Cassava production rose 80.3% to 3,048 kt in Sierra Leone in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, cassava production in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 3,810 kt in 2013 and an all time low of 54.4 kt in 1962. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, cassava production in Burkina Faso amounted to 17.2 kt, 2,743 kt in Guinea, 626 kt in Liberia and 121 kt in Mali in 2021.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 20th within the group of 78 countries we follow in terms of cassava production, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Cassava Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Algeria | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Burkina Faso | kt | 23.0 | 23.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | kt | 17,798 | 19,009 | 20,846 | 22,750 | 24,368 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | kt | 1,607 | 1,752 | 1,895 | 2,145 | 2,523 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | kt | 4,548 | 5,367 | 5,608 | 5,877 | 6,444 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | kt | 698 | 538 | 579 | 580 | 632 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | kt | 119 | 101 | 138 | 70.3 | 165 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Niger | kt | 147 | 320 | 372 | 514 | 658 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | kt | 440 | 695 | 760 | 1,024 | 1,346 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | kt | 2,968 | 1,941 | 2,146 | 881 | 1,690 |
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