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Maize (corn) production in Sierra Leone

Maize (corn) production in Sierra Leone was 27,443 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 8.5% from 2023. That is the 120th highest of 169 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes27,443 Estimated
Change on 2023+8.5%
Rank120th of 169Countries ranked
Series high52,4162011
Series low8,2671986

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Maize (corn) production in Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024

010K20K30K40K50K60K19611971198119912001201120241961: 8,941 tonnes1962: 9,144 tonnes1963: 9,449 tonnes1964: 9,459 tonnes1965: 10,000 tonnes1966: 10,000 tonnes1967: 10,000 tonnes1968: 11,000 tonnes1969: 10,160 tonnes1970: 10,600 tonnes1971: 10,200 tonnes1972: 10,200 tonnes1973: 10,400 tonnes1974: 10,700 tonnes1975: 10,800 tonnes1976: 13,500 tonnes1977: 14,000 tonnes1978: 14,000 tonnes1979: 12,000 tonnes1980: 12,000 tonnes1981: 14,000 tonnes1982: 15,000 tonnes1983: 15,000 tonnes1984: 14,000 tonnes1985: 14,000 tonnes1986: 8,267 tonnes1987: 11,000 tonnes1988: 11,400 tonnes1989: 11,400 tonnes1990: 12,300 tonnes1991: 11,000 tonnes1992: 10,000 tonnes1993: 9,600 tonnes1994: 8,600 tonnes1995: 8,300 tonnes1996: 8,900 tonnes1997: 9,400 tonnes1998: 8,600 tonnes1999: 8,772 tonnes2000: 8,902 tonnes2001: 10,000 tonnes2002: 12,038 tonnes2003: 16,060 tonnes2004: 32,125 tonnes2005: 39,051 tonnes2006: 48,813 tonnes2007: 22,848 tonnes2008: 23,533 tonnes2009: 29,641 tonnes2010: 51,388 tonnes2011: 52,416 tonnes2012: 39,237 tonnes2013: 40,022 tonnes2014: 20,812 tonnes2015: 22,619 tonnes2016: 12,554 tonnes2017: 22,418 tonnes2018: 22,981 tonnes2019: 38,685 tonnes2020: 26,549 tonnes2021: 22,545 tonnes2022: 24,000 tonnes2023: 25,294 tonnes2024: 27,443 tonnes020K40K60K19611983200520241961: 8,941 tonnes1962: 9,144 tonnes1963: 9,449 tonnes1964: 9,459 tonnes1965: 10,000 tonnes1966: 10,000 tonnes1967: 10,000 tonnes1968: 11,000 tonnes1969: 10,160 tonnes1970: 10,600 tonnes1971: 10,200 tonnes1972: 10,200 tonnes1973: 10,400 tonnes1974: 10,700 tonnes1975: 10,800 tonnes1976: 13,500 tonnes1977: 14,000 tonnes1978: 14,000 tonnes1979: 12,000 tonnes1980: 12,000 tonnes1981: 14,000 tonnes1982: 15,000 tonnes1983: 15,000 tonnes1984: 14,000 tonnes1985: 14,000 tonnes1986: 8,267 tonnes1987: 11,000 tonnes1988: 11,400 tonnes1989: 11,400 tonnes1990: 12,300 tonnes1991: 11,000 tonnes1992: 10,000 tonnes1993: 9,600 tonnes1994: 8,600 tonnes1995: 8,300 tonnes1996: 8,900 tonnes1997: 9,400 tonnes1998: 8,600 tonnes1999: 8,772 tonnes2000: 8,902 tonnes2001: 10,000 tonnes2002: 12,038 tonnes2003: 16,060 tonnes2004: 32,125 tonnes2005: 39,051 tonnes2006: 48,813 tonnes2007: 22,848 tonnes2008: 23,533 tonnes2009: 29,641 tonnes2010: 51,388 tonnes2011: 52,416 tonnes2012: 39,237 tonnes2013: 40,022 tonnes2014: 20,812 tonnes2015: 22,619 tonnes2016: 12,554 tonnes2017: 22,418 tonnes2018: 22,981 tonnes2019: 38,685 tonnes2020: 26,549 tonnes2021: 22,545 tonnes2022: 24,000 tonnes2023: 25,294 tonnes2024: 27,443 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
202427,443 Estimated
202325,294
202224,000
202122,545
202026,549
201938,685
201822,981
201722,418
201612,554
201522,619
201420,812
201340,022
201239,237
201152,416
201051,388
200929,641
200823,533
200722,848
200648,813
200539,051
200432,125
200316,060
200212,038
200110,000
20008,902
19998,772
19988,600
19979,400
19968,900
19958,300
19948,600
19939,600
199210,000
199111,000
199012,300
198911,400
198811,400
198711,000
19868,267
198514,000
198414,000
198315,000 Estimated
198215,000 Estimated
198114,000 Estimated
198012,000
197912,000
197814,000
197714,000
197613,500
197510,800
197410,700
197310,400
197210,200
197110,200
197010,600
196910,160
196811,000
196710,000
196610,000
196510,000
19649,459
19639,449
19629,144
19618,941

