GDP growth in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: GDP growth was 4.6% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
GDP growth in Sierra Leone, 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual %.
Analysis
In 2025, gdp growth in Sierra Leone stood at 4.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.3% on the previous year and up 205.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gdp growth in Sierra Leone peaked at 26.5% in 2002 and was at its lowest, -19.0%, in 1992.
Sierra Leone ranks 60th of 214 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.8% | 0.0% | 8.5% | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.7% | -0.4% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.1% | -7.1% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | -2.6% | -19.0% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.0% | -6.3% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | -7.8% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.1% | -1.3% | 5.9% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Sierra Leone
- DEC alternative conversion factor 22.66 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 9.63 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 425.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 5.35 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 236.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -1.14 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -50.20 million current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 19,046 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 830 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 167.98 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gdp growth in Sierra Leone?
- Gdp growth in Sierra Leone was 4.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gdp growth recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 26.5% in 2002.
- What is the lowest gdp growth recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was -19.0% in 1992.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for gdp growth?
- Sierra Leone ranks 60th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Is gdp growth rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 205.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of GDP growth (annual %). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.