Rice — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Rice — Area harvested was 987,345 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 987,345 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.2% on the previous year and up 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 1.17 million ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 183,214 ha, in 2000.
That places Sierra Leone 21st out of 146 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 297,118 ha | 255,110 ha | 350,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 376,681 ha | 326,810 ha | 425,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 372,700 ha | 318,892 ha | 410,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 320,812 ha | 213,054 ha | 392,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 468,227 ha | 183,214 ha | 742,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 720,598 ha | 549,022 ha | 1.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 814,066 ha | 604,407 ha | 987,345 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 18 Nepal 1.42 million ha compare
- 19 United Republic of Tanzania 1.30 million ha compare
- 20 Sri Lanka 1.13 million ha compare
- 22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 912,998 ha compare
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 811,177 ha compare
- 24 Mali 789,529 ha compare
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 rice — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Rice — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 987,345 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 million ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 183,214 ha in 2000.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for rice — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 21st out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.1%. 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 Rice — 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.