Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
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
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 7,464,157,904.44 | 2025 | +2218.0% |
| GDP per capita | 846.3 | 2025 | +496.2% |
| GDP growth | 4.61% | 2025 | +154.8% |
| Population | 8,819,794 | 2025 | +288.8% |
| Population growth | 2.04% | 2025 | +29.8% |
| Urban population | 45.93% | 2025 | +163.5% |
| Life expectancy | 61.96 | 2024 | +87.3% |
| Infant mortality | 54.6 | 2024 | -67.0% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.17 | 2024 | +25.2% |
| GDP (PPP) | 32,782,240,324.37 | 2025 | +465.2% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 3,716.89 | 2025 | +168.9% |
| Labor participation | 53.37% | 2025 | -17.1% |
| Unemployment | 3.15% | 2025 | -23.8% |
| Internet users | 25.1% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 39.2% | 2024 | +409.1% |
| Inflation | 7.49% | 2025 | -35.7% |
| Forest area | 34.3% | 2023 | -20.8% |
| Health spending | 4.72% | 2023 | -10.8% |
| Education spending | 2.62% | 2023 | -47.0% |