Taro — Yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Taro — Yield was 2,564 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — yield in Sierra Leone stood at 2,564 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 3,556 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,800 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Sierra Leone 50th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,800 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 2,050 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1968 | 1,900 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1969 | 2,300 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1970 | 2,200 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 2,300 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 2,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,222 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,250 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 2,286 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 2,154 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 2,182 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 2,222 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 2,286 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 2,222 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,176 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 2,188 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 3,556 kg/ha | +62.5% |
| 1991 | 2,267 kg/ha | -36.2% |
| 1992 | 2,300 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 2,301 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,286 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 2,250 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 2,396 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 2,394 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 2,378 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 2,250 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 2,438 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 2,500 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 2,471 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 2,500 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 2,593 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 2,500 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 2,636 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 2,435 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 2,500 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,435 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 2,489 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 2,504 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 2,583 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 2,565 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,548 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 2,566 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,567 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,582 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,596 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,594 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,596 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,590 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,505 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 2,564 kg/ha | +2.3% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 2,564 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 6,535 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 2,564 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,621 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +62.5% | 2,188 kg/ha | 3,556 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -36.2% | 3,556 kg/ha | 2,267 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,117 kg/ha | 1,800 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,259 kg/ha | 2,200 kg/ha | 2,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,219 kg/ha | 2,154 kg/ha | 2,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,438 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha | 3,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,507 kg/ha | 2,435 kg/ha | 2,636 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,544 kg/ha | 2,435 kg/ha | 2,596 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,570 kg/ha | 2,505 kg/ha | 2,596 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 47 Togo 3,435 kg/ha compare
- 48 Bhutan 3,153 kg/ha compare
- 49 Central African Republic 2,790 kg/ha compare
- 51 French Guiana 2,489 kg/ha compare
- 52 French Polynesia 1,908 kg/ha 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 taro — yield in Sierra Leone?
- Taro — yield in Sierra Leone was 2,564 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 3,556 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,800 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for taro — yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 50th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.