Cereal yield in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cereal yield was 1,470 kg per hectare in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Sierra Leone, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal yield in Sierra Leone is 1,470 kg per hectare, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.1% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Sierra Leone peaked at 1,968 kg per hectare in 2021 and was at its lowest, 813 kg per hectare, in 2018.
That places Sierra Leone 146th out of 181 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,289 kg per hectare | 940.6 kg per hectare | 1,600 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,375 kg per hectare | 1,238 kg per hectare | 1,476 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,307 kg per hectare | 1,223 kg per hectare | 1,536 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,190 kg per hectare | 1,112 kg per hectare | 1,253 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,184 kg per hectare | 995.9 kg per hectare | 1,646 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,424 kg per hectare | 813 kg per hectare | 1,778 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,759 kg per hectare | 1,470 kg per hectare | 1,968 kg per hectare | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- 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)
- Land under cereal production 1.05 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal production 1.54 million metric tons (2023)
- Fertilizer consumption 2.67 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Sierra Leone?
- Cereal yield in Sierra Leone was 1,470 kg per hectare in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1,968 kg per hectare in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 813 kg per hectare in 2018.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cereal yield?
- Sierra Leone ranks 146th out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.