Millet — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Millet — Yield was 503.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 503.9 kg/ha for millet — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 46.4% on the previous year and down 51.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 1,665 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 503.9 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Sierra Leone 77th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,629 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,665 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 1,616 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 1,631 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 1,600 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 1,471 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1967 | 1,385 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1968 | 1,333 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 1,207 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1970 | 1,122 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1971 | 1,121 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 1,119 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 1,136 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 1,133 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 1,150 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,556 kg/ha | +55.6% |
| 1981 | 1,600 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,375 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1984 | 1,353 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 1,353 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,353 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,353 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 891.7 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 1989 | 941.7 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 918.6 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 812.9 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1992 | 800 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 848.9 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 793.3 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 796.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 748.3 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 970.6 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1999 | 954.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 908.3 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 885.4 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 906.7 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 1,000 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,011 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 1,026 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,029 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,036 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,043 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,053 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,063 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,071 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1,079 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1,086 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,042 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 722.4 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 2022 | 722.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 940.9 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 2024 | 503.9 kg/ha | -46.4% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 503.9 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 848.5 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 503.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 815.8 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +55.6% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,556 kg/ha |
| 2024 | -46.4% | 940.9 kg/ha | 503.9 kg/ha |
| 1988 | -34.1% | 1,353 kg/ha | 891.7 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -30.7% | 1,042 kg/ha | 722.4 kg/ha |
| 2023 | +30.2% | 722.4 kg/ha | 940.9 kg/ha |
| 1998 | +29.7% | 748.3 kg/ha | 970.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,504 kg/ha | 1,207 kg/ha | 1,665 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,078 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,150 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,338 kg/ha | 891.7 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 844.37 kg/ha | 748.3 kg/ha | 970.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 970.04 kg/ha | 885.4 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,050 kg/ha | 1,011 kg/ha | 1,086 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 786.36 kg/ha | 503.9 kg/ha | 1,042 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Millet — yield in Sierra Leone was 503.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1,665 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 503.9 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for millet — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 77th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.7%. 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 Millet — 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.