Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Liberia
Liberia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 820.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Liberia is 820.1 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Liberia peaked at 826.9 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Liberia 86th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Liberia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 606.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 606.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 606.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 606.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 606.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 606.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 606.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 606.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 617.6 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 617.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 628.6 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 648.6 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 671.1 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 665 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 642.9 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 639.5 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 622.2 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 622.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 622.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 644.4 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 666.7 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 640 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 618.5 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 618.2 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 615.4 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 500 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1991 | 535.3 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 547.6 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 564.5 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 593.8 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 600 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 590.7 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 591.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 594.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 597.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 600 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 604.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 607 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 609.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 610.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 613.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 600 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 609.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 650 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 685.7 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 683.7 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 680 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 750 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 812.5 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 782.2 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 764.5 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 786.2 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 799.8 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 809.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 818.8 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 826.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 810.6 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 822.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 822.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 820.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 820.1 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 820.1 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 820.1 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 604.74 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 606.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 635.92 kg/ha | 606.1 kg/ha | 671.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 638.1 kg/ha | 615.4 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 571.56 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 618.98 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 685.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 768.68 kg/ha | 680 kg/ha | 818.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 820.6 kg/ha | 810.6 kg/ha | 826.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 83 Fiji 843.4 kg/ha compare
- 84 Burkina Faso 836.9 kg/ha compare
- 85 Madagascar 835 kg/ha compare
- 87 Sierra Leone 807.7 kg/ha compare
- 88 Mauritania 784.6 kg/ha compare
- 89 Togo 754.1 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Liberia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Liberia was 820.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 826.9 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Liberia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Liberia ranks 86th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 — Yield. 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.