Sorghum — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Sorghum — Area harvested was 60,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 60,000 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and up 87.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 83,731 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,750 ha, in 1970.
Sierra Leone ranks 42nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,689 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,880 ha | -10.5% |
| 1963 | 7,284 ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 7,325 ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 7,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 6,500 ha | -13.3% |
| 1967 | 5,500 ha | -15.4% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 4,800 ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 4,750 ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 4,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 4,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 7,000 ha | +34.6% |
| 1977 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 12,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1985 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 24,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1989 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 37,400 ha | +49.6% |
| 1991 | 39,300 ha | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 37,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 35,150 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 28,700 ha | -18.3% |
| 1995 | 25,700 ha | -10.5% |
| 1996 | 27,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 23,000 ha | -17.9% |
| 1999 | 22,400 ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 6,231 ha | -72.2% |
| 2001 | 12,000 ha | +92.6% |
| 2002 | 17,298 ha | +44.1% |
| 2003 | 20,000 ha | +15.6% |
| 2004 | 21,605 ha | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 22,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 27,000 ha | +22.7% |
| 2007 | 22,000 ha | -18.5% |
| 2008 | 22,728 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 25,456 ha | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 28,070 ha | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 30,505 ha | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 33,147 ha | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 33,304 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 31,940 ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 40,255 ha | +26.0% |
| 2016 | 50,585 ha | +25.7% |
| 2017 | 58,265 ha | +15.2% |
| 2018 | 49,887 ha | -14.4% |
| 2019 | 50,762 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 53,527 ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 83,731 ha | +56.4% |
| 2022 | 61,102 ha | -27.0% |
| 2023 | 63,111 ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 60,000 ha | -4.9% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 60,000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 23% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 60,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 27% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Sierra Leone changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +92.6% | 6,231 ha | 12,000 ha |
| 2000 | -72.2% | 22,400 ha | 6,231 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,498 ha | 4,800 ha | 7,689 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,785 ha | 4,750 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,200 ha | 7,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,365 ha | 22,400 ha | 39,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,632 ha | 6,231 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,672 ha | 28,070 ha | 58,265 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,294 ha | 53,527 ha | 83,731 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 39 Russian Federation 85,510 ha compare
- 40 El Salvador 61,369 ha compare
- 41 Saudi Arabia 60,475 ha compare
- 43 Burundi 49,750 ha compare
- 44 Pakistan 45,563 ha compare
- 45 Guinea 45,000 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 sorghum — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 60,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 83,731 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,750 ha in 1970.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 42nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.9%. 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 Sorghum — 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.