Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 29,313 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Sierra Leone is 29,313 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Sierra Leone peaked at 44,733 An in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5,600 An, in 2001.
That places Sierra Leone 131st out of 172 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,500 An | — |
| 1962 | 9,400 An | +25.3% |
| 1963 | 12,000 An | +27.7% |
| 1964 | 15,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 18,000 An | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 21,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 18,000 An | -14.3% |
| 1970 | 15,000 An | -16.7% |
| 1971 | 13,000 An | -13.3% |
| 1972 | 14,000 An | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 16,000 An | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 17,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 20,000 An | +17.6% |
| 1976 | 21,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 22,500 An | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 25,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 26,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 27,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 28,500 An | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 30,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 31,500 An | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 30,000 An | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 33,000 An | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 36,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 38,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 39,500 An | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 39,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,600 An | -85.8% |
| 2002 | 7,000 An | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 8,800 An | +25.7% |
| 2004 | 11,000 An | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 14,000 An | +27.3% |
| 2006 | 17,000 An | +21.4% |
| 2007 | 22,000 An | +29.4% |
| 2008 | 27,000 An | +22.7% |
| 2009 | 33,000 An | +22.2% |
| 2010 | 35,500 An | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 39,000 An | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 40,000 An | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 44,733 An | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 37,751 An | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 43,493 An | +15.2% |
| 2016 | 41,992 An | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 21,750 An | -48.2% |
| 2018 | 23,381 An | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 25,135 An | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 27,605 An | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 24,641 An | -10.7% |
| 2022 | 26,095 An | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 27,660 An | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 29,313 An | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,656 An | 7,500 An | 21,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,950 An | 13,000 An | 26,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,000 An | 27,000 An | 38,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,150 An | 38,000 An | 39,500 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,490 An | 5,600 An | 39,500 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,274 An | 21,750 An | 44,733 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,063 An | 24,641 An | 29,313 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 250 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 29.54 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.54 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Sierra Leone?
- Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Sierra Leone was 29,313 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 44,733 An in 2013.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,600 An in 2001.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Sierra Leone ranks 131st out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.