Sierra Leone compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 20,216 tonnesAfghanistan: 260,000 tonnesAntigua and Barbuda: 50 tonnesAlbania: 410,438 tonnesArmenia: 6,298 tonnesAngola: 3,352,459 tonnesArgentina: 57,494,500 tonnesAustria: 2,059,360 tonnesAustralia: 447,027 tonnesAzerbaijan: 302,689 tonnesBosnia and Herzegovina: 762,288 tonnesBangladesh: 4,592,508 tonnesBelgium: 501,790 tonnesBurkina Faso: 1,850,000 tonnesBulgaria: 1,635,100 tonnesBurundi: 590,000 tonnesBenin: 2,094,824 tonnesBolivia: 1,118,419 tonnesBrazil: 114,953,303 tonnesBahamas: 605 tonnesBhutan: 27,636 tonnesBotswana: 18,000 tonnesBelarus: 1,700,000 tonnesBelize: 104,890 tonnesCanada: 15,344,938 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2,387,753 tonnesCentral African Republic: 200,000 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 13,000 tonnesSwitzerland: 156,750 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire: 1,640,661 tonnesChile: 530,937 tonnesCameroon: 2,200,000 tonnesChina: 294,920,000 tonnesColombia: 1,489,582 tonnesCosta Rica: 8,042 tonnesCuba: 220,000 tonnesCape Verde: 5 tonnesCzechia: 712,240 tonnesGermany: 5,010,500 tonnesDjibouti: 17 tonnesDenmark: 62,660 tonnesDominican Republic: 91,449 tonnesAlgeria: 12,000 tonnesEcuador: 1,195,203 tonnesEstonia: 0 tonnesEgypt: 7,206,000 tonnesEritrea: 20,000 tonnesSpain: 3,500,060 tonnesEthiopia: 11,701,131 tonnesFinland: 0 tonnesFiji: 2,421 tonnesFrance: 14,670,620 tonnesGabon: 45,976 tonnesGeorgia: 211,500 tonnesGhana: 3,794,000 tonnesGambia: 25,817 tonnesGuinea: 937,000 tonnesGreece: 960,030 tonnesGuatemala: 2,261,090 tonnesGuinea-Bissau: 15,000 tonnesGuyana: 4,000 tonnesHonduras: 730,330 tonnesCroatia: 2,067,100 tonnesHaiti: 175,000 tonnesHungary: 5,297,730 tonnesIndonesia: 15,138,912 tonnesIreland: 0 tonnesIsrael: 43,671 tonnesIndia: 40,230,573 tonnesIraq: 500,000 tonnesIran: 269,805 tonnesItaly: 4,940,530 tonnesJamaica: 2,381 tonnesJordan: 0 tonnesJapan: 169 tonnesKenya: 4,023,000 tonnesKyrgyzstan: 805,250 tonnesCambodia: 1,380,000 tonnesNorth Korea: 2,300,000 tonnesSouth Korea: 89,000 tonnesKuwait: 30,030 tonnesKazakhstan: 1,005,167 tonnesLaos: 515,300 tonnesLebanon: 5,000 tonnesSri Lanka: 223,496 tonnesLesotho: 56,443 tonnesLithuania: 111,740 tonnesLuxembourg: 1,720 tonnesLatvia: 0 tonnesLibya: 3,800 tonnesMorocco: 73,227 tonnesMoldova: 716,903 tonnesMontenegro: 3,464 tonnesMadagascar: 265,000 tonnesNorth Macedonia: 130,413 tonnesMali: 3,952,763 tonnesMyanmar: 2,050,000 tonnesMauritania: 18,000 tonnesMauritius: 1,289 tonnesMalawi: 3,000,000 tonnesMexico: 24,326,508 tonnesMalaysia: 1,317 tonnesMozambique: 2,318,945 tonnesNamibia: 30,056 tonnesNew Caledonia: 7,326 tonnesNiger: 44,298 tonnesNigeria: 11,164,000 tonnesNetherlands: 122,710 tonnesNepal: 3,193,869 tonnesNew Zealand: 244,444 tonnesOman: 2,492 