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 87th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,158 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,158 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,210 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 1,210 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,198 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 1,253 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 1,235 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 1,235 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,341 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 1,494 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1971 | 1,093 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1972 | 1,085 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 1,115 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 1,111 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 1,071 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 1,093 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 956.3 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 1,071 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1979 | 1,071 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 833.3 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1981 | 526.3 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 1982 | 1,071 kg/ha | +103.6% |
| 1983 | 814.3 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1984 | 750 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1985 | 618.2 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1986 | 1,257 kg/ha | +103.4% |
| 1987 | 1,105 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1988 | 939.7 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1989 | 939.3 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 939.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 850.8 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1992 | 914.3 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1993 | 951.8 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 990 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 1,028 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 980.8 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 1,019 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 956.8 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 817 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2000 | 772.8 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 769.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 768.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 766.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 759.4 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 764.5 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 768 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 680 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2008 | 686.3 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 700 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 740 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 740 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 840 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 1,100 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 2014 | 1,138 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 881.2 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2016 | 499.8 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 2017 | 502.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 504.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,437 kg/ha | +382.7% |
| 2020 | 1,383 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 2021 | 1,702 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2022 | 1,283 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2023 | 1,256 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 807.7 kg/ha | -35.7% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 807.7 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 820.1 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 807.7 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +382.7% | 504.8 kg/ha | 2,437 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +103.6% | 526.3 kg/ha | 1,071 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +103.4% | 618.2 kg/ha | 1,257 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -43.3% | 881.2 kg/ha | 499.8 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -43.3% | 2,437 kg/ha | 1,383 kg/ha |
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
- 84 Burkina Faso 836.9 kg/ha compare
- 85 Madagascar 835 kg/ha compare
- 86 Liberia 820.1 kg/ha compare
- 88 Mauritania 784.6 kg/ha compare
- 89 Togo 754.1 kg/ha compare
- 90 Eritrea 745.7 kg/ha compare
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 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 87th out of 112 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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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.