Production of sawlogs and veneer logs rose 5.00% to 200,000 '000 cbm in Sierra Leone in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, production of sawlogs and veneer logs in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 200,000 '000 cbm in 2018 and an all time low of 1,600 '000 cbm in 1991. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, production of sawlogs and veneer logs in Burkina Faso amounted to 73,000 '000 cbm, 138,000 '000 cbm in Guinea, 421,860 '000 cbm in Liberia and 388,000 '000 cbm in Mali in 2018.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 101st within the group of 149 countries we follow in terms of production of sawlogs and veneer logs, 41 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Production of Sawlogs and Veneer Logs | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Algeria | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28,000 | 28,000 | 28,000 | 28,000 | 28,000 | ||||||
| Burkina Faso | '000 cbm | 73,000 | 73,000 | 73,000 | 73,000 | 73,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | '000 cbm | 1,442,000 | 1,860,000 | 1,590,000 | 1,640,000 | 1,937,717 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | '000 cbm | 138,000 | 138,000 | 138,000 | 138,000 | 138,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | '000 cbm | 2,700,000 | 2,600,000 | 2,700,300 | 2,400,000 | 2,400,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | '000 cbm | 332,000 | 320,000 | 320,000 | 421,860 | 421,860 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | '000 cbm | 340,000 | 388,000 | 388,000 | 388,000 | 388,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | '000 cbm | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Senegal | '000 cbm | 86,000 | 62,000 | 62,000 | 62,000 | 62,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | '000 cbm | 3,600 | 3,600 | 3,600 | 3,600 | 200,000 |
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