Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Sierra Leone

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in Sierra Leone in 2018 — 9.43%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 172. Since 1963, the indicator has risen by 8.34 pp.

2018 9.43% −4.61 pp vs 2017
World rank 18of 172
Period maximum 14.04%2017
Period minimum 0.02%2014

Trend over time

1963–2018 · % of merchandise exports

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Sierra Leone, 1963–201805101519631969197519811987199319992005201120171963: 1.1%1964: 1.23%1972: 0.95%1973: 0.82%1974: 0.96%1975: 0.89%1976: 2.05%1983: 0.64%1984: 0.21%2000: 0.74%2002: 0.79%2014: 0.02%2015: 0.73%2016: 1.22%2017: 14.04%2018: 9.43%
Change over the period: +8.34 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Sierra Leone 9.43%
World 1.43%
Western Africa computed 4.4%
Low-income countries computed 4.14%
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 9.43 −4.61 pp
2017 14.04 +12.82 pp
2016 1.22 +0.49 pp
2015 0.73 +0.71 pp
2014 0.02
2002 0.79
2000 0.74
1984 0.21 −0.43 pp
1983 0.64
1976 2.05 +1.16 pp
1975 0.89 −0.07 pp
1974 0.96 +0.14 pp
1973 0.82 −0.13 pp
1972 0.95
1964 1.23 +0.13 pp
1963 1.1

About the indicator

The share of agricultural raw materials in merchandise exports: cotton, natural rubber, rough timber, hides, wool, silk. The category is kept apart from food because this is an input to industry rather than to consumption: a country that ships out cotton and brings in fabric depends on foreign processing just as an ore supplier does. This series shows the countries where a timber or textile industry never took shape.

Important: Non-food raw materials: food and beverages do not enter. Timber is counted rough — sawn wood and furniture belong to manufactured exports.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.