Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 119,429 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Sierra Leone stood at 119,429 ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 122,905 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 45,000 ha, in 1966.
That places Sierra Leone 11th out of 116 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 46,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 46,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 46,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 46,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 46,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 45,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 46,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 48,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 49,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 50,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 49,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 48,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 48,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 48,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 48,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 49,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 49,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 50,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 52,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 52,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 52,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 52,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 52,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 52,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 52,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 53,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 54,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 55,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 56,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 56,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 60,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 59,700 ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 55,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 51,357 ha | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 60,000 ha | +16.8% |
| 1997 | 65,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 71,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 75,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 60,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 2001 | 64,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 70,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 82,000 ha | +17.1% |
| 2004 | 90,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 2005 | 94,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 97,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 102,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 103,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 110,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 112,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 115,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 118,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 115,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 115,676 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 122,905 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 117,860 ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 117,762 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 117,734 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 118,134 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 118,213 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 118,483 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 118,770 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 119,169 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 119,429 ha | +0.2% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 119,429 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 29,072 ha, 4.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 119,429 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,578 ha, 4.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,444 ha | 45,000 ha | 49,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,950 ha | 48,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,600 ha | 52,000 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 60,906 ha | 51,357 ha | 75,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 87,200 ha | 60,000 ha | 110,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 117,007 ha | 112,000 ha | 122,905 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 118,813 ha | 118,213 ha | 119,429 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,192 ha compare
- 8 Nigeria 152,867 ha compare
- 9 Pakistan 140,559 ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 14,033 ha compare
- 10 Ethiopia PDR 127,000 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 3,228 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 3,199 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 435 ha compare
- 12 Sudan (former) 116,000 ha compare
- 13 Thailand 108,133 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 0 ha compare
- 14 Sudan 107,039 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 other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 119,429 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 122,905 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,000 ha in 1966.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 11th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. 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 pulses n.e.c. — 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.