Millet — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Millet — Area harvested was 14,773 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — area harvested in Sierra Leone is 14,773 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 49.1% on the previous year and down 61.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 55,371 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,003 ha, in 2000.
Sierra Leone ranks 44th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,486 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,329 ha | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 7,357 ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 7,284 ha | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 7,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 6,800 ha | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 6,500 ha | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1969 | 5,800 ha | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 5,702 ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 5,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 5,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 5,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8,500 ha | +41.7% |
| 1977 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 16,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1984 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1988 | 24,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1989 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 25,800 ha | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 27,800 ha | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 27,875 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 26,481 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 31,100 ha | +17.4% |
| 1995 | 30,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 26,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1997 | 29,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 1998 | 17,000 ha | -41.4% |
| 1999 | 4,948 ha | -70.9% |
| 2000 | 4,003 ha | -19.1% |
| 2001 | 9,600 ha | +139.8% |
| 2002 | 11,612 ha | +21.0% |
| 2003 | 10,000 ha | -13.9% |
| 2004 | 15,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2005 | 20,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2006 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 19,000 ha | -24.0% |
| 2008 | 25,000 ha | +31.6% |
| 2009 | 27,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 32,414 ha | +20.1% |
| 2011 | 39,004 ha | +20.3% |
| 2012 | 37,890 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 37,975 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 38,361 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 41,772 ha | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 35,759 ha | -14.4% |
| 2017 | 36,424 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 35,229 ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 34,981 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 30,705 ha | -12.2% |
| 2021 | 55,371 ha | +80.3% |
| 2022 | 53,987 ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 29,017 ha | -46.3% |
| 2024 | 14,773 ha | -49.1% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 14,773 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 69,059 ha, 21% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 14,773 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 21% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +139.8% | 4,003 ha | 9,600 ha |
| 2021 | +80.3% | 30,705 ha | 55,371 ha |
| 1999 | -70.9% | 17,000 ha | 4,948 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,895 ha | 5,800 ha | 7,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,080 ha | 5,702 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,900 ha | 9,000 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,600 ha | 4,948 ha | 31,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,622 ha | 4,003 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,981 ha | 32,414 ha | 41,772 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,771 ha | 14,773 ha | 55,371 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 41 Zambia 18,220 ha compare
- 42 Poland 16,943 ha compare
- 43 Congo 16,118 ha compare
- 45 Mauritania 13,000 ha compare
- 46 South Africa 12,938 ha compare
- 47 Bangladesh 11,005 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 millet — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Millet — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 14,773 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 55,371 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,003 ha in 2000.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for millet — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 44th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.5%. 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 Millet — 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.