Peas, dry — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Peas, dry — Yield was 861.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peas, dry — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for peas, dry — yield in Sierra Leone is 861.7 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peas, dry — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 900 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1967.
Sierra Leone ranks 84th of 98 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Peas, dry — Yield in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 520.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 533.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 566.7 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1964 | 562.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 625 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 533.3 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1967 | 500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 533.3 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 533.3 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 545.5 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 545.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 545.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 588.2 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 617.6 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 628.6 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 632.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 638.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 684.2 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 707.7 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 657.9 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 725 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 750 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 760 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 761 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 761.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 785.7 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 809.5 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 790.6 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 790.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 800 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 804.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 804.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 806 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 805.9 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 800 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 821.4 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 800 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 838.7 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 857.1 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 900 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 875.6 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 869.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 853.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 892.9 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 866.7 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 843.8 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 848.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 865.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 866.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 862.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 864.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 866.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 867.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 827.6 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 848.5 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 854 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 856.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 859.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 861.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 861.7 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 878.4 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 861.7 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 739.1 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 541.66 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 550.42 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 628.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 707.94 kg/ha | 632.8 kg/ha | 761.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 799.72 kg/ha | 785.7 kg/ha | 809.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 850.9 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 858.03 kg/ha | 827.6 kg/ha | 867.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 856.04 kg/ha | 848.5 kg/ha | 861.7 kg/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 — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Peas, dry — yield in Sierra Leone was 861.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peas, dry — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 900 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest peas, dry — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for peas, dry — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 84th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. 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 — Yield. 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.