Mali vs Sierra Leone: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?
Mali
830,000 tonnes
in 2022
Sierra Leone
723,000 tonnes
in 2023
Mali rank
118th
Sierra Leone rank
121st
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? over time
- Mali
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Mali currently reports 830,000 tonnes against 723,000 tonnes in Sierra Leone, a difference of 107,000 tonnes.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Mali ranks 118th and Sierra Leone ranks 121st of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,000 tonnes | 43,333 tonnes | 28,333 tonnes | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 113,700 tonnes | 69,500 tonnes | 44,200 tonnes | Mali |
| 1980s | 171,500 tonnes | 110,200 tonnes | 61,300 tonnes | Mali |
| 1990s | 104,800 tonnes | 229,400 tonnes | 124,600 tonnes | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 297,000 tonnes | 192,600 tonnes | 104,400 tonnes | Mali |
| 2010s | 543,900 tonnes | 506,900 tonnes | 37,000 tonnes | Mali |
| 2020s | 812,333 tonnes | 810,667 tonnes | 1,667 tonnes | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, Mali or Sierra Leone?
- Mali, at 830,000 tonnes against 723,000 tonnes in Sierra Leone as of 2022.
- What is the difference in cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? between Mali and Sierra Leone?
- 107,000 tonnes, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Sierra Leone?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Mali and Sierra Leone rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters??
- Mali ranks 118th and Sierra Leone ranks 121st of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Imports and exports are measured as the net sum of all cereal crop varieties. Countries which lie above the grey line are net importers of cereals; those below the line are net exporters.