ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0171 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sierra Leone, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 0.0171 1000 No per square kilometre for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.0185 1000 No per square kilometre in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.0132 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1993.
That places Sierra Leone 31st out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0133 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0133 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0132 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0132 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0134 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0134 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0137 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0139 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.014 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0143 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0155 1000 No per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0161 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0167 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0182 1000 No per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0185 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0185 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.018 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0175 1000 No per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0172 1000 No per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0173 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0164 1000 No per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0156 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 0.015 1000 No per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0152 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.016 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0166 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 0.017 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0171 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0135 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0132 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.014 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0173 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0143 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0185 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0169 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.015 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0185 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0166 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.016 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0171 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 28 China 0.0181 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 29 Kenya 0.0179 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 30 Burkina Faso 0.0175 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 32 Albania 0.0156 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 33 Mauritius 0.0153 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 34 Myanmar 0.0152 1000 No per square kilometre compare
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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sierra Leone?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sierra Leone was 0.0171 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0185 1000 No per square kilometre in 2009.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0132 1000 No per square kilometre in 1993.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Sierra Leone ranks 31st out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.