Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture was 1,692 Square kilometres in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Sierra Leone, 2009–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Sierra Leone is 1,692 Square kilometres, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 21.3% on the previous year and up 1,005.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Sierra Leone peaked at 2,149 Square kilometres in 2023 and was at its lowest, 153 Square kilometres, in 2015.
That places Sierra Leone 41st out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 725 Square kilometres | — |
| 2010 | 653 Square kilometres | -9.9% |
| 2015 | 153 Square kilometres | -76.6% |
| 2016 | 696.9 Square kilometres | +355.5% |
| 2017 | 1,012 Square kilometres | +45.2% |
| 2018 | 992.4 Square kilometres | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 1,575 Square kilometres | +58.7% |
| 2020 | 1,901 Square kilometres | +20.7% |
| 2021 | 1,940 Square kilometres | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 1,947 Square kilometres | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,149 Square kilometres | +10.4% |
| 2024 | 1,692 Square kilometres | -21.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 725 Square kilometres | 725 Square kilometres | 725 Square kilometres | 1 |
| 2010s | 847.07 Square kilometres | 153 Square kilometres | 1,575 Square kilometres | 6 |
| 2020s | 1,926 Square kilometres | 1,692 Square kilometres | 2,149 Square kilometres | 5 |
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More environment data for Sierra Leone
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.232 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0006 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -34.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0002 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Sierra Leone?
- Land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Sierra Leone was 1,692 Square kilometres in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 2,149 Square kilometres in 2023.
- What is the lowest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 153 Square kilometres in 2015.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture?
- Sierra Leone ranks 41st out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,005.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 5, 2026 Database documentation Countries metadata