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.