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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.

Capital: Freetown · Region: Sub-Saharan Africa · Income group: Low income

Sierra Leone recorded GDP per capita: 846 (2025), ranking 201 of 212 worldwide; Population: 8.82 million (2025), ranking 100 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 62.0 (2024), ranking 206 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 7.49% (2025), ranking 35 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.

Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+2218%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-67%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.

Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 6 of 19 comparable series are higher and 13 are lower.

Its population of 8.82 million (2025) makes it a smaller population by the standards of this dataset.

All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.

Indicators

IndicatorLatestYearChange
GDP7,464,157,904.442025+2218.0%
GDP per capita846.32025+496.2%
GDP growth4.61%2025+154.8%
Population8,819,7942025+288.8%
Population growth2.04%2025+29.8%
Urban population45.93%2025+163.5%
Life expectancy61.962024+87.3%
Infant mortality54.62024-67.0%
CO2 per capita0.172024+25.2%
GDP (PPP)32,782,240,324.372025+465.2%
GDP per capita (PPP)3,716.892025+168.9%
Labor participation53.37%2025-17.1%
Unemployment3.15%2025-23.8%
Internet users25.1%2024
Electricity access39.2%2024+409.1%
Inflation7.49%2025-35.7%
Forest area34.3%2023-20.8%
Health spending4.72%2023-10.8%
Education spending2.62%2023-47.0%
Source. World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Latest data revision: 2026-09-13. Country page on data.worldbank.org.