Region:
West Africa
Currency:
Sierra Leonean Leone
Population:
6.4 million
Capital:
Freetown
Ministry website:
mofed.gov.sl
Fiscal year:
January-December
Regional Economic Community:
CEN-SAD,
ECOWAS
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| GDP (constant 2006 SLL[billions]) | 10,683.92 | 8,494.49 | 9,034.25 | 9,374.92 | 9,699.14 |
| GDP (current SLL[billions]) | 22,689.45 | 21,583.3 | 24,296.29 | 27,465.43 | 32,401.63 |
| GDP growth (%) | 4.56 | -20.49 | 6.35 | 3.77 | 3.46 |
| GDP per capita (constant 2006 SLL) | 1,522,545.61 | 1,184,409.9 | 1,232,698.7 | 1,251,921 | 1,267,835.44 |
| GDP per capita (current SLL) | 3,233,431.01 | 3,009,419.99 | 3,315,162.12 | 3,667,714.84 | 4,235,421.42 |
| Inflation (CPI) (%) | 4.65 | 6.69 | 10.88 | 18.22 | 16.03 |
| General government revenue (% of GDP) | 14.04 | 16.19 | 14.88 | 14.65 | 15.77 |
| General government expenditure (% of GDP) | 17.65 | 20.74 | 23.34 | 23.43 | 21.36 |
| Budget balance (% of GDP) | -3.61 | -4.55 | -8.46 | -8.78 | -5.59 |
| Primary balance (% of GDP) | -2.63 | -3.74 | -7.63 | -6.59 | -2.79 |
| General government debt (% of GDP) | 35.09 | 45.69 | 60.73 | 69.16 | 69.09 |
| Population (millions) | 7.02 | 7.17 | 7.33 | 7.49 | 7.65 |