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 87th of 122 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.
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
- 84 United Republic of Tanzania 1,067 kg/ha compare
- 85 Nigeria 1,066 kg/ha compare
- 86 Malawi 1,053 kg/ha compare
- 87 Burkina Faso 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 87 China, Taiwan Province of 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 87 Eswatini 1,000 kg/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 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 87th out of 122 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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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.