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Sierra Leone — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Sierra Leone, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.61%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +154.8% since 1961
GDP growth for Sierra Leone was 4.61% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 26.52% in 2002. The lowest was -19.01% in 1992 (about -4.1× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.47% per year.
Sierra Leone ranks 59 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 28%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Sierra Leone sits level with it. It peaked in 2002 and has fallen 83% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 206%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.61%
First (1961)
1.81%
Change
+154.8%
Highest
26.52%
in 2002
Lowest
-19.01%
in 1992
Average
2.72%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.47%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.61% |
| 2024 | 4.29% |
| 2023 | 5.71% |
| 2022 | 5.31% |
| 2021 | 5.9% |
| 2020 | -1.25% |
| 2019 | 5.5% |
| 2018 | 2.89% |
| 2017 | 3.21% |
| 2016 | 6.44% |
| 2015 | -4.36% |
| 2014 | -7.82% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.