low-income West African economy; primarily subsistent agriculture; key iron and diamond mining activities suspended; slow recovery from 1990s civil war; systemic corruption; high-risk debt; high youth unemployment; natural resource rich
$13.597 billion (2021 est.)
$13.061 billion (2020 est.)
$13.323 billion (2019 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
4.1% (2021 est.)
-1.97% (2020 est.)
5.25% (2019 est.)
$1,600 (2021 est.)
$1,600 (2020 est.)
$1,700 (2019 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
$4.132 billion (2020 est.)
11.87% (2021 est.)
13.45% (2020 est.)
14.8% (2019 est.)
agriculture: 60.7% (2017 est.)
industry: 6.5% (2017 est.)
services: 32.9% (2017 est.)
household consumption: 97.9% (2017 est.)
government consumption: 12.1% (2017 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 18.1% (2017 est.)
investment in inventories: 0.4% (2017 est.)
exports of goods and services: 26.8% (2017 est.)
imports of goods and services: -55.3% (2017 est.)
cassava, rice, vegetables, oil palm fruit, sweet potatoes, milk, citrus fruit, groundnuts, fruit, pulses nes
diamond mining; iron ore, rutile and bauxite mining; small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, footwear)
17.41% (2021 est.)
2.858 million (2021 est.)
agriculture: 61.1%
industry: 5.5%
services: 33.4% (2014 est.)
5.33% (2021 est.)
5.2% (2020 est.)
4.65% (2019 est.)
total: 10.8%
male: 15.8%
female: 7.6% (2021 est.)
56.8% (2018 est.)
35.7 (2018 est.)
lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 33.6% (2003)
revenues: $740 million (2019 est.)
expenditures: $867 million (2019 est.)
-7.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
63.9% of GDP (2017 est.)
54.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
15.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
calendar year
-$275.638 million (2020 est.)
-$583.555 million (2019 est.)
-$504.851 million (2018 est.)
$700.971 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$1.06 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$963.948 million (2018 est.)
Belgium 26%, China 25%, Romania 9%, United Arab Emirates 6%, Germany 5%, Netherlands 5% (2019)
titanium, lumber, diamonds, aluminum, cocoa beans (2019)
$1.418 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$1.818 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$1.594 billion (2018 est.)
China 27%, India 11%, United States 6%, Ghana 5%, Turkey 5% (2019)
rice, plastics, packaged medicines, sauces/seasonings, cars (2019)
$945.908 million (31 December 2021 est.)
$707.704 million (31 December 2020 est.)
$530.138 million (31 December 2019 est.)
$1.615 billion (31 December 2017 est.)
$1.503 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
leones (SLL) per US dollar -
10,439.425 (2021 est.)
9,829.927 (2020 est.)
9,010.221 (2019 est.)
7,931.632 (2018 est.)
7,384.432 (2017 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Sierra Leone on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sierra Leone 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sierra Leone 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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