Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Production in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Production was 9,505 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Production in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 9,505 t for other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — production in Sierra Leone peaked at 9,509 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,000 t, in 1966.
Sierra Leone ranks 6th of 27 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Production in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,300 t | — |
| 1962 | 5,700 t | -9.5% |
| 1963 | 6,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 7,500 t | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 t | -33.3% |
| 1966 | 2,000 t | -60.0% |
| 1967 | 3,200 t | +60.0% |
| 1968 | 6,500 t | +103.1% |
| 1969 | 3,800 t | -41.5% |
| 1970 | 4,200 t | +10.5% |
| 1971 | 4,700 t | +11.9% |
| 1972 | 4,300 t | -8.5% |
| 1973 | 3,300 t | -23.3% |
| 1974 | 4,200 t | +27.3% |
| 1975 | 3,000 t | -28.6% |
| 1976 | 3,200 t | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 3,950 t | +23.4% |
| 1978 | 3,500 t | -11.4% |
| 1979 | 3,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,600 t | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 3,700 t | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 3,800 t | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 3,900 t | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 4,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 4,500 t | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 4,900 t | +8.9% |
| 1988 | 4,900 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 5,100 t | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 5,100 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 5,100 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,845 t | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 4,500 t | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 4,635 t | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 4,677 t | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 4,742 t | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 4,830 t | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 5,349 t | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 5,188 t | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 5,753 t | +10.9% |
| 2002 | 6,218 t | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 6,777 t | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 7,500 t | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 8,700 t | +16.0% |
| 2006 | 8,600 t | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 8,500 t | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 8,600 t | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 8,682 t | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 8,777 t | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 8,882 t | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 9,000 t | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 9,250 t | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 9,353 t | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 9,408 t | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 9,428 t | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 9,445 t | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 9,509 t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 9,504 t | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 9,480 t | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 9,435 t | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 9,387 t | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 9,347 t | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 9,505 t | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,111 t | 2,000 t | 7,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,785 t | 3,000 t | 4,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,180 t | 3,500 t | 5,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,888 t | 4,500 t | 5,349 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,452 t | 5,188 t | 8,700 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,256 t | 8,777 t | 9,509 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,431 t | 9,347 t | 9,505 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 3 Canada 26,870 t compare
- 4 Ethiopia 21,980 t compare
- 5 Ethiopia PDR 17,600 t compare
- 7 Madagascar 6,534 t compare
- 8 New Zealand 4,054 t compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 4,054 t 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 other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — production in Sierra Leone?
- Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — production in Sierra Leone was 9,505 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — production recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 9,509 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — production recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 t in 1966.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — production?
- Sierra Leone ranks 6th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — production rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Production. 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.