Sierra Leone - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Sierra Leone was 1,085,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,487,000 in 2006 and a minimum value of 355,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 355,000
1962 360,000
1963 365,000
1964 370,000
1965 375,000
1966 380,000
1967 385,000
1968 390,000
1969 395,000
1970 400,000
1971 405,000
1972 410,000
1973 415,000
1974 420,000
1975 425,000
1976 430,000
1977 435,000
1978 440,000
1979 445,000
1980 450,000
1981 455,000
1982 460,000
1983 465,000
1984 470,000
1985 475,000
1986 480,000
1987 485,000
1988 486,000
1989 486,000
1990 486,000
1991 486,000
1992 486,000
1993 486,000
1994 485,000
1995 485,000
1996 485,000
1997 484,000
1998 484,000
1999 484,000
2000 490,000
2001 672,000
2002 886,000
2003 940,000
2004 1,128,000
2005 1,295,000
2006 1,487,000
2007 1,011,000
2008 1,084,000
2009 1,085,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Sierra Leone was 0.19 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.28 in 2006 and a minimum value of 0.12 in 2000.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.16
1962 0.16
1963 0.16
1964 0.16
1965 0.16
1966 0.16
1967 0.16
1968 0.16
1969 0.16
1970 0.15
1971 0.15
1972 0.15
1973 0.15
1974 0.15
1975 0.15
1976 0.15
1977 0.15
1978 0.15
1979 0.14
1980 0.14
1981 0.14
1982 0.14
1983 0.14
1984 0.14
1985 0.13
1986 0.13
1987 0.13
1988 0.13
1989 0.12
1990 0.12
1991 0.12
1992 0.12
1993 0.12
1994 0.12
1995 0.12
1996 0.12
1997 0.12
1998 0.12
1999 0.12
2000 0.12
2001 0.16
2002 0.20
2003 0.20
2004 0.23
2005 0.25
2006 0.28
2007 0.18
2008 0.19
2009 0.19

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Sierra Leone was 15.15 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 20.76 in 2006, while its lowest value was 4.96 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 4.96
1962 5.03
1963 5.10
1964 5.17
1965 5.24
1966 5.31
1967 5.38
1968 5.45
1969 5.52
1970 5.59
1971 5.65
1972 5.72
1973 5.79
1974 5.86
1975 5.93
1976 6.00
1977 6.07
1978 6.14
1979 6.21
1980 6.28
1981 6.35
1982 6.42
1983 6.49
1984 6.56
1985 6.63
1986 6.70
1987 6.77
1988 6.79
1989 6.79
1990 6.79
1991 6.79
1992 6.79
1993 6.79
1994 6.77
1995 6.77
1996 6.77
1997 6.76
1998 6.76
1999 6.76
2000 6.84
2001 9.38
2002 12.37
2003 13.12
2004 15.75
2005 18.08
2006 20.76
2007 14.12
2008 15.14
2009 15.15

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use