Sorghum — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Sorghum — Yield was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Sierra Leone is 1,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.4% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 1,698 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 539.4 kg/ha, in 1991.
Sierra Leone ranks 78th of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,520 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,698 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1963 | 1,606 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 1,555 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 1,533 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 1,546 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 1,500 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 1,458 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 1,263 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1971 | 1,271 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 1,265 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 1,260 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 1,231 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 1,250 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 1,500 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 1,571 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 1,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,500 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1983 | 1,333 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1984 | 1,267 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 1,111 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1986 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,061 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 837.5 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1989 | 844 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 593.6 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 1991 | 539.4 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 600 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 688.5 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1994 | 808.4 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1995 | 700.4 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1996 | 759.3 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 767.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 760.9 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 767.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 1,300 kg/ha | +69.3% |
| 2001 | 1,083 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 1,072 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1,050 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 998.7 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 1,046 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 666.7 kg/ha | -36.2% |
| 2007 | 909.1 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 2008 | 953.6 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 944.3 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 913.6 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 909.3 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 905.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 900.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 939.3 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 951.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 968.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 978.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 982.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 985 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 971.5 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 955.4 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 949.2 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 905.7 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 1,000 kg/ha | +10.4% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 1,000 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 1,000 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +69.3% | 767.9 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +36.4% | 666.7 kg/ha | 909.1 kg/ha |
| 2006 | -36.2% | 1,046 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -29.7% | 844 kg/ha | 593.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,551 kg/ha | 1,458 kg/ha | 1,698 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,375 kg/ha | 1,231 kg/ha | 1,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,221 kg/ha | 837.5 kg/ha | 1,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 698.63 kg/ha | 539.4 kg/ha | 808.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,002 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 943.36 kg/ha | 900.8 kg/ha | 985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 956.36 kg/ha | 905.7 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 75 Kazakhstan 1,084 kg/ha compare
- 76 Nigeria 1,066 kg/ha compare
- 77 Malawi 1,053 kg/ha compare
- 78 Burkina Faso 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 78 China, Taiwan Province of 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 78 Eswatini 1,000 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)
- 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 — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Sorghum — yield in Sierra Leone was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1,698 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 539.4 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for sorghum — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 78th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.