Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 314,286 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 314,286 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 34.9% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 463,344 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 26,200 ha, in 1989.
That places Sierra Leone 31st out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,674 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,140 ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 33,674 ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 34,083 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 33,800 ha | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 37,500 ha | +10.9% |
| 1967 | 37,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 32,000 ha | -13.5% |
| 1969 | 31,500 ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 33,682 ha | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 33,600 ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 34,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 34,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 34,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 31,200 ha | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 32,400 ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 34,400 ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 34,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 38,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 40,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 41,100 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 41,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 35,000 ha | -15.7% |
| 1985 | 32,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1986 | 29,200 ha | -8.8% |
| 1987 | 34,800 ha | +19.2% |
| 1988 | 34,700 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 26,200 ha | -24.5% |
| 1990 | 41,900 ha | +59.9% |
| 1991 | 43,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 41,478 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 52,404 ha | +26.3% |
| 1994 | 58,600 ha | +11.8% |
| 1995 | 52,800 ha | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 64,074 ha | +21.4% |
| 1997 | 80,383 ha | +25.5% |
| 1998 | 72,073 ha | -10.3% |
| 1999 | 54,851 ha | -23.9% |
| 2000 | 58,092 ha | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 74,784 ha | +28.7% |
| 2002 | 89,126 ha | +19.2% |
| 2003 | 331,754 ha | +272.2% |
| 2004 | 337,554 ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 206,675 ha | -38.8% |
| 2006 | 260,935 ha | +26.3% |
| 2007 | 331,152 ha | +26.9% |
| 2008 | 355,849 ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 398,826 ha | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 439,008 ha | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 463,344 ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 272,964 ha | -41.1% |
| 2013 | 418,370 ha | +53.3% |
| 2014 | 380,829 ha | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 337,755 ha | -11.3% |
| 2016 | 286,173 ha | -15.3% |
| 2017 | 151,308 ha | -47.1% |
| 2018 | 195,859 ha | +29.4% |
| 2019 | 84,709 ha | -56.8% |
| 2020 | 142,182 ha | +67.8% |
| 2021 | 189,872 ha | +33.5% |
| 2022 | 212,126 ha | +11.7% |
| 2023 | 232,937 ha | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 314,286 ha | +34.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,041 ha | 31,500 ha | 37,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,768 ha | 31,200 ha | 35,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,250 ha | 26,200 ha | 41,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 56,156 ha | 41,478 ha | 80,383 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 244,475 ha | 58,092 ha | 398,826 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 303,032 ha | 84,709 ha | 463,344 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 218,281 ha | 142,182 ha | 314,286 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 28 Kenya 380,110 ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 623 ha compare
- 29 Pakistan 352,045 ha compare
- 30 Philippines 347,129 ha compare
- 32 Zambia 298,746 ha compare
- 33 Egypt 284,933 ha compare
- 34 Yugoslav SFR 284,512 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 314,286 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 463,344 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,200 ha in 1989.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 31st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.