Commodity Origins

What does Sierra Leone produce and export?

Sierra Leone ranks in the top ten producers of 2 commodities: cocoa (#9, 1.8% of world output in 2024), zirconium (#9, 2.1% of world output in 2025). It is a top-ten exporter of titanium (#5, 5.5% of world export value in 2024), zirconium (#8, 2.5% of world export value in 2024).

Where sierra leone is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of sierra leone production in 2024. Darkest: Sierra Leone 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: 100% (1)Burkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Sierra Leone produce?

Commodities where Sierra Leone is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Cocoa Softs91.8%93,750 t2024FAOSTAT
Zirconium Metals92.1%25,000 t2025USGS MCS

What does Sierra Leone export?

Top 2 Sierra Leone commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 2 Sierra Leone commodity exports in 2024: Titanium 5.5%, Zirconium 2.5%; rest of world 92%.TitaniumTitanium: 5.5%, $176.4 million5.5%ZirconiumZirconium: 2.5%, $43 million2.5%Rest of worldRest of world: 92%, $092%
Sierra Leone's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Sierra Leone's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Sierra Leone dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 2 Sierra Leone commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Titanium$176.4 million5.5%
2Zirconium$43 million2.5%
Rest of world$092%

Sierra Leone's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Sierra Leone's own $1.2 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Iron ore alone is 68% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Sierra Leone compares with other countries.

Sierra Leone's tracked export mix by commodityIron ore: 68.1%; Titanium: 14.5%; Cocoa: 11.7%; Zirconium: 3.5%; Bauxite: 2.0%; Other tracked commodities: 0.2%.Iron ore: 68.1%Iron ore68.1%Titanium: 14.5%Titanium14.5%Cocoa: 11.7%Cocoa11.7%Zirconium: 3.5%Zirconium3.5%Bauxite: 2.0%Bauxite2.0%Other tracked commodities: 0.2%
Commodities where Sierra Leone is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Titanium55.5%$176.4 million2024
Zirconium82.5%$43 million2024

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Sierra Leone commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Sierra Leone is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Sierra Leone in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Sierra Leone, computed from the same data as this page.

What Sierra Leone uses

Sierra Leone had about 8.5 million people and a food supply of 2,437 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Sierra Leone, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Cassava2.1 million tonnes0.6%156 (#11 of 112)100%<0.1%
Rice1.9 million tonnes0.3%192 (#9 of 141)69%31%
Tomatoes172 thousand tonnes0.1%20 (#74 of 142)12%88%
Milk168 thousand tonnes<0.1%8.8 (#134 of 142)90%9.5%
Peanuts93 thousand tonnes0.2%4.9 (#16 of 142)100%<0.1%
Wheat84 thousand tonnes<0.1%9.9 (#135 of 143)<0.1%100%
Palm oil81 thousand tonnes0.1%3.0 (#50 of 100)106%3.8%
Sugar62 thousand tonnes<0.1%7.3 (#131 of 143)17%83%

FAO reports a negative domestic supply for Sierra Leone's pineapples (−4 thousand tonnes; production 0 tonnes, imports 0 tonnes, exports 4 thousand tonnes), meaning exports exceed production plus imports in the year. These are not counted as use and are left out of the table above.

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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