Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
% of GDP
11th of 158 · 11th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sierra Leone's agriculture share fell from 34.8 % in 1964 to 29.5 % in 2025.
Sierra Leone · Agriculture & natural resources
Land, production, employment and resource rents.
20 indicators · 20 with data
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
% of employment
31st of 182 · 23rd in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sierra Leone's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 64.3 % in 1991 to 44.5 % in 2025.
Sierra Leone's resource rents fell from 18.4 % in 1992 to 9.0 % in 2021.
Sierra Leone's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 38.9 % in 1994 to 54.7 % in 2023.
Sierra Leone's arable land (% of land area) rose from 6.7 % in 1994 to 21.9 % in 2023.
Sierra Leone's arable land (hectares per person) rose from 0 ha in 1994 to 0 ha in 2023.
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- Cereal yielddown −25.1 %144th of 179
- Food production indexdown −25.8 pts108th of 195
- Crop production indexdown −27.7 pts100th of 195
- Livestock production indexdown −4.7 pts127th of 194
- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
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- Fertilizer consumptionunchanged +0.0 %182nd of 191
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- Oil rents (% of GDP)unchanged +0.0 pts115th of 190
- Mineral rents (% of GDP)up +0.2 pts62nd of 197
- Forest rents (% of GDP)up +0.6 pts8th of 197
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- Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)down −4.6 pts18th of 172*
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- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurityup +1.2 pts134th of 134
- Prevalence of undernourishmentdown −1.1 pts150th of 165