Sierra Leone — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Sierra Leone, 1960–2025.
GDP for Sierra Leone was 7.46 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 7.69 billion in 2014. The lowest was 322.01 million in 1960 (about 23.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.95% per year.
Sierra Leone ranks 165 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 78%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 19.93 billion, so Sierra Leone sits below it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 10%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 35 of 47 economies; Liberia (5.25 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 164% in 2001. That is 12% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1974; grown tenfold by 2006. Doubling roughly every 14 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 81st of 111 in 1960 → 96th of 146 in 1970 → 118th of 163 in 1980 → 160th of 192 in 1990 → 182nd of 204 in 2000 → 165th of 212 in 2010 → 157th of 210 in 2020 → 151st of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,464,157,904.44 | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 6,971,127,234.07 | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 6,415,852,766.09 | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 7,121,125,277.18 | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 7,166,931,483.3 | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 6,688,307,705.64 | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 6,523,577,590.38 | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 6,390,514,688.53 | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 5,749,846,528.48 | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 6,084,297,211.1 | -10.4% |
| 2015 | 6,788,352,974.78 | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 7,686,138,790.91 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 7,502,762,862.73 | +22.2% |
| 2012 | 6,141,666,509.36 | +26.3% |
| 2011 | 4,861,632,884.68 | +14.0% |
| 2010 | 4,262,805,966.79 | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 3,953,403,098.37 | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 4,157,895,298.2 | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 3,632,957,611.35 | +11.3% |
| 2006 | 3,263,697,466.74 | +28.2% |
| 2005 | 2,545,275,312.61 | +13.8% |
| 2004 | 2,237,350,687.47 | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 2,142,618,045.93 | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 1,933,863,910.73 | +15.0% |
| 2001 | 1,681,473,893.77 | +164.4% |
| 2000 | 635,866,403.78 | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 669,386,623.95 | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 672,368,187.11 | -20.9% |
| 1997 | 850,232,760.02 | -9.7% |
| 1996 | 941,709,422.5 | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 870,740,291.52 | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 911,853,802.37 | +18.6% |
| 1993 | 768,867,882.97 | +13.1% |
| 1992 | 679,940,813.95 | -12.8% |
| 1991 | 779,981,987.11 | +20.1% |
| 1990 | 649,644,097.57 | -30.4% |
| 1989 | 932,974,420.28 | -11.6% |
| 1988 | 1,055,083,933.07 | +59.8% |
| 1987 | 660,106,336.1 | +34.7% |
| 1986 | 490,181,456.62 | -42.8% |
| 1985 | 856,890,459.36 | -21.2% |
| 1984 | 1,087,471,861.99 | +9.3% |
| 1983 | 995,104,305.35 | -23.2% |
| 1982 | 1,295,361,885.92 | +16.2% |
| 1981 | 1,114,830,471.92 | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 1,100,685,844.92 | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 1,109,374,911.3 | +15.5% |
| 1978 | 960,728,338.94 | +38.9% |
| 1977 | 691,777,583.95 | +16.3% |
| 1976 | 594,895,941.91 | -12.4% |
| 1975 | 679,336,343.58 | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 648,590,642.94 | +12.8% |
| 1973 | 575,230,724.38 | +23.6% |
| 1972 | 465,381,339.74 | +10.9% |
| 1971 | 419,549,304.72 | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 434,410,973.76 | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 408,690,163.48 | +23.9% |
| 1968 | 329,859,731.94 | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 348,795,303 | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 375,479,849.81 | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 359,379,856.25 | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 371,847,461.44 | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 348,547,278.79 | +1.7% |
| 1962 | 342,721,416.49 | +4.5% |
| 1961 | 327,834,190.58 | +1.8% |
| 1960 | 322,009,961.55 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Sierra Leone’s GDP in 1961?
327,834,190.58 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Sierra Leone’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Sierra Leone’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2218.0% in total — about 5.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 7,464,157,904.44; 2024: 6,971,127,234.07; 2023: 6,415,852,766.09; 2022: 7,121,125,277.18; 2021: 7,166,931,483.3. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.