Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 125,530 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Sierra Leone stood at 125,530 ha.
That represents a change of up 29.4% on the previous year and up 66.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 150,000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 12,000 ha, in 1980.
That places Sierra Leone 32nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,132 ha | 17,000 ha | 19,190 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,910 ha | 13,000 ha | 16,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,190 ha | 12,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,041 ha | 20,600 ha | 40,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 90,460 ha | 19,026 ha | 150,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,155 ha | 39,285 ha | 112,254 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,869 ha | 42,536 ha | 125,530 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture share gdp 29.54 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.54 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 4.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 47.85 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 125,530 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 150,000 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,000 ha in 1980.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 32nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.0%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.