Basic Statistics
Element | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Arable land (000 Ha) | 355.00 | 360.00 | 365.00 | 370.00 | 375.00 | 380.00 | 385.00 | 390.00 | 395.00 | 400.00 | 405.00 | 410.00 | 415.00 | 420.00 | 425.00 | 430.00 | 435.00 | 440.00 | 445.00 | 450.00 | 455.00 | 460.00 | 465.00 | 470.00 | 475.00 | 480.00 | 485.00 | 486.00 | 486.00 | 486.00 | 486.00 | 486.00 | 486.00 | 485.00 | 485.00 | 485.00 | 484.00 | 484.00 | 484.00 | 490.00 | 681.52 | 910.08 | 1,236.67 | 1,437.73 | 1,472.02 | 1,689.88 | 1,283.72 | 1,372.23 | 1,460.97 | 1,580.38 | 1,652.63 | 1,471.65 | 1,583.65 | |
Rice area (000 Ha) | 283.00 | 255.11 | 263.94 | 264.01 | 301.00 | 327.00 | 350.00 | 320.00 | 310.00 | 326.81 | 356.00 | 348.00 | 351.00 | 370.00 | 380.00 | 400.00 | 410.00 | 425.00 | 400.00 | 410.00 | 400.00 | 400.00 | 370.00 | 318.89 | 339.86 | 339.86 | 357.38 | 387.80 | 403.20 | 392.60 | 372.97 | 354.32 | 382.00 | 328.30 | 274.50 | 289.20 | 316.40 | 284.77 | 213.05 | 183.21 | 300.00 | 420.00 | 440.00 | 540.00 | 650.00 | 742.00 | 432.36 | 475.59 | 499.11 | 549.02 | 603.92 | 717.87 | 671.42 | 650.00 |
Paddy yield (t/Ha) | 0.93 | 1.23 | 1.25 | 1.41 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.34 | 1.33 | 1.64 | 1.38 | 1.30 | 1.38 | 1.36 | 1.40 | 1.50 | 1.45 | 1.46 | 1.46 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.31 | 1.24 | 1.58 | 1.27 | 1.54 | 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.27 | 1.23 | 1.30 | 1.35 | 1.30 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.09 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.14 | 1.43 | 1.36 | 1.43 | 1.78 | 1.87 | 1.78 | 1.59 | 1.87 | 1.78 |
Paddy Production (000 t) | 264.00 | 314.98 | 331.00 | 373.00 | 399.00 | 434.00 | 468.00 | 426.10 | 507.00 | 450.00 | 464.00 | 479.00 | 479.00 | 518.70 | 570.60 | 580.00 | 600.00 | 620.00 | 500.00 | 513.00 | 500.00 | 523.50 | 460.20 | 504.14 | 430.00 | 524.99 | 465.68 | 493.00 | 517.80 | 503.70 | 503.70 | 478.52 | 486.30 | 405.20 | 355.50 | 391.70 | 411.30 | 328.31 | 247.24 | 199.13 | 300.00 | 422.07 | 445.63 | 542.00 | 738.00 | 1,062.32 | 588.00 | 680.10 | 888.42 | 1,026.67 | 1,078.01 | 1,141.42 | 1,255.56 | 1,155.00 |
Milled production (000 t) | 176.09 | 210.09 | 220.78 | 248.79 | 266.13 | 289.48 | 312.16 | 284.21 | 338.17 | 300.15 | 309.49 | 319.49 | 319.49 | 345.97 | 380.59 | 386.86 | 400.20 | 413.54 | 333.50 | 342.17 | 333.50 | 349.18 | 306.95 | 336.26 | 286.81 | 350.17 | 310.60 | 328.83 | 345.37 | 335.97 | 335.97 | 319.17 | 324.36 | 270.27 | 237.12 | 261.26 | 274.34 | 218.98 | 164.91 | 132.82 | 200.10 | 281.52 | 297.24 | 361.51 | 492.25 | 708.57 | 392.20 | 453.62 | 592.57 | 684.79 | 719.03 | |||
Rice imports (000 t) | 4.17 | 15.17 | 21.32 | 0.55 | 21.13 | 41.15 | 30.48 | 20.93 | 12.83 | 50.16 | 27.36 | 5.23 | 37.32 | 42.32 | 0.00 | 0.85 | 11.03 | 18.50 | 91.88 | 62.12 | 53.10 | 85.34 | 31.29 | 28.00 | 92.19 | 90.15 | 97.70 | 96.70 | 99.50 | 123.70 | 141.10 | 107.20 | 110.00 | 231.60 | 243.20 | 209.00 | 150.00 | 150.00 | 150.00 | 100.00 | 125.00 | 130.21 | 141.20 | 17.97 | 80.69 | 112.36 | 112.26 | 196.15 | 106.27 | 103.50 | 163.66 | 231.14 | 259.44 | |
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Total rice consumption (000 t) | 180.37 | 191.66 | 224.27 | 229.04 | 270.48 | 302.20 | 314.60 | 323.37 | 319.95 | 328.07 | 331.30 | 340.51 | 354.71 | 362.92 | 371.63 | 376.34 | 390.99 | 398.66 | 405.21 | 397.24 | 396.66 | 390.29 | 388.47 | 389.05 | 400.08 | 410.10 | 422.72 | 437.54 | 446.33 | 457.77 | 460.24 | 461.75 | 457.76 | 454.05 | 448.20 | 445.20 | 443.91 | 438.84 | 440.43 | 448.88 | 459.20 | 471.49 | 478.06 | 482.58 | 524.26 | 552.03 | 603.42 | 611.38 | 637.58 | 708.01 | 722.41 | |||
Fertilizer usage (NPK) (000 t) | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 1.33 | 1.32 | 2.21 | 2.82 | 5.80 | 6.30 | 2.81 | 3.00 | 5.45 | 2.40 | 6.87 | 2.95 | 3.26 | 2.55 | 6.02 | 3.98 | 7.27 | 0.78 | 2.56 | 2.77 | 7.58 | 8.33 | 1.03 | 1.11 | 3.21 | 2.67 | 1.23 | 2.88 | 6.17 | 6.19 | 6.19 | 6.19 | 6.20 | 0.62 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.44 |
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Write-up taken from the IRRI's Rice Almanac (2013):
Sierra Leone, between Guinea and Liberia on the West African coast facing the Atlantic Ocean, is a small country, with a population of 6 million (2011) in an area of 71,740 km2. It consists of a large swampy coastal plain and inner agricultural areas that were previously tropical forest, and an eastern plateau. About 15% of the land was arable in 2009. More than half the workforce (60%) is engaged in agriculture, mainly at the subsistence level, contributing 44.4% to GDP (2011).
Source: FAOSTAT database online and AQUASTAT database online, as of November 2012.