tonnesPanama: 88,900 tonnesPeru: 1,686,077 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 12,926 tonnesPhilippines: 8,138,178 tonnesPakistan: 9,200,000 tonnesPoland: 9,223,230 tonnesPuerto Rico: 233 tonnesPortugal: 617,530 tonnesParaguay: 3,942,500 tonnesQatar: 1,605 tonnesRomania: 5,971,850 tonnesSerbia: 5,107,309 tonnesRussia: 13,954,000 tonnesRwanda: 627,086 tonnesSaudi Arabia: 67,441 tonnesSudan: 22,170 tonnesSweden: 15,500 tonnesSlovenia: 384,930 tonnesSlovakia: 1,063,820 tonnesSierra Leone: 27,443 tonnesSenegal: 774,000 tonnesSomalia: 69,000 tonnesSuriname: 111 tonnesSouth Sudan: 157,000 tonnesEl Salvador: 785,000 tonnesSyria: 320,113 tonnesEswatini: 75,000 tonnesChad: 394,045 tonnesTogo: 1,010,000 tonnesThailand: 4,558,192 tonnesTajikistan: 340,000 tonnesTimor-Leste: 70,000 tonnesTurkmenistan: 6,740 tonnesTürkiye: 8,100,000 tonnesTrinidad and Tobago: 0 tonnesTaiwan: 220,070 tonnesTanzania: 10,084,000 tonnesUkraine: 26,863,740 tonnesUganda: 5,000,000 tonnesUnited States: 377,632,690 tonnesUruguay: 581,658 tonnesUzbekistan: 866,836 tonnesVenezuela: 2,832,022 tonnesVietnam: 4,402,173 tonnesVanuatu: 985 tonnesYemen: 58,000 tonnesSouth Africa: 12,850,000 tonnesZambia: 1,511,143 tonnesZimbabwe: 634,699 tonnes
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Maize (corn) production, 2024, tonnes. 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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Quantity of maize (corn) harvested dry for grain produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

Green maize and maize cut for forage are not included. 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. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_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. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510) (Maize (corn) production, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510), Maize (corn) production, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/maize-production/sierra-leone. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Maize (corn) production, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/maize-production/sierra-leone.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510), Maize (corn) production, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/maize-production/sierra-leone (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the maize (corn) production in Sierra Leone?

Maize (corn) production in Sierra Leone was 27,443 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 8.5% from 2023. That is the 120th highest of 169 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest maize (corn) production in Sierra Leone?

52,416 tonnes in 2011, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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