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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Sierra Leone economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Sierra Leone best banks and safest banks are also available.
Sierra Leone offers a wealth of resources and a future of longterm growth, but it’s only for those who can handle the ups and downs.
USD 0.5 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
8.1% | 5.4% | 3.2% | 5.3% | 6.3% | 15.2% | 20.7% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
4.6% | -20.5% | 6.4% | 3.8% | 3.7% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.02% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.009% |
*Estimate
(2017 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
6.7% | 10.9% | 18.2% | 16.9% | 15.7% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
44.9% | 55.5% | 57.9% | 63% | 64.5% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-4.5% | -8.5% | -8.8% | -5.8% | -3.6% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-13.8% (2018 estimate)
26.1% (2017)
0.004% (2018)
0.003% (2017)
Iron ore, diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish
Foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals
Cote dIvoire 37.7%, Belgium 20.5%, US 15.7%, China 10.2%, Netherlands 6.1% (2017)
China 11.5%, US 9.2%, Belgium 8.8%, UAE 7.7%, India 7.4%, Turkey 5.2%, Senegal 5.1%, Netherlands 4.3% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 138 million | USD 129 million | USD 599 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
163 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 58 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 181 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 181 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 169 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 165 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 128 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 93 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 165 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 108 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 162 out of 190 countries
Ranking: 167 / Score: 47.5 (Repressed)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Free
Muslim 78.6%, Christian 20.8%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.2% (2013 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
4.22 million | 4.47 million | 6.28 million | 7.09 million | 7.91 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
17.4% | 29.8% | 35.6% | 42.1% |
Total population: 48.1%
Male: 58.7%
Female: 37.7%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write english, mende, temne, or arabic (2015 est.)
81.3% (last available estimate, 2011)
34 (last available estimate, 2011)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Partly Free
Political Rights: 3
Civil Liberties: 3 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 0.2% Mobile: 88.5% (2017)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)