Sugar cane — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Sugar cane — Yield was 69,709 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sugar cane — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1981–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — yield in Sierra Leone stood at 69,709 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 80,000 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 50,000 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Sierra Leone 34th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Sugar cane — Yield in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 50,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1982 | 80,000 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1983 | 80,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 70,000 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 69,880 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 69,697 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 69,697 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 70,435 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 70,435 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 69,000 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 69,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 69,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 70,000 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 69,091 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 70,000 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 70,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 69,830 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 69,786 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 69,757 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 69,746 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 69,744 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 69,741 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 69,738 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 69,732 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 69,724 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 69,716 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 69,709 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 69,709 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 42,586 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 69,709 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 70,000 kg/ha | 50,000 kg/ha | 80,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1990s | 69,971 kg/ha | 69,697 kg/ha | 70,435 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 69,743 kg/ha | 69,000 kg/ha | 70,435 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 69,770 kg/ha | 69,091 kg/ha | 70,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 69,724 kg/ha | 69,709 kg/ha | 69,738 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
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 sugar cane — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Sugar cane — yield in Sierra Leone was 69,709 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 80,000 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,000 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 34th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar cane — 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.