Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Sierra Leone in 2018 — 45.64%. Ranked 38 in the world out of 174. Since 1963, the indicator has risen by 30.32 pp.
1963–2018 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 45.64 | −27.71 pp |
| 2017 | 73.35 | −4.69 pp |
| 2016 | 78.04 | −9.77 pp |
| 2015 | 87.81 | +83.77 pp |
| 2014 | 4.04 | — |
| 2002 | 91.64 | — |
| 2000 | 18.88 | — |
| 1984 | 31.36 | −1.39 pp |
| 1983 | 32.75 | — |
| 1976 | 22.43 | −2.33 pp |
| 1975 | 24.76 | +4.03 pp |
| 1974 | 20.73 | −0.68 pp |
| 1973 | 21.41 | +3.04 pp |
| 1972 | 18.37 | — |
| 1964 | 15.42 | +0.1 pp |
| 1963 | 15.32 | — |
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The share of food in merchandise exports: grain, meat, dairy products, fish, fruit, beverages, oils. Unlike dependence on fuel and metals, a food specialization is not considered a vulnerability of the same kind — demand for food grows with population and is not subject to technological substitution. The largest shares come not from the biggest producers but from small countries with a single export crop: coffee, cocoa, bananas.
Important: It includes beverages and vegetable oils but not agricultural raw materials such as cotton, rubber and hides — those have a separate indicator.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
What part of merchandise exports is cotton, rubber, timber, hides and other non-food raw materials.
Trade Food imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on food — a measure of food dependence.
Economy Agriculture value addedHow much agriculture, forestry and fishing create in money terms.
Agriculture Cereal productionThe gross harvest of cereal crops, in tonnes.
