Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 10,184 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 10,184 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 22.3% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 17,461 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,650 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Sierra Leone 140th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,669 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,664 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 2,676 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 2,650 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 3,121 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1966 | 3,243 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 3,257 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 3,016 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1969 | 3,300 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1970 | 3,655 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 3,726 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 3,679 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 3,617 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 3,583 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 3,583 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,766 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 3,673 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 3,488 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 3,517 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 3,290 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 3,138 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 3,080 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 3,125 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 3,514 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1985 | 4,094 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1986 | 4,520 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1987 | 3,808 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1988 | 3,856 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 5,153 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1990 | 5,356 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 5,293 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 5,825 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 5,405 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 4,959 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1995 | 5,856 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1996 | 5,155 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1997 | 4,508 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1998 | 4,634 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 5,036 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 5,936 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2001 | 5,718 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 5,728 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 5,773 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 5,844 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 5,919 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 5,996 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 6,060 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 5,914 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 7,508 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2010 | 7,879 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 7,928 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 13,954 kg/ha | +76.0% |
| 2013 | 9,654 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 2014 | 10,100 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 10,328 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 10,904 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 13,862 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2018 | 11,773 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 12,550 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 13,281 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 17,461 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2022 | 14,762 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2023 | 13,112 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2024 | 10,184 kg/ha | -22.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,955 kg/ha | 2,650 kg/ha | 3,300 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,629 kg/ha | 3,488 kg/ha | 3,766 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,758 kg/ha | 3,080 kg/ha | 5,153 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,203 kg/ha | 4,508 kg/ha | 5,856 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,040 kg/ha | 5,718 kg/ha | 7,508 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,893 kg/ha | 7,879 kg/ha | 13,954 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,760 kg/ha | 10,184 kg/ha | 17,461 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 137 Guadeloupe 10,432 kg/ha compare
- 138 Dominica 10,417 kg/ha compare
- 139 Congo 10,255 kg/ha compare
- 141 Trinidad and Tobago 9,629 kg/ha compare
- 142 Somalia 9,563 kg/ha compare
- 143 Martinique 9,316 kg/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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Sierra Leone was 10,184 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 17,461 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,650 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 140th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.