What is the price of rice per kilogram/pound in Sierra Leone today?
The retail price range for Sierra Leone rice is between US$ 0.30 and US$ 0.89 per kilogram or between US$ 0.13 and US$ 0.40 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of rice in Sierra Leone
The retail price range in Leone for rice is between SLL 7,377.00 and SLL 22,131.00 per kilogram or between SLL 3,345.58 and SLL 10,036.73 per pound(lb) in Freetown and Bo.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Sierra Leone rice is between US$ 0.21 and US$ 0.62 per kilogram or between US$ 0.09 and US$ 0.28 per pound(lb).
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Sierra Leone Rice Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Rice from Sierra Leone has seen a significant decrease over the last five years. In 2014, the price per kilogram was 2.50 US dollars, which dropped to 0.62 US dollars in 2016. This trend continued in 2017 and 2018, with the price per kilogram falling to 0.23 and 0.20 US dollars respectively. The most recent year, 2021, saw the price per kilogram drop to 0.00 US dollars. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price of Rice from Sierra Leone will remain at 0.00 US dollars in 2023 and 2024.The exports of rice from Sierra Leone are categorised as:
- Rice in the husk, "paddy" or rough (HS code 100610)
- Husked or brown rice (HS code 100620)
- Broken rice (HS code 100640)
- Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed (HS code 100630)
Sierra Leone Rice Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Rice into Sierra Leone has seen a significant decrease over the past five years. In 2014, the price was 2.50 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 0.62 US dollars per kg in 2016. This downward trend continued in 2017 and 2018, with the price reaching 0.23 US dollars per kg and 0.20 US dollars per kg respectively. The most recent data shows that the import price of Rice into Sierra Leone was 0.00 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price of Rice into Sierra Leone in 2023 will be 0.15 US dollars per kg and in 2024 it will be 0.10 US dollars per kg.Export values for Sierra Leone rice
The total values in export for rice in Sierra Leone were US$ 10, US$ 38 and US$ 2 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Cereals/Grains category in Sierra Leone: Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Maize, Sorghum, Buckwheet, Millet, Canary seed & Fonio.
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Sierra Leone rice - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Sierra Leone exported small quantities of rice. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Sierra Leone rice (cereals/grains category) has , recording a change of % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, rice's exports reduced by -100 percent earning the country US$0.00m for the year 2019. Sierra Leone's rice exports are categorised as:
- Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed (HS code 100630)
- Broken rice (HS code 100640)
- Rice in the husk, "paddy" or rough (HS code 100610)
- Husked or brown rice (HS code 100620)
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Sierra Leone rice export values
In 2019, Sierra Leone exported rice with a value of 0.00m USD, a drop of -100.00% from 2018's total rice export of 0.002m USD. The annual reduction in value of Sierra Leone rice between 2017 to 2018 was -94.737 pc.
The annual/yearly variation in the amount of Sierra Leone's rice exports between 2017 and 2019 was -100% between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Sierra Leone rice ( in '000$ )
Sierra Leone's top export markets for rice are Australia, US and Guinea.
Sierra Leone imported 658,266 tonnes of rice in 2019.
Production
The production of rice in Sierra Leone was 6,317,688 tonnes in 2019 and is projected to change by an average of 3.01%. The country had approximately 4,813,984.00 hectares under rice cultivation.