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Number of pigs in Sierra Leone

Number of pigs in Sierra Leone was 307,970 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 7.5% from 2023. That is the 91st highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, head307,970 Estimated
Change on 2023+7.5%
Rank91st of 171Countries ranked
Series high307,9702024
Series low7,5252001

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Number of pigs in Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024

0100K200K300K400K19611971198119912001201120241961: 10,000 head1962: 12,500 head1963: 16,000 head1964: 20,000 head1965: 24,000 head1966: 26,000 head1967: 26,000 head1968: 28,000 head1969: 25,000 head1970: 20,000 head1971: 16,773 head1972: 18,000 head1973: 21,000 head1974: 23,000 head1975: 26,000 head1976: 28,000 head1977: 30,000 head1978: 33,000 head1979: 35,000 head1980: 36,000 head1981: 38,000 head1982: 40,000 head1983: 42,000 head1984: 40,000 head1985: 44,000 head1986: 47,000 head1987: 50,000 head1988: 50,000 head1989: 50,000 head1990: 50,000 head1991: 50,000 head1992: 50,000 head1993: 50,000 head1994: 50,000 head1995: 50,000 head1996: 50,000 head1997: 50,000 head1998: 50,000 head1999: 52,000 head2000: 52,000 head2001: 7,525 head2002: 9,406 head2003: 11,758 head2004: 14,697 head2005: 18,372 head2006: 22,964 head2007: 28,706 head2008: 35,882 head2009: 43,058 head2010: 47,364 head2011: 52,100 head2012: 57,310 head2013: 62,315 head2014: 83,842 head2015: 133,119 head2016: 93,092 head2017: 217,497 head2018: 233,809 head2019: 251,345 head2020: 212,306 head2021: 248,700 head2022: 266,702 head2023: 286,503 head2024: 307,970 head
head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodhead
2024307,970 Estimated
2023286,503 Estimated
2022266,702 Estimated
2021248,700 Estimated
2020212,306 Estimated
2019251,345
2018233,809
2017217,497
201693,092 Estimated
2015133,119 Estimated
201483,842 Estimated
201362,315
201257,310
201152,100
201047,364
200943,058
200835,882
200728,706
200622,964
200518,372
200414,697
200311,758
20029,406
20017,525
200052,000 Estimated
199952,000
199850,000 Estimated
199750,000 Estimated
199650,000 Estimated
199550,000 Estimated
199450,000 Estimated
199350,000 Estimated
199250,000 Estimated
199150,000 Estimated
199050,000 Estimated
198950,000 Estimated
198850,000 Estimated
198750,000 Estimated
198647,000 Estimated
198544,000 Estimated
198440,000 Estimated
198342,000 Estimated
198240,000 Estimated
198138,000 Estimated
198036,000
197935,000 Estimated
197833,000 Estimated
197730,000 Estimated
197628,000 Estimated
197526,000 Estimated
197423,000 Estimated
197321,000 Estimated
197218,000 Estimated
197116,773
197020,000 Estimated
196925,000 Estimated
196828,000
196726,000
196626,000
196524,000 Estimated
196420,000 Estimated
196316,000 Estimated
196212,500 Estimated
196110,000 Estimated

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Definition

Number of pigs (swine) present in the country, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO asks for the count on one day of the year, usually the census or survey date, so the reference day differs between countries.

FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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APA 7

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111) (Number of pigs, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/sierra-leone. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Number of pigs, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/sierra-leone.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/sierra-leone (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{food_number_of_pigs_sierra_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111): Number of pigs, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/sierra-leone. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}
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Number of pigs in Sierra Leone was 307,970 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 7.5% from 2023. That is the 91st highest of 171 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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307,970 head in 2024, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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