Oil palm fruit — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 7,790 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — yield in Sierra Leone is 7,790 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 8,182 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 7,611 kg/ha, in 2014.
Sierra Leone ranks 35th of 41 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,064 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 8,048 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 8,062 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 8,063 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 8,068 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 8,033 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 8,028 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 8,028 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,182 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 8,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 8,125 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 8,077 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 8,077 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8,125 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 8,167 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 8,040 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 8,038 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 8,000 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7,778 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 7,636 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 7,611 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 7,690 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 7,785 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 7,812 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 7,807 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 7,785 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 7,776 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 7,781 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 7,783 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 7,789 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 7,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 7,790 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 9,791 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 7,790 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,984 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,064 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,064 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,064 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,056 kg/ha | 8,028 kg/ha | 8,068 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,104 kg/ha | 8,028 kg/ha | 8,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,791 kg/ha | 7,611 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,784 kg/ha | 7,776 kg/ha | 7,790 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 32 Gabon 8,918 kg/ha compare
- 33 Togo 8,520 kg/ha compare
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 8,439 kg/ha compare
- 36 Solomon Islands 7,762 kg/ha compare
- 37 Philippines 7,638 kg/ha compare
- 38 Ghana 7,364 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 oil palm fruit — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Sierra Leone was 7,790 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 8,182 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,611 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 35th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 — 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.