Agriculture & Rural in Sierra Leone 3,183 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Sierra Leone. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of severely food insecure male adults (million) (3-year) 1 million No 2023 up 100.0% 31st Rice and products — Processing 3 1000 t 2023 up 50.0% 60th 2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (female) (15 years old) 746.4 1000 No 2024 up 31.7% 27th Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Gross Production Value 180,576 1000 SLC 2024 up 1,182.5% 17th Coffee and products — Production 2 1000 t 2023 down 94.4% 53rd Coconuts - Incl Copra — Production 8 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% 63rd 2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (male) (15 years old) 743.8 1000 No 2024 up 42.1% 29th Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) 1 million No 2023 up 66.7% 30th Millet and products — Seed 2 1000 t 2023 unchanged 25th Cereals, other — Seed 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged 38th Number of severely food insecure male adults (million) (3-year) 0.9 million No 2023 up 80.0% 29th Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) 0.9 million No 2023 up 50.0% 28th Palm kernels — Processing 28,000 t 2013 up 24.4% 17th Palmkernel Cake — Production 14,840 t 2013 up 24.4% 17th Sesame seed — Production 4 1000 t 2023 up 33.3% 42nd Pimento — Production 4 1000 t 2023 unchanged 40th Cocoa bean yields 0.4718 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 21.5% 26th Total Expenditure in Agricultural R&D (Standard Local Currency) 23.48 million SLC 2023 down 14.4% 82nd Total Expenditure in Agricultural R&D (Standard Local Currency, 2015) 8.22 million SLC 2023 down 75.1% 88th Meat production by livestock type 3,422 tonnes 2024 up 8.8% 47th Expenditure in Agricultural R&D as Share of Agricultural Value Added 0.06 % 2023 down 78.6% 95th Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) 0.7 million No 2023 up 16.7% 27th Combine harvesters - threshers — In Use 24 No 1999 up 41.2% 102nd Number of severely food insecure male adults (million) (3-year) 0.7 million No 2023 up 40.0% 29th Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross Production Value 300,195 1000 SLC 2024 up 26.4% 19th Pimento — Losses 0 1000 t 2023 — 37th Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value 0.1 million No 2021 unchanged 31st Population in severe food insecurity 2,760 num th 2024 up 46.6% 34th Cassava and products — Stock Variation 200 1000 t 2023 up 1,918.2% 4th Palm kernels — Stock Variation 0 t 2013 — 4th Sesame seed — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 27th Butter, Ghee — Feed 0 1000 t 2023 — 11th Palm kernels — Domestic supply quantity 365 1000 t 2023 up 41.5% 28th Palm kernels — Residuals 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st Non-Cereals — Food aid received 184 t 2015 down 96.7% 75th Palmkernel Oil — Production 18 1000 t 2023 up 80.0% 19th Cocoa Beans and products — Production 12 1000 t 2023 down 20.0% 23rd Change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit 0.0008 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 2.4% 36th Palm kernels — Production 30,000 t 2013 up 30.4% 19th Hard Fibres, Other — Production 9,250 t 2013 up 13.8% 12th Cereals — Food aid received 268 t 2015 down 99.2% 106th Palm kernels — Stock Variation 55 1000 t 2023 up 214.6% 14th Plantains — Losses 4 1000 t 2023 unchanged 35th Land used for agriculture 2.61 million 2010 up 2.5% 102nd Cropland area 669,206 2010 up 20.4% 113th Palm Oil — Production 85 1000 t 2023 up 41.7% 27th Primary Forest Loss 3,549 2025 up 12.0% 43rd Plantains — Production 47 1000 t 2023 up 11.9% 34th Barley and products — Other uses 0 1000 t 2018 — 23rd Sesame seed — Producer Price 14.00 million LCU 2016 up 88.8% 2nd Wood fuel production quantity 5.62 million CUM, solid volume units 2011 up 4.8% 26th Agricultural land 3.44 million hectares 2011 up 14.8% 38th Land area 7.16 million hectares 2011 unchanged 39th Agriculture production index 130.99 1999-2001 = 100 2011 up 119.0% 12th Cocoa Beans and products — Losses 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged 16th Wood charcoal production quantity 391,707 tonnes 2011 up 28.7% 20th Permanent cropland 135,000 hectares 2011 up 12.5% 28th Arable and permanent cropland 1.24 million hectares 2011 up 55.9% 34th Land area equipped for irrigation 30,000 hectares 2011 unchanged 27th Cereal cropland 10.0% 2011 up 114.1% 10th ← Previous Page 52 of 54 Next →