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Agricultural land share — Sierra Leone

Agricultural land share in Sierra Leone in 2023 — 54.71%. Ranked 51 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 18.52 pp.

2023 54.71% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 51of 209
Period maximum 55.83%2006
Period minimum 36.19%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Sierra Leone, 1961–202335404550556019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 36.19%1963: 36.35%1965: 36.49%1967: 36.63%1969: 36.84%1971: 36.98%1973: 37.12%1975: 37.25%1977: 37.39%1979: 37.67%1981: 37.81%1983: 38.09%1985: 38.99%1987: 39.12%1989: 39.14%1991: 39.14%1993: 38.94%1995: 38.93%1997: 38.92%1999: 38.85%2001: 41.58%2003: 49.41%2005: 52.81%2007: 50.2%2009: 52.66%2011: 55.66%2013: 54.71%2015: 54.71%2017: 54.71%2019: 54.71%2021: 54.71%2023: 54.71%
Change over the period: +18.52 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone 54.71%
World 36.93%
Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
Western Africa computed 49.01%
Low-income countries computed 42.27%
Agricultural land share — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 54.71 +0 pp
2022 54.71 +0 pp
2021 54.71 +0 pp
2020 54.71 +0 pp
2019 54.71 +0 pp
2018 54.71 +0 pp
2017 54.71 +0 pp
2016 54.71 +0 pp
2015 54.71 +0 pp
2014 54.71 +0 pp
2013 54.71 +1.55 pp
2012 53.15 −2.51 pp
2011 55.66 +1.21 pp
2010 54.45 +1.79 pp
2009 52.66 +1.23 pp
2008 51.43 +1.23 pp
2007 50.2 −5.63 pp
2006 55.83 +3.02 pp
2005 52.81 +0.54 pp
2004 52.27 +2.85 pp
2003 49.41 +4.66 pp
2002 44.75 +3.17 pp
2001 41.58 +2.65 pp
2000 38.93 +0.08 pp
1999 38.85 −0.07 pp
1998 38.92 +0 pp
1997 38.92 −0.01 pp
1996 38.93 +0 pp
1995 38.93 +0 pp
1994 38.93 −0.01 pp
1993 38.94 −0.06 pp
1992 39 −0.14 pp
1991 39.14 +0 pp
1990 39.14 +0 pp
1989 39.14 +0 pp
1988 39.14 +0.01 pp
1987 39.12 +0.07 pp
1986 39.06 +0.07 pp
1985 38.99 +0.69 pp
1984 38.29 +0.21 pp
1983 38.09 +0.07 pp
1982 38.02 +0.21 pp
1981 37.81 +0.07 pp
1980 37.74 +0.07 pp
1979 37.67 +0.14 pp
1978 37.53 +0.14 pp
1977 37.39 +0.07 pp
1976 37.32 +0.07 pp
1975 37.25 +0.07 pp
1974 37.18 +0.07 pp
1973 37.12 +0.07 pp
1972 37.05 +0.07 pp
1971 36.98 +0.07 pp
1970 36.91 +0.07 pp
1969 36.84 +0.07 pp
1968 36.77 +0.14 pp
1967 36.63 +0.07 pp
1966 36.56 +0.07 pp
1965 36.49 +0.07 pp
1964 36.42 +0.07 pp
1963 36.35 +0.1 pp
1962 36.26 +0.07 pp
1961 36.19 —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CI Côte d'Ivoire 86.48 NG Nigeria 76.2 GN Guinea 73.23 TG Togo 70.23 GM Gambia 62.65 GH Ghana 55.39 SL Sierra Leone 54.71 BF Burkina Faso 53.4 SN Senegal 49.4 BJ Benin 41.83 MR Mauritania 38.53 NE Niger 36.79 ML Mali 35.47 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.89 LR Liberia 19.97 CV Cabo Verde 19.6
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About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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