Flag of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Economic Indicators

Latest economic indicators and statistics for Sierra Leone.

Indicator Current Value Previous Value Frequency Period
GDP $7.55B $6.41B Yearly 2024
GDP Annual Growth Rate 4% 5.71% Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita $1,134.09 $1,113.87 Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita PPP $3,092.83 $3,037.68 Yearly 2024
Real GDP $9.8B $9.42B Yearly 2024
Annual Inflation Rate 28.63% 47.64% Yearly 2024
Annual Unemployment Rate 3.13% 3.15% Yearly 2024
Female Labor Force Rate 51.21% 51.55% Yearly 2024
Annual Exports $205.37M $102.65M Yearly 2018
Annual Imports $986.9M $1.07B Yearly 2018
Exports (% GDP) 20.94% 21.52% Yearly 2024
FDI Inflows (% GDP) 3.76% 2.04% Yearly 2023
Imports (% GDP) 43.54% 34.34% Yearly 2024
Net Trade (Goods & Services, BoP) -$881.99M -$871.99M Yearly 2023
Tariff Rate 13.61% 13.74% Yearly 2022
Trade (% GDP) 64.48% 55.87% Yearly 2024
Private Credit (% GDP) 3.66% 3.24% Yearly 2024
Adult Literacy Rate 48.64% 43.58% Yearly 2022
Gini Index 35.7 points 34 points Yearly 2018
Happiness Index 3 points 3.24 points Yearly 2024
Homicide Rate 2.14 1.7 Yearly 2020
Population 8.64M 8.46M Yearly 2024
Poverty Rate 41.5% 53.7% Yearly 2018
Primary Enrollment Rate 153.09% 156.8% Yearly 2023
Agricultural Land (%) 54.71% 54.71% Yearly 2022
Annual CO2 Emissions 1.23M tonnes 1.28M tonnes Yearly 2023
Forest Area (%) 34.57% 34.85% Yearly 2022
Corruption Control -0.57 points -0.56 points Yearly 2023
Political stability index -0.24 points -0.09 points Yearly 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 56.2 58 Yearly 2023
Life Expectancy 61.79 61.27 Yearly 2023
Physicians per 1,000 people 0.04 0.07 Yearly 2022
Electricity Access 35.5% 29.4% Yearly 2023
Internet Users 20.6% 19.2% Yearly 2023
Travel Earnings $39M $39M Yearly 2018
Visitor Arrivals 71,000 66,000 Yearly 2019