Manufacturing share of GDP in Sierra Leone

Manufacturing produced 7.0% of GDP in Sierra Leone in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2017.

Measure: Manufacturing as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1964 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Sierra Leone, 2024 7.0% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.7percentage points 2023: 7.7%
World, 2024 14.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 127th of 178 See the full ranking

Manufacturing share of GDP in Sierra Leone over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Manufacturing as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Sierra LeoneWorld
2025 – 14.9%
2024 7.0% 14.9%
2023 7.7% 15.2%
2022 7.0% 15.7%
2021 7.4% 16.4%
2020 7.0% 15.9%
2019 7.0% 16.0%
2018 7.0% 16.4%
2017 6.7% 16.3%
2016 6.4% 16.2%
2015 5.7% 16.4%
2014 5.2% 16.1%
2013 5.6% 15.9%
2012 6.5% 16.1%
2011 7.1% 16.1%
2010 6.9% 16.0%
2009 6.9% 15.5%
2008 7.7% 16.1%
2007 7.7% 16.3%
2006 7.9% 16.3%
2005 2.5% 16.4%
2004 2.6% 16.6%
2003 2.8% 16.7%
2002 3.3% 16.9%
2001 3.6% 17.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 7.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 5.2%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 178 countries with data for 2024, Sierra Leone has the 127th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 14.9%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.IND.MANF.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1964 to 2024 for Sierra Leone
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices