ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 1,265 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sierra Leone, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sierra Leone is 1,265 1000 No, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Sierra Leone peaked at 1,337 1000 No in 2009 and was at its lowest, 950.88 1000 No, in 1993.
That places Sierra Leone 57th out of 175 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 960.94 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 957.09 1000 No | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 950.88 1000 No | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 955.34 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 967.9 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 969.35 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 991.51 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 1,001 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1,008 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 1,030 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 1,118 1000 No | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 1,163 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 1,205 1000 No | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 1,314 1000 No | +9.0% |
| 2005 | 1,325 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 1,331 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,325 1000 No | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 1,328 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,337 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 1,333 1000 No | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 1,329 1000 No | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,299 1000 No | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 1,264 1000 No | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 1,244 1000 No | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 1,251 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,185 1000 No | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 1,127 1000 No | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 1,082 1000 No | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 1,094 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1,152 1000 No | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 1,198 1000 No | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 1,224 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 1,231 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,252 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 1,265 1000 No | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 973.56 1000 No | 950.88 1000 No | 1,008 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,248 1000 No | 1,030 1000 No | 1,337 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,221 1000 No | 1,082 1000 No | 1,333 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,221 1000 No | 1,152 1000 No | 1,265 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
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 1,265 1000 No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1,337 1000 No in 2009.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 950.88 1000 No in 1993.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Sierra Leone ranks 57th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. 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 ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.