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 50th out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 25,820 ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 25,820 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 25,300 ha | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 25,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 25,200 ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 24,900 ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 24,800 ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 24,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 24,900 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 24,850 ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 24,700 ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 24,450 ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 24,300 ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 24,250 ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 24,400 ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 24,450 ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 24,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 25,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 28,100 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 27,300 ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 29,600 ha | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 29,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 29,800 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 29,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 29,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 27,074 ha | -9.1% |
| 1991 | 29,717 ha | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 29,644 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 27,660 ha | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 29,177 ha | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 27,908 ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 28,569 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 28,840 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 28,676 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 29,518 ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 27,809 ha | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 33,350 ha | +19.9% |
| 2002 | 34,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 36,500 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 40,800 ha | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 42,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 42,350 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 42,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 43,600 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 44,694 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 45,767 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 47,171 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 45,800 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 50,230 ha | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 50,798 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 50,122 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 50,266 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 50,463 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 91,488 ha | +81.3% |
| 2019 | 66,415 ha | -27.4% |
| 2020 | 125,346 ha | +88.7% |
| 2021 | 66,268 ha | -47.1% |
| 2022 | 73,835 ha | +11.4% |
| 2023 | 64,181 ha | -13.1% |
| 2024 | 119,858 ha | +86.7% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 119,858 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 115,990 ha, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 119,858 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 1.9× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +88.7% | 66,415 ha | 125,346 ha |
| 2024 | +86.7% | 64,181 ha | 119,858 ha |
| 2018 | +81.3% | 50,463 ha | 91,488 ha |
| 2021 | -47.1% | 125,346 ha | 66,268 ha |
| 2019 | -27.4% | 91,488 ha | 66,415 ha |
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
- 47 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 125,471 ha compare
- 48 Poland 124,000 ha compare
- 49 China, Taiwan Province of 121,100 ha compare
- 51 Central African Republic 119,552 ha compare
- 52 Benin 119,442 ha compare
- 53 Tunisia 117,743 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 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 50th out of 191 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.