Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Liberia
Liberia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 8,242 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Liberia is 8,242 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Liberia peaked at 8,700 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 3,300 ha, in 1963.
That places Liberia 54th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Liberia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,300 ha | -34.0% |
| 1964 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 6,467 ha | +29.3% |
| 1988 | 6,470 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,500 ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 6,006 ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 6,140 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 6,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 6,400 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 7,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 7,253 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 7,406 ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 7,581 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 7,693 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 8,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 7,546 ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 7,378 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 7,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 8,122 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 8,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 8,700 ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 8,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 7,400 ha | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 7,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8,688 ha | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 8,064 ha | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 8,251 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 8,170 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 8,208 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 8,229 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 8,255 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 8,308 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 8,227 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 8,234 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 8,242 ha | +0.1% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 8,242 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 6% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 8,242 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 8% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Liberia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | -34.0% | 5,000 ha | 3,300 ha |
| 1987 | +29.3% | 5,000 ha | 6,467 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,678 ha | 3,300 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,810 ha | 3,300 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,144 ha | 4,500 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,768 ha | 6,000 ha | 7,693 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,825 ha | 7,000 ha | 8,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,051 ha | 7,400 ha | 8,688 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,253 ha | 8,227 ha | 8,308 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Liberia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Liberia was 8,242 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,700 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,300 ha in 1963.
- How does Liberia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Liberia ranks 54th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.