Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Liberia
Liberia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 39,440 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 39,440 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Liberia peaked at 39,482 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 18,000 ha, in 1961.
Liberia ranks 119th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Liberia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 18,300 ha | -3.7% |
| 1964 | 19,300 ha | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 19,800 ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 20,300 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 20,800 ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 20,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 19,300 ha | -7.2% |
| 1970 | 19,800 ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 25,400 ha | +28.3% |
| 1972 | 22,400 ha | -11.8% |
| 1973 | 21,500 ha | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 24,700 ha | +14.9% |
| 1975 | 25,800 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 25,500 ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 22,700 ha | -11.0% |
| 1978 | 21,400 ha | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 20,200 ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 20,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 19,500 ha | -3.9% |
| 1982 | 20,500 ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 20,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 21,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 23,400 ha | +11.4% |
| 1986 | 22,400 ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 23,367 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 22,870 ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 22,400 ha | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 20,442 ha | -8.7% |
| 1991 | 25,458 ha | +24.5% |
| 1992 | 25,929 ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 26,245 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 26,914 ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 27,896 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 28,515 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 33,325 ha | +16.9% |
| 1998 | 33,828 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 34,425 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 34,655 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 34,245 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 34,093 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 33,717 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 34,637 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 35,590 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 36,069 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 36,422 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 36,016 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 33,950 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 35,757 ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 35,845 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 35,593 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 35,692 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 37,351 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 36,538 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 36,559 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 36,718 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 36,841 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 37,617 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 38,444 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 38,453 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 38,968 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 39,482 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 39,440 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,511 ha | 18,000 ha | 20,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,940 ha | 19,800 ha | 25,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,624 ha | 19,500 ha | 23,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,298 ha | 20,442 ha | 34,425 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,939 ha | 33,717 ha | 36,422 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,451 ha | 35,593 ha | 37,617 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,957 ha | 38,444 ha | 39,482 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 32.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Liberia?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Liberia was 39,440 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 39,482 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Liberia rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Liberia ranks 119th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.