Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 155,038 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Sierra Leone stood at 155,038 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.4% on the previous year and up 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 155,038 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46,810 ha, in 1966.
That places Sierra Leone 65th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,290 ha | 46,810 ha | 50,920 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 51,037 ha | 50,050 ha | 52,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,115 ha | 54,320 ha | 57,720 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 63,547 ha | 53,997 ha | 77,415 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 90,236 ha | 62,025 ha | 114,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 121,976 ha | 116,500 ha | 128,224 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 132,074 ha | 124,829 ha | 155,038 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- 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)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 4.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 47.85 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 155,038 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 155,038 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,810 ha in 1966.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 65th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.5%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.