GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Sierra Leone

GDP per capita growth in Sierra Leone in 2025 — 2.5%. Ranked 94 in the world out of 186. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 2.28 pp.

2025 2.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 94of 186
Period maximum 19.43%2002
Period minimum -17.46%1992

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Sierra Leone, 1961–2025-20-100102019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 0.22%1963: -0.01%1965: 5.26%1967: -1.83%1969: 6.49%1971: 1.56%1973: 0.38%1975: -0.18%1977: -1.79%1979: 2.49%1981: 0.82%1983: -4.17%1985: -7.38%1987: 4.39%1989: -1.76%1991: 1.16%1993: 1.6%1995: -8.13%1997: -7.08%1999: -2.48%2001: -11.72%2003: 5.12%2005: 1.58%2007: 1.5%2009: -1.17%2011: 5.32%2013: 11.88%2015: -6.55%2017: 0.77%2019: 3.08%2021: 3.52%2023: 3.41%2025: 2.5%
Change over the period: +2.28 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone 2.5%
World 1.99%
Western Africa computed 3.08%
Low-income countries computed 2.8%
GDP per capita growth — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.5 +0.4 pp
2024 2.1 −1.31 pp
2023 3.41 +0.42 pp
2022 3 −0.52 pp
2021 3.52 +7.02 pp
2020 -3.51 −6.59 pp
2019 3.08 +2.57 pp
2018 0.51 −0.27 pp
2017 0.77 −3.19 pp
2016 3.96 +10.52 pp
2015 -6.55 +3.44 pp
2014 -9.99 −21.87 pp
2013 11.88 +4.07 pp
2012 7.81 +2.5 pp
2011 5.32 +1.82 pp
2010 3.5 +4.67 pp
2009 -1.17 −2.3 pp
2008 1.13 −0.37 pp
2007 1.5 −0.51 pp
2006 2.01 +0.42 pp
2005 1.58 −1.36 pp
2004 2.94 −2.18 pp
2003 5.12 −14.31 pp
2002 19.43 +31.15 pp
2001 -11.72 −15.82 pp
2000 4.11 +6.59 pp
1999 -2.48 −3.27 pp
1998 0.79 +7.87 pp
1997 -7.08 −8.35 pp
1996 1.27 +9.4 pp
1995 -8.13 −5.81 pp
1994 -2.32 −3.92 pp
1993 1.6 +19.06 pp
1992 -17.46 −18.62 pp
1991 1.16 +1.82 pp
1990 -0.66 +1.1 pp
1989 -1.76 +7.8 pp
1988 -9.55 −13.95 pp
1987 4.39 +5.6 pp
1986 -1.21 +6.18 pp
1985 -7.38 −9.22 pp
1984 1.84 +6.01 pp
1983 -4.17 −6.82 pp
1982 2.65 +1.83 pp
1981 0.82 −1.95 pp
1980 2.77 +0.28 pp
1979 2.49 +2.04 pp
1978 0.45 +2.23 pp
1977 -1.79 +0.44 pp
1976 -2.23 −2.05 pp
1975 -0.18 −1.79 pp
1974 1.6 +1.22 pp
1973 0.38 +1.32 pp
1972 -0.93 −2.49 pp
1971 1.56 −5.02 pp
1970 6.58 +0.09 pp
1969 6.49 +6.39 pp
1968 0.1 +1.93 pp
1967 -1.83 −1.67 pp
1966 -0.16 −5.42 pp
1965 5.26 +0.43 pp
1964 4.83 +4.84 pp
1963 -0.01 −2.85 pp
1962 2.84 +2.62 pp
1961 0.22

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.