Taro — Production in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Taro — Production was 2,933 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Production in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 2,933 t for taro — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — production in Sierra Leone peaked at 25,000 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2,340 t, in 2000.
That places Sierra Leone 41st out of 59 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,167 t | 18,000 t | 25,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,700 t | 20,000 t | 23,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,520 t | 3,500 t | 18,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,928 t | 2,430 t | 3,400 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,656 t | 2,340 t | 2,900 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,010 t | 2,800 t | 3,141 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,962 t | 2,893 t | 3,079 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture share gdp 29.54 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.54 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 4.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 47.85 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — production in Sierra Leone?
- Taro — production in Sierra Leone was 2,933 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — production recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 25,000 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest taro — production recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,340 t in 2000.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for taro — production?
- Sierra Leone ranks 41st out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — production rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. 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 Taro — Production. 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.