Sweet potatoes — Production in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Sweet potatoes — Production was 254,823 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Sierra Leone stood at 254,823 t.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Sierra Leone peaked at 266,696 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8,941 t, in 1962.
That places Sierra Leone 28th out of 113 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 — Production in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,992 t | — |
| 1962 | 8,941 t | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 9,144 t | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 9,144 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 13,500 t | +47.6% |
| 1966 | 20,600 t | +52.6% |
| 1967 | 20,000 t | -2.9% |
| 1968 | 12,000 t | -40.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 t | +66.7% |
| 1970 | 18,600 t | -7.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 t | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 18,800 t | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 19,300 t | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 19,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 19,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,500 t | -45.6% |
| 1977 | 10,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 11,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 11,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 12,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 12,600 t | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 12,700 t | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 13,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 13,800 t | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 14,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 38,800 t | +177.1% |
| 1991 | 40,800 t | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 34,800 t | -14.7% |
| 1993 | 39,500 t | +13.5% |
| 1994 | 43,900 t | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 45,200 t | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 46,600 t | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 50,300 t | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 42,200 t | -16.1% |
| 1999 | 34,200 t | -19.0% |
| 2000 | 28,091 t | -17.9% |
| 2001 | 25,450 t | -9.4% |
| 2002 | 28,446 t | +11.8% |
| 2003 | 153,196 t | +438.6% |
| 2004 | 157,792 t | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 99,927 t | -36.7% |
| 2006 | 104,925 t | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 110,172 t | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 113,478 t | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 176,969 t | +56.0% |
| 2010 | 206,189 t | +16.5% |
| 2011 | 210,313 t | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 220,829 t | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 225,246 t | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 201,121 t | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 237,712 t | +18.2% |
| 2016 | 149,438 t | -37.1% |
| 2017 | 153,188 t | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 157,033 t | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 178,753 t | +13.8% |
| 2020 | 195,016 t | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 264,836 t | +35.8% |
| 2022 | 253,601 t | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 266,696 t | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 254,823 t | -4.5% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 254,823 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 314,757 t, 81% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 254,823 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 179,140 t, 1.4× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production 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 | +438.6% | 28,446 t | 153,196 t |
| 1990 | +177.1% | 14,000 t | 38,800 t |
| 1969 | +66.7% | 12,000 t | 20,000 t |
| 2009 | +56.0% | 113,478 t | 176,969 t |
| 1966 | +52.6% | 13,500 t | 20,600 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,591 t | 8,941 t | 20,600 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,780 t | 10,000 t | 20,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,060 t | 12,000 t | 14,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,630 t | 34,200 t | 50,300 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 99,845 t | 25,450 t | 176,969 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 193,982 t | 149,438 t | 237,712 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 246,994 t | 195,016 t | 266,696 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 25 Bangladesh 302,073 t compare
- 25 Cabo Verde 2,275 t compare
- 26 Peru 293,211 t compare
- 27 Sudan 278,269 t compare
- 29 Cuba 237,790 t compare
- 30 Chad 232,300 t compare
- 31 Sudan (former) 225,000 t 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 sweet potatoes — production in Sierra Leone?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Sierra Leone was 254,823 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 266,696 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,941 t in 1962.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Sierra Leone ranks 28th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. 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 — Production. 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.