Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 51,556 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 51,556 ha for oil palm fruit — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 51,556 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21,800 ha, in 1999.
That places Sierra Leone 19th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 29,200 ha | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 29,150 ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 28,700 ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 27,900 ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 29,500 ha | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 30,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 24,800 ha | -18.7% |
| 1999 | 21,800 ha | -12.1% |
| 2000 | 21,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 22,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 26,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 24,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 26,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 26,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 27,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 27,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 28,643 ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 34,200 ha | +19.4% |
| 2016 | 35,580 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 38,016 ha | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 42,651 ha | +12.2% |
| 2019 | 48,812 ha | +14.4% |
| 2020 | 45,012 ha | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 45,405 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 46,744 ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 48,320 ha | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 51,556 ha | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,355 ha | 21,800 ha | 31,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,080 ha | 21,800 ha | 26,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,540 ha | 26,500 ha | 48,812 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,407 ha | 45,012 ha | 51,556 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 16 Costa Rica 74,742 ha compare
- 17 Philippines 68,315 ha compare
- 18 Gabon 68,166 ha compare
- 20 China (People’s Republic of) 50,672 ha compare
- 20 China, mainland 50,672 ha compare
- 22 Benin 42,069 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 51,556 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 51,556 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,800 ha in 1999.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 19th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — 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.