Poverty & Inequality in Sierra Leone 27 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Sierra Leone. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 unchanged 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 20.2% 95th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 9.1% 40th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.79 live births per woman 2023 down 22.2% 36th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,470 kg per hectare 2023 down 17.3% 146th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 3.3% 35th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -25.13 % change on previous year 2023 down 262.2% 178th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 6.33 2023 down 12.5% 176th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 6.3% 2023 down 12.5% 176th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 2.4% 60th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 6.84 % change on previous year 2023 up 227.8% 47th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.566 2023 down 11.4% 19th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 6.6% 2023 down 28.6% 181st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.2045 2023 down 27.5% 12th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.2045 2023 down 27.5% 12th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2255 2023 down 22.5% 14th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3592 2023 up 2.9% 52nd Population living in slums 49.3% 2022 down 20.0% 32nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.281 2023 up 12.4% 160th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.281 2023 up 12.4% 160th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.281 2023 up 12.4% 160th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 19.48 2023 down 63.5% 162nd Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 1.29 2024 down 39.5% 27th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 1.3% 2024 down 39.7% 24th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 1,644 2017 up 34.3% 146th Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 12.0% 2021 down 35.1% 38th