Peas, dry — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Peas, dry — Area harvested was 4,357 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peas, dry — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, peas, dry — area harvested in Sierra Leone stood at 4,357 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peas, dry — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 4,472 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,275 ha, in 2000.
Sierra Leone ranks 59th of 99 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.
Peas, dry — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,440 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,750 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 1,770 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 1,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 1,950 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 1,900 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,050 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 2,100 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,125 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 2,019 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 2,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 1,940 ha | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 1,906 ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 1,857 ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 1,805 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 1,700 ha | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 1,275 ha | -25.0% |
| 2001 | 1,400 ha | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 1,750 ha | +12.9% |
| 2005 | 2,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 2,170 ha | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 2,300 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 2,460 ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 2,800 ha | +13.8% |
| 2010 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 3,350 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 3,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 3,859 ha | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 3,570 ha | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 3,567 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 3,682 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 3,775 ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 3,881 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 4,048 ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 4,171 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 4,472 ha | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 4,357 ha | -2.6% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 4,357 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 16,591 ha, 26% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 4,357 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,457 ha, 46% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Peas, dry — Area harvested in Sierra Leone changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -25.0% | 1,700 ha | 1,275 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,538 ha | 1,440 ha | 1,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,640 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,947 ha | 1,770 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,955 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,125 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,920 ha | 1,275 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,480 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,859 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,186 ha | 3,881 ha | 4,472 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)
- 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 peas, dry — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Peas, dry — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 4,357 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 4,472 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,275 ha in 2000.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for peas, dry — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 59th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. 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 Peas, dry — 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.