Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 25,125 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Sierra Leone stood at 25,125 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Sierra Leone peaked at 25,125 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,940 1000 An, in 1961.
Sierra Leone ranks 127th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,485 1000 An | 1,940 1000 An | 2,916 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,032 1000 An | 2,963 1000 An | 5,553 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,416 1000 An | 6,052 1000 An | 9,061 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,789 1000 An | 9,562 1000 An | 10,065 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,298 1000 An | 2,228 1000 An | 13,980 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,366 1000 An | 15,303 1000 An | 21,710 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,502 1000 An | 21,264 1000 An | 25,125 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- 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)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 4.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 47.85 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Sierra Leone?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Sierra Leone was 25,125 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 25,125 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,940 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Sierra Leone ranks 127th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Poultry — 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.