Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 205,113 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 205,113 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 30.2% on the previous year and up 77.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 205,113 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46,900 ha, in 1980.
Sierra Leone ranks 77th 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 Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 53,150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 53,200 ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 53,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 53,250 ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 53,440 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 51,300 ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 51,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 51,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 51,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 47,881 ha | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 47,911 ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 47,100 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 47,300 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 48,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 48,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 48,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 50,700 ha | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 48,800 ha | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 48,900 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 46,900 ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 54,100 ha | +15.4% |
| 1982 | 49,300 ha | -8.9% |
| 1983 | 49,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 55,700 ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 57,800 ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 56,600 ha | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 55,400 ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 56,400 ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 58,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 58,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 62,200 ha | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 56,600 ha | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 56,145 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 75,500 ha | +34.5% |
| 1995 | 70,700 ha | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 72,948 ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 75,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 68,541 ha | -8.7% |
| 1999 | 63,267 ha | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 47,036 ha | -25.7% |
| 2001 | 66,800 ha | +42.0% |
| 2002 | 103,696 ha | +55.2% |
| 2003 | 122,200 ha | +17.8% |
| 2004 | 152,600 ha | +24.9% |
| 2005 | 170,100 ha | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 181,300 ha | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 115,982 ha | -36.0% |
| 2008 | 119,967 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 134,570 ha | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 145,961 ha | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 148,327 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 138,993 ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 117,085 ha | -15.8% |
| 2014 | 115,430 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 115,584 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 85,980 ha | -25.6% |
| 2017 | 90,254 ha | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 95,805 ha | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 103,660 ha | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 98,259 ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 127,068 ha | +29.3% |
| 2022 | 148,016 ha | +16.5% |
| 2023 | 157,500 ha | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 205,113 ha | +30.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,382 ha | 51,300 ha | 53,440 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,399 ha | 47,100 ha | 50,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 54,000 ha | 46,900 ha | 58,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 65,990 ha | 56,145 ha | 75,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 121,425 ha | 47,036 ha | 181,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 115,708 ha | 85,980 ha | 148,327 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 147,191 ha | 98,259 ha | 205,113 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)
- 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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 205,113 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 205,113 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,900 ha in 1980.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 77th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 77.7%. 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 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.