 27,750 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 27,143 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 26,977 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 27,046 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 27,111 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 26,667 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 27,604 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 26,673 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 27,269 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 27,885 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 5,067 kg/ha | -81.8% |
| 1986 | 5,152 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 5,211 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 5,394 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 5,603 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 5,062 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 4,540 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 4,568 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 4,581 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 4,678 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 4,735 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 4,773 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 4,823 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 4,509 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 4,537 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 4,695 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 4,929 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 4,902 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 4,948 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 4,878 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 4,958 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 4,965 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 5,025 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 5,079 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 5,096 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 5,134 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 5,178 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 5,295 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 5,260 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 5,261 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5,318 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 5,357 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 5,352 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 5,359 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 5,379 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 5,308 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 5,246 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 5,254 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 5,195 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 5,190 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 5,190 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 6,341 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 5,190 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Yield 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 | -81.8% | 27,885 kg/ha | 5,067 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,486 kg/ha | 21,100 kg/ha | 25,250 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,828 kg/ha | 25,750 kg/ha | 27,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,252 kg/ha | 5,067 kg/ha | 27,885 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,681 kg/ha | 4,509 kg/ha | 5,062 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,947 kg/ha | 4,695 kg/ha | 5,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,289 kg/ha | 5,134 kg/ha | 5,379 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,239 kg/ha | 5,190 kg/ha | 5,308 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Fruit primary — yield in Sierra Leone was 5,190 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 27,885 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,509 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 159th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. 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 — 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.