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Agricultural land in Sierra Leone

Agricultural land in Sierra Leone was 55.2% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.5 pts from 2023. That is the 51st highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202455.2% Estimated
Change on 2023+0.5 pts
Rank51st of 224Countries ranked
Series high55.82006
Series low36.21961

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Agricultural land in Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024

35404550556019611971198119912001201120241961: 36.2 %1962: 36.3 %1963: 36.4 %1964: 36.4 %1965: 36.5 %1966: 36.6 %1967: 36.6 %1968: 36.8 %1969: 36.8 %1970: 36.9 %1971: 37 %1972: 37.1 %1973: 37.1 %1974: 37.2 %1975: 37.3 %1976: 37.3 %1977: 37.4 %1978: 37.5 %1979: 37.7 %1980: 37.7 %1981: 37.8 %1982: 38 %1983: 38.1 %1984: 38.3 %1985: 39 %1986: 39.1 %1987: 39.1 %1988: 39.1 %1989: 39.1 %1990: 39.1 %1991: 39.1 %1992: 39 %1993: 38.9 %1994: 38.9 %1995: 38.9 %1996: 38.9 %1997: 38.9 %1998: 38.9 %1999: 38.9 %2000: 38.9 %2001: 41.6 %2002: 44.8 %2003: 49.4 %2004: 52.3 %2005: 52.8 %2006: 55.8 %2007: 50.2 %2008: 51.4 %2009: 52.7 %2010: 54.5 %2011: 55.7 %2012: 53.2 %2013: 54.7 %2014: 54.7 %2015: 54.7 %2016: 54.7 %2017: 54.7 %2018: 54.7 %2019: 54.7 %2020: 54.7 %2021: 54.7 %2022: 54.7 %2023: 54.7 %2024: 55.2 %35404550556019611983200520241961: 36.2 %1962: 36.3 %1963: 36.4 %1964: 36.4 %1965: 36.5 %1966: 36.6 %1967: 36.6 %1968: 36.8 %1969: 36.8 %1970: 36.9 %1971: 37 %1972: 37.1 %1973: 37.1 %1974: 37.2 %1975: 37.3 %1976: 37.3 %1977: 37.4 %1978: 37.5 %1979: 37.7 %1980: 37.7 %1981: 37.8 %1982: 38 %1983: 38.1 %1984: 38.3 %1985: 39 %1986: 39.1 %1987: 39.1 %1988: 39.1 %1989: 39.1 %1990: 39.1 %1991: 39.1 %1992: 39 %1993: 38.9 %1994: 38.9 %1995: 38.9 %1996: 38.9 %1997: 38.9 %1998: 38.9 %1999: 38.9 %2000: 38.9 %2001: 41.6 %2002: 44.8 %2003: 49.4 %2004: 52.3 %2005: 52.8 %2006: 55.8 %2007: 50.2 %2008: 51.4 %2009: 52.7 %2010: 54.5 %2011: 55.7 %2012: 53.2 %2013: 54.7 %2014: 54.7 %2015: 54.7 %2016: 54.7 %2017: 54.7 %2018: 54.7 %2019: 54.7 %2020: 54.7 %2021: 54.7 %2022: 54.7 %2023: 54.7 %2024: 55.2 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202455.2 Estimated
202354.7 Estimated
202254.7 Estimated
202154.7 Estimated
202054.7 Estimated
201954.7 Estimated
201854.7 Estimated
201754.7 Estimated
201654.7 Estimated
201554.7 Estimated
201454.7 Estimated
201354.7 Estimated
201253.2 Estimated
201155.7 Estimated
201054.5 Estimated
200952.7 Estimated
200851.4 Estimated
200750.2 Estimated
200655.8 Estimated
200552.8 Estimated
200452.3 Estimated
200349.4 Estimated
200244.8 Estimated
200141.6 Estimated
200038.9 Estimated
199938.9 Estimated
199838.9 Estimated
199738.9 Estimated
199638.9 Estimated
199538.9 Estimated
199438.9 Estimated
199338.9 Estimated
199239 Estimated
199139.1 Estimated
199039.1 Estimated
198939.1 Estimated
198839.1 Estimated
198739.1 Estimated
198639.1 Estimated
198539 Estimated
198438.3 Estimated
198338.1 Estimated
198238 Estimated
198137.8 Estimated
198037.7 Estimated
197937.7 Estimated
197837.5 Estimated
197737.4 Estimated
197637.3 Estimated
197537.3 Estimated
197437.2 Estimated
197337.1 Estimated
197237.1 Estimated
197137 Estimated
197036.9 Estimated
196936.8 Estimated
196836.8 Estimated
196736.6 Estimated
196636.6 Estimated
196536.5 Estimated
196436.4 Estimated
196336.4 Estimated
196236.3 Estimated
196136.2 Estimated

Sierra Leone compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Sierra Leone is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/sierra-leone. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/sierra-leone.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/sierra-leone (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024}},
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}
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What is the agricultural land in Sierra Leone?

Agricultural land in Sierra Leone was 55.2% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.5 pts from 2023. That is the 51st highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Sierra Leone?

55.8% in 2006, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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