Labour Force (Total) rose 2.88% to 2.86 mil in Sierra Leone in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 2.86 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 1.58 mil in 1993. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Burkina Faso amounted to 8.02 mil, 4.89 mil in Guinea, 2.29 mil in Liberia and 7.90 mil in Mali in 2021.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 110th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | mil | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | mil | 6.68 | 6.90 | 7.12 | 7.34 | 7.57 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | mil | 12.2 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 13.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | mil | 4.21 | 4.33 | 4.46 | 4.58 | 4.71 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | mil | 7.59 | 7.76 | 7.93 | 8.17 | 8.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | mil | 2.04 | 2.08 | 2.13 | 2.17 | 2.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | mil | 6.63 | 6.78 | 6.94 | 7.17 | 7.41 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | mil | 1.01 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.10 | 1.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 7.53 | 7.83 | 8.14 | 8.46 | 8.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | mil | 3.71 | 3.82 | 3.94 | 4.06 | 4.18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | mil | 2.42 | 2.49 | 2.57 | 2.65 | 2.72 |
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