Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested was 13,877 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in Sierra Leone is 13,877 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 68.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 13,877 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 260 ha, in 1988.
That places Sierra Leone 9th out of 66 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 365 ha | -27.0% |
| 1987 | 475 ha | +30.1% |
| 1988 | 260 ha | -45.3% |
| 1989 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 312 ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 397 ha | +27.2% |
| 1992 | 347 ha | -12.6% |
| 1993 | 396 ha | +14.1% |
| 1994 | 346 ha | -12.6% |
| 1995 | 494 ha | +42.8% |
| 1996 | 939 ha | +90.1% |
| 1997 | 1,178 ha | +25.5% |
| 1998 | 1,434 ha | +21.7% |
| 1999 | 1,709 ha | +19.2% |
| 2000 | 2,003 ha | +17.2% |
| 2001 | 2,316 ha | +15.6% |
| 2002 | 2,648 ha | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 2,996 ha | +13.1% |
| 2004 | 3,360 ha | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 3,734 ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 4,117 ha | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 4,504 ha | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 4,893 ha | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 6,031 ha | +23.3% |
| 2010 | 6,470 ha | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 6,908 ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 7,346 ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 7,787 ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 8,230 ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 8,677 ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 9,128 ha | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 9,584 ha | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 10,047 ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 10,515 ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 11,080 ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 11,835 ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 12,502 ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 13,181 ha | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 13,877 ha | +5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 372 ha | 260 ha | 500 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 755.2 ha | 312 ha | 1,709 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,660 ha | 2,003 ha | 6,031 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,469 ha | 6,470 ha | 10,515 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,495 ha | 11,080 ha | 13,877 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 6 China, mainland 32,819 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5,430 ha compare
- 7 Pakistan 18,334 ha compare
- 8 Myanmar 16,236 ha compare
- 10 Brazil 9,609 ha compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 293 ha compare
- 11 Afghanistan 8,905 ha compare
- 12 Nigeria 6,925 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 stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 13,877 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 13,877 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 260 ha in 1988.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 9th out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested. 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.