Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Sierra Leone

Agriculture share of GDP in Sierra Leone in 2025 — 29.5%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 158. Since 1964, the indicator has fallen by 5.3 pp.

2025 29.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 11of 158
Period maximum 59.9%1999
Period minimum 26%1970

Trend over time

1964–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Sierra Leone, 1964–2025203040506019641971197819851992199920062013202020251964: 34.8%1966: 31%1968: 32.4%1970: 26%1972: 29.7%1974: 32.2%1976: 38.6%1978: 32%1980: 30.4%1982: 33.6%1984: 38.6%1986: 34.7%1988: 43.3%1990: 44%1992: 35.9%1994: 37.4%1996: 45.2%1998: 59.4%2000: 55%2002: 46.9%2004: 49.1%2006: 27.5%2008: 29%2010: 30.5%2012: 30.7%2014: 31.9%2016: 32.6%2018: 35%2020: 35.1%2022: 33.8%2024: 29.2%2025: 29.5%
Change over the period: −5.3 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone 29.5%
World 4%
Western Africa computed 22.9%
Low-income countries computed 25.8%
Agriculture share of GDP — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 29.5 +0.4 pp
2024 29.2 +0.1 pp
2023 29.1 −4.7 pp
2022 33.8 +0.1 pp
2021 33.6 −1.5 pp
2020 35.1 +0.6 pp
2019 34.5 −0.4 pp
2018 35 +1.7 pp
2017 33.3 +0.8 pp
2016 32.6 −1.7 pp
2015 34.3 +2.4 pp
2014 31.9 +1.8 pp
2013 30.1 −0.5 pp
2012 30.7 −0.9 pp
2011 31.6 +1 pp
2010 30.5 +0.1 pp
2009 30.5 +1.5 pp
2008 29 +0.6 pp
2007 28.4 +0.9 pp
2006 27.5 −22.6 pp
2005 50.1 +1 pp
2004 49.1 +2.2 pp
2003 46.9 +0 pp
2002 46.9 +1.1 pp
2001 45.8 −9.2 pp
2000 55 −4.9 pp
1999 59.9 +0.5 pp
1998 59.4 +2 pp
1997 57.4 +12.2 pp
1996 45.2 +5.3 pp
1995 40 +2.6 pp
1994 37.4 −2.9 pp
1993 40.3 +4.4 pp
1992 35.9 −0.9 pp
1991 36.7 −7.3 pp
1990 44 +1.5 pp
1989 42.5 −0.8 pp
1988 43.3 +0.9 pp
1987 42.5 +7.7 pp
1986 34.7 −8.1 pp
1985 42.8 +4.2 pp
1984 38.6 +2 pp
1983 36.6 +3 pp
1982 33.6 +4.3 pp
1981 29.3 −1 pp
1980 30.4 +0.4 pp
1979 30 −2 pp
1978 32 −4.4 pp
1977 36.4 −2.2 pp
1976 38.6 +2.9 pp
1975 35.7 +3.4 pp
1974 32.2 +2.8 pp
1973 29.5 −0.2 pp
1972 29.7 +1.2 pp
1971 28.5 +2.5 pp
1970 26 −0.8 pp
1969 26.8 −5.7 pp
1968 32.4 −1.8 pp
1967 34.2 +3.3 pp
1966 31 −0.1 pp
1965 31 −3.8 pp
1964 34.8

About the indicator

The share of value added by agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing in GDP. It is one of the most reliable indicators of the level of economic development: in low-income countries the sector delivers a quarter of GDP or more, in high-income ones usually less than 2%, even though the physical volume of output there can be far larger.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.