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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Eight of ten datasets here reach 2025; two stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Sierra Leone ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
40thGDP$7.0bn2
—Mobilenot in the record
40thInternet use25.1%4
Last updated 1 Sep 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
GuineaLiberiaFreetownBo
Two land borders, 402 km of coast. Hover a neighbour to compare.
CapitalFreetownLanguagesEnglishCurrencyLeone · SLEArea71,740 km²

At a glance

8.8 million people, half of them under 20, in an economy of $8.3bn in 2026, growing 4.5% a year.

Sierra Leone’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
811
Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023
Population8.8mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age19.9years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$919current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use25.1%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Eight of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024; policies stops at 2002. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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FX rates
Markets
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Power
Climate
Humanitarian
ReportedModelledNo figure
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Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
01.5320142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 1.9 times exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
$600$1k$1.4k20142024$807
Reported every year, including the 2023 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%30%60%2014202428.6%
28.6% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 47.6% in 2023.IMFSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
00.20.420142024$0.32bn
5.1 times the 2014 figure.World BankSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
0%30%60%2014202446.7%
Up 20 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Leone per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
010202014202421.3
Stops at 2023; the line ends where the record ends.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202439.2%
Up 20 points in a decade — the fastest-moving service in the record.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
801101402014202490.5
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
4060802014202462.0 yrs
Rising steadily across the decade.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
609012020142024108
More subscriptions than people since 2021.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
30%40%50%2014202445.4%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds power13 heads of state across 15 terms since 1971, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
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19712026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

Julius Maada Bio has held the office of President of Sierra Leone since Apr 2018. The record holds seven current ministers.

ElectedAppointed
Julius Maada BioJulius Maada BioPresident of Sierra Leonein office since Apr 2018
No second seatthe deputy for this date is not in the record
No third seatno second office is recorded for this date
7 seats confirmed current · 25 recorded for 2025
7Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
Attorney General and Minister of JusticeHealthLands and Country PlanningDefence and National SecurityEnergyYouthLocal Government and Rural Development
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Sierra Leone.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Sierra Leone
The whole table

Nine measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity39.2%202418.8%+20.4 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Basic drinking water57.2%202448.2%+9.0 ptsReportedUNICEF
Basic sanitation8.1%20245.6%+2.5 ptsReportedUNICEF
Clean cooking fuel2.0%20241.0%+1.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality90.52024135.9−45.4 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth62.0 yrs202454.3 yrs+7.7 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population45.9%202540.3%+5.6 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use25.1%20246.1%+19.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions108 / 100202269 / 100+39ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Sierra Leone

149 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Sierra Leone. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

Economy
Trade
Development
Demographics
Health
Child Welfare
Education
Food Security
Agriculture
Governance
Humanitarian
Technology
Infrastructure
Energy
Climate

How Sierra Leone ranks across Africa

Sierra Leone's position on 148 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Sierra Leone with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
UNICEF2024
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Sierra Leone: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

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