SIERRA LEONE maq 4ª.indd - agrilife - Europa
SIERRA LEONE maq 4ª.indd - agrilife - Europa
SIERRA LEONE maq 4ª.indd - agrilife - Europa
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2 Description of the Context in Sierra Leone<br />
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Table 3. Employed labour force by sector and sex (%)<br />
Industry or<br />
sector<br />
Total Male Female<br />
Crop Farming 64.5 61.4 68.2<br />
Livestock 0.4 0.4 0.4<br />
Poultry 0.1 0.1 0.1<br />
Bank, 2009), followed by the mining and<br />
manufacturing sectors (Table 4).<br />
As portrayed in Table 4, agriculture accounts<br />
for about 42% of GDP in 2007, with the bulk<br />
Industry or<br />
sector<br />
Hotels/<br />
Restaurants<br />
Transport,<br />
Storage &<br />
Communication<br />
Financial<br />
Intermediation<br />
Male Female<br />
0.3 0.3<br />
0.8 1.5<br />
0.4 0.4<br />
Hunting 0.1 0.1 0.1 Real Estate 0.6 0.6<br />
Forestry 0.3 0.4 0.2<br />
Public admin.<br />
(1)<br />
1.4 2.2<br />
Fishing 2.7 3.4 1.9 Education 2.0 2.5<br />
Mining 3.6 6.0 1.1<br />
Manufacturing 0.5 0.7 0.2<br />
Electricity, Gas<br />
& Water<br />
0.4 0.7 0.1<br />
Construction 2.0 2.9 1.1<br />
Trade /Repair 14.0 10.0 17.5<br />
Note (1): Public administration & Defense, compulsory social security.<br />
Note (2): Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies.<br />
Source: SLIHS, 2007.<br />
Table 4. Sectorial contributions to GDP (in % GDP)<br />
Health & Social<br />
Work<br />
Other<br />
Community &<br />
Social Services<br />
Private house<br />
hold paid<br />
employee<br />
Extra Territorial<br />
(2)<br />
1.0 1.0<br />
4.4 4.5<br />
4.4 0.4<br />
0.2 0.3<br />
2005 2006 2007<br />
Agriculture 72.1 37.4 41.2<br />
Services 26.0 57.7 33.0<br />
Mining -3.4 0.2 17.2<br />
Manufacturing 1.1 4.2 1.0<br />
Electricity and Water -1.0 -0.3 -0.9<br />
Construction 5.1 0.8 8.5<br />
Total GDP<br />
Source: IMF, 2008.<br />
100 100 100<br />
of the population engaged in subsistence arable<br />
farming. Services amount for a 33% and mining a<br />
17.2%, although this sector provides the majority<br />
of exports and significant foreign exchange<br />
earnings (UNDP, 2007: xi).