Taro — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Taro — Area harvested was 1,144 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — 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 taro — area harvested in Sierra Leone is 1,144 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 10,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 900 ha, in 1990.
That places Sierra Leone 30th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taro — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1981 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1982 | 6,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 5,500 ha | -15.4% |
| 1984 | 4,500 ha | -18.2% |
| 1985 | 3,500 ha | -22.2% |
| 1986 | 2,700 ha | -22.9% |
| 1987 | 1,800 ha | -33.3% |
| 1988 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 1,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 900 ha | -43.8% |
| 1991 | 1,500 ha | +66.7% |
| 1992 | 1,478 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 1,404 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 1,400 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 1,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 1996 | 1,074 ha | -10.5% |
| 1997 | 1,083 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 1,073 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 1,080 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 960 ha | -11.1% |
| 2001 | 1,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 1,052 ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 1,050 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,080 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 1,100 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 1,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 1,158 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,198 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 1,200 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,224 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 1,127 ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 1,184 ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 1,199 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1,198 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,193 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,187 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 1,146 ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 1,132 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 1,155 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 1,144 ha | -1.0% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 1,144 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 21,875 ha, 5% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 1,144 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,423 ha, 7% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +66.7% | 900 ha | 1,500 ha |
| 1990 | -43.8% | 1,600 ha | 900 ha |
| 1987 | -33.3% | 2,700 ha | 1,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,600 ha | 9,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,280 ha | 1,600 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,219 ha | 900 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,059 ha | 960 ha | 1,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,183 ha | 1,127 ha | 1,224 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,153 ha | 1,132 ha | 1,187 ha | 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 taro — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Taro — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 1,144 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 900 ha in 1990.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for taro — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 30th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. 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 Taro — 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.