Vegetables Primary — Production in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Vegetables Primary — Production was 479,512 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Production in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — production in Sierra Leone stood at 479,512 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 22.9% on the previous year and up 33.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Sierra Leone peaked at 479,512 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 145,800 t, in 1976.
Sierra Leone ranks 101st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Production in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 158,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 158,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 156,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 156,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 154,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 153,000 t | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 151,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 151,500 t | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 150,500 t | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 150,700 t | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 149,700 t | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 149,900 t | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 149,100 t | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 147,300 t | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 146,600 t | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 145,800 t | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 147,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 147,200 t | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 147,500 t | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 152,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 159,000 t | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 166,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 173,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 167,000 t | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 179,000 t | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 180,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 186,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 187,100 t | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 188,200 t | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 188,113 t | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 192,938 t | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 190,361 t | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 180,000 t | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 188,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 187,000 t | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 187,473 t | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 188,565 t | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 185,590 t | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 195,000 t | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 182,000 t | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 213,000 t | +17.0% |
| 2002 | 219,000 t | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 235,000 t | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 257,800 t | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 264,000 t | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 268,000 t | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 273,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 284,000 t | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 290,000 t | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 306,135 t | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 320,753 t | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 343,500 t | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 349,535 t | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 358,034 t | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 353,975 t | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 358,806 t | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 362,255 t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 399,349 t | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 393,599 t | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 475,028 t | +20.7% |
| 2021 | 398,899 t | -16.0% |
| 2022 | 403,439 t | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 390,128 t | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 479,512 t | +22.9% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 479,512 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 527,338 t, 91% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 479,512 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 479,512 t, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 154,222 t | 150,500 t | 158,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 148,080 t | 145,800 t | 150,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 173,730 t | 152,000 t | 188,200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 188,304 t | 180,000 t | 195,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 248,580 t | 182,000 t | 290,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 354,594 t | 306,135 t | 399,349 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 429,401 t | 390,128 t | 479,512 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1983 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.4477 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — production in Sierra Leone?
- Vegetables primary — production in Sierra Leone was 479,512 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 479,512 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 145,800 t in 1976.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Sierra Leone ranks 101st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.9%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.