Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 119,858 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Sierra Leone is 119,858 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 86.8% on the previous year and up 135.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 125,346 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 24,250 ha, in 1976.
That places Sierra Leone 57th out of 207 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 | 25,496 ha | 24,800 ha | 26,160 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,560 ha | 24,250 ha | 24,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,210 ha | 25,000 ha | 29,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,678 ha | 27,074 ha | 29,717 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,810 ha | 27,809 ha | 44,694 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,852 ha | 45,767 ha | 91,488 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 89,898 ha | 64,181 ha | 125,346 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 54 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 125,471 ha compare
- 55 Poland 124,000 ha compare
- 56 China, Taiwan Province of 121,100 ha compare
- 58 Benin 119,442 ha compare
- 59 Tunisia 117,743 ha compare
- 60 Afghanistan 117,666 ha compare
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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 119,858 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 125,346 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,250 ha in 1976.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 57th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 135.9%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.