Value added of agriculture as a share of GDP rose 2.03% to 57.8% in Sierra Leone in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 62.0% in 1999 and an all time low of 29.6% in 1969. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, value added of agriculture as a share of GDP in Burkina Faso amounted to 22.3%, 20.9% in Guinea, 41.7% in Liberia and 40.8% in Mali in 2015.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 1st within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of value added of agriculture as a share of GDP, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Agriculture, Value Added (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Algeria | % | 9.53% | 8.62% | 8.33% | 9.30% | 10.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 22.8% | 23.2% | 21.6% | 22.6% | 22.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 31.8% | 29.8% | 25.3% | 23.0% | 21.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 25.9% | 22.0% | 22.1% | 20.5% | 20.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 21.2% | 24.5% | 26.7% | 22.5% | 22.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | 58.0% | 44.8% | 44.5% | 38.8% | 41.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 38.9% | 40.6% | 39.3% | 42.3% | 40.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 20.2% | 17.8% | 14.4% | 15.7% | 15.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 39.2% | 40.9% | 38.3% | 39.4% | 37.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 17.3% | 17.7% | 15.7% | 16.7% | 17.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | 58.2% | 56.0% | 57.1% | 56.7% | 59.5% |
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