Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 31,045 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Sierra Leone is 31,045 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and down 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 64,354 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3,440 ha, in 1961.
Sierra Leone ranks 27th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,440 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,452 ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 3,440 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 3,444 ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 5,800 ha | +68.4% |
| 1966 | 7,500 ha | +29.3% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1969 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 7,017 ha | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 7,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,200 ha | -35.0% |
| 1977 | 5,400 ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1981 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 11,000 ha | +120.0% |
| 1991 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 10,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 15,700 ha | +42.7% |
| 1995 | 14,100 ha | -10.2% |
| 1996 | 15,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 17,300 ha | +15.3% |
| 1998 | 15,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1999 | 7,547 ha | -49.7% |
| 2000 | 10,642 ha | +41.0% |
| 2001 | 10,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 10,319 ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 48,297 ha | +368.0% |
| 2004 | 48,092 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 29,652 ha | -38.3% |
| 2006 | 31,135 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 32,692 ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 33,673 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 38,724 ha | +15.0% |
| 2010 | 42,956 ha | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 41,729 ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 46,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 64,354 ha | +39.9% |
| 2014 | 44,113 ha | -31.5% |
| 2015 | 48,223 ha | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 30,355 ha | -37.1% |
| 2017 | 20,763 ha | -31.6% |
| 2018 | 21,178 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 18,675 ha | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 24,424 ha | +30.8% |
| 2021 | 33,020 ha | +35.2% |
| 2022 | 31,479 ha | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 33,736 ha | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 31,045 ha | -8.0% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 31,045 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 38,904 ha, 80% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 31,045 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +368.0% | 10,319 ha | 48,297 ha |
| 1990 | +120.0% | 5,000 ha | 11,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,286 ha | 3,440 ha | 8,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,642 ha | 5,200 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,850 ha | 4,500 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,815 ha | 7,547 ha | 17,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,323 ha | 10,000 ha | 48,297 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,835 ha | 18,675 ha | 64,354 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,741 ha | 24,424 ha | 33,736 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 31,045 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 64,354 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,440 ha in 1961.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 27th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.6%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.