Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.8698 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sierra Leone, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sierra Leone is 0.8698, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sierra Leone peaked at 1.39 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.7359, in 2021.
Sierra Leone ranks 25th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 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 | 0.9026 | 0.8182 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8506 | 0.804 | 0.8796 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8263 | 0.7617 | 0.8827 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8116 | 0.7472 | 0.9674 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.23 | 1.01 | 1.39 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 | 0.8135 | 1.26 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8695 | 0.7359 | 1.02 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 22 Japan 0.9926 compare
- 23 Cape Verde 0.9671 compare
- 24 El Salvador 0.921 compare
- 26 Solomon Islands 0.8616 compare
- 27 Austria 0.8307 compare
- 28 Zimbabwe 0.8285 compare
More reference data data for Sierra Leone
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.1247 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.8874 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.2824 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.1314 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.1178 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 771.75 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sierra Leone?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sierra Leone was 0.8698 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1.39 in 2005.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7359 in 2021.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Sierra Leone ranks 25th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. 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 (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).