Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 101 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Sierra Leone stood at 101 ha.
The figure is down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 657 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Sierra Leone ranks 106th of 139 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 89 ha | — |
| 1976 | 229 ha | +157.3% |
| 1977 | 294 ha | +28.4% |
| 1978 | 559 ha | +90.1% |
| 1979 | 529 ha | -5.4% |
| 1980 | 500 ha | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 570 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 600 ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 657 ha | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 508 ha | -22.7% |
| 1997 | 300 ha | -40.9% |
| 1998 | 144 ha | -52.0% |
| 1999 | 60 ha | -58.3% |
| 2000 | 40 ha | -33.3% |
| 2001 | 36 ha | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 42 ha | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 50 ha | +19.0% |
| 2004 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 60 ha | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 64 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 66 ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 68 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 70 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 75 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 80 ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 84 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 96 ha | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 109 ha | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 101 ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 102 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 104 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 103 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 102 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 100 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 102 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 101 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 101 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 101 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 170 ha | 0 ha | 559 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 535 ha | 500 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 463.9 ha | 60 ha | 657 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.1 ha | 36 ha | 70 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.6 ha | 75 ha | 109 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 101 ha | 100 ha | 102 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 103 Guyana 126 ha compare
- 104 Montenegro 114 ha compare
- 105 Trinidad and Tobago 113 ha compare
- 107 Malaysia 65 ha compare
- 108 Austria 63 ha compare
- 109 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 62 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 101 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 657 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 106th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested. 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.