Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0036 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Sierra Leone is 0.0036 ha per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.9% on the previous year and down 44.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.0096 ha per person in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.0012 ha per person, in 1986.
That places Sierra Leone 15th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0015 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0015 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0014 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0014 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 0.0023 ha per person | +65.4% |
| 1966 | 0.003 ha per person | +26.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0031 ha per person | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 0.0023 ha per person | -26.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0024 ha per person | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0026 ha per person | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0025 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0025 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0028 ha per person | +12.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0027 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0027 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0017 ha per person | -36.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0018 ha per person | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0017 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0017 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0015 ha per person | -9.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0015 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0015 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0014 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0013 ha per person | -11.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0012 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 0.0012 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0013 ha per person | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0013 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0012 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0026 ha per person | +111.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0027 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0024 ha per person | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0026 ha per person | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0038 ha per person | +42.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0034 ha per person | -10.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0036 ha per person | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0041 ha per person | +13.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0035 ha per person | -14.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0017 ha per person | -49.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0024 ha per person | +37.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0021 ha per person | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0021 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0093 ha per person | +349.4% |
| 2004 | 0.009 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0054 ha per person | -40.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0055 ha per person | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0057 ha per person | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0057 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0064 ha per person | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0069 ha per person | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0065 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 0.007 ha per person | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0096 ha per person | +36.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0064 ha per person | -33.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0069 ha per person | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0042 ha per person | -38.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0028 ha per person | -33.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0028 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0024 ha per person | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0031 ha per person | +27.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0041 ha per person | +32.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0038 ha per person | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 0.004 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0036 ha per person | -9.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +349.4% | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.0093 ha per person |
| 1990 | +111.5% | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0026 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0031 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0023 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0015 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.003 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0041 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0054 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.0093 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0056 ha per person | 0.0024 ha per person | 0.0096 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0037 ha per person | 0.0031 ha per person | 0.0041 ha per person | 5 |
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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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Sierra Leone?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Sierra Leone was 0.0036 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0096 ha per person in 2013.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0012 ha per person in 1986.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Sierra Leone ranks 15th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.