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Sierra Leone — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Sierra Leone, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
846
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +496.2% since 1960
GDP per capita for Sierra Leone was 846 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1,118 in 2014. The lowest was 126 in 1968 (about 6.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.78% per year.
Sierra Leone ranks 201 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 95%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Sierra Leone sits below it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 24% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
846
First (1960)
142
Change
+496.2%
Highest
1,118
in 2014
Lowest
126
in 1968
Average
406
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.78%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 846.3 |
| 2024 | 806.65 |
| 2023 | 758.33 |
| 2022 | 860.37 |
| 2021 | 885.4 |
| 2020 | 845.28 |
| 2019 | 843.71 |
| 2018 | 845.91 |
| 2017 | 779.19 |
| 2016 | 844.42 |
| 2015 | 964.58 |
| 2014 | 1,117.76 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. 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.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.