Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Liberia
Liberia: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 163,697 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Liberia is 163,697 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 62 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.5% on the previous year and up 173.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Liberia peaked at 163,697 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,000 ha, in 1995.
Liberia ranks 13th of 28 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Liberia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 75,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 88,000 ha | +17.3% |
| 1966 | 88,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 88,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 91,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 92,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 120,000 ha | +30.4% |
| 1971 | 120,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 117,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 119,800 ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 120,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 110,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 102,000 ha | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 98,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 100,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 105,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 107,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 107,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 112,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 100,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 1984 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 40,000 ha | -60.0% |
| 1991 | 20,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1992 | 30,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 45,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1994 | 15,000 ha | -66.7% |
| 1995 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 30,000 ha | +114.3% |
| 1997 | 68,000 ha | +126.7% |
| 1998 | 80,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1999 | 100,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2000 | 105,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 110,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 116,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 117,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 123,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 123,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 115,500 ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 149,000 ha | +29.0% |
| 2008 | 105,000 ha | -29.5% |
| 2009 | 74,500 ha | -29.0% |
| 2010 | 74,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 76,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 97,000 ha | +27.6% |
| 2013 | 68,800 ha | -29.1% |
| 2014 | 59,900 ha | -12.9% |
| 2017 | 77,833 ha | +29.9% |
| 2018 | 92,969 ha | +19.4% |
| 2019 | 110,669 ha | +19.0% |
| 2020 | 107,609 ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 126,364 ha | +17.4% |
| 2022 | 133,582 ha | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 150,819 ha | +12.9% |
| 2024 | 163,697 ha | +8.5% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 163,697 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20,842 ha, 7.9× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Liberia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +126.7% | 30,000 ha | 68,000 ha |
| 1996 | +114.3% | 14,000 ha | 30,000 ha |
| 1994 | -66.7% | 45,000 ha | 15,000 ha |
| 1990 | -60.0% | 100,000 ha | 40,000 ha |
| 1991 | -50.0% | 40,000 ha | 20,000 ha |
| 1992 | +50.0% | 20,000 ha | 30,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 92,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 111,250 ha | 98,000 ha | 120,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 102,600 ha | 100,000 ha | 112,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,200 ha | 14,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 113,800 ha | 74,500 ha | 149,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 82,209 ha | 59,900 ha | 110,669 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 136,414 ha | 107,609 ha | 163,697 ha | 5 |
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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 natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Liberia?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Liberia was 163,697 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 163,697 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 1995.
- How does Liberia rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Liberia ranks 13th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 173.3%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested. 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.