Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 807.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Sierra Leone stood at 807.7 kg/ha.
The figure is down 35.7% on the previous year and down 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 2,437 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 499.8 kg/ha, in 2016.
Sierra Leone ranks 95th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,222 kg/ha | 1,158 kg/ha | 1,341 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,116 kg/ha | 956.3 kg/ha | 1,494 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 885.51 kg/ha | 526.3 kg/ha | 1,257 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 944.72 kg/ha | 817 kg/ha | 1,028 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 743.49 kg/ha | 680 kg/ha | 772.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 938.26 kg/ha | 499.8 kg/ha | 2,437 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,286 kg/ha | 807.7 kg/ha | 1,702 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 92 Madagascar 835 kg/ha compare
- 93 Timor-Leste 822.2 kg/ha compare
- 94 Liberia 820.1 kg/ha compare
- 96 United Republic of Tanzania 800 kg/ha compare
- 97 Mauritania 784.6 kg/ha compare
- 98 Togo 754.1 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Sierra Leone was 807.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 2,437 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 499.8 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 95th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.