GDP per capita — all countries

GDP per capita — Sierra Leone

GDP per capita in Sierra Leone in 2025 — 846 US$. Ranked 178 in the world out of 186. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 496.2%.

2025 846 US$ +4.91% vs 2024
World rank 178of 186
Period maximum 1,118 US$2014
Period minimum 126 US$1968

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$ per capita

GDP per capita — Sierra Leone, 1960–202505001,0001,50019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 142 US$1962: 146 US$1964: 153 US$1966: 149 US$1968: 126 US$1970: 160 US$1972: 165 US$1974: 222 US$1976: 196 US$1978: 305 US$1980: 336 US$1982: 380 US$1984: 306 US$1986: 131 US$1988: 268 US$1990: 155 US$1992: 163 US$1994: 219 US$1996: 224 US$1998: 157 US$2000: 144 US$2002: 389 US$2004: 418 US$2006: 580 US$2008: 705 US$2010: 685 US$2012: 938 US$2014: 1,118 US$2016: 844 US$2018: 846 US$2020: 845 US$2022: 860 US$2024: 807 US$2025: 846 US$
Change over the period: +704 (+496.16%) Average annual rate: 2.78 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Sierra Leone 846 US$
World 14,406 US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 1,673 US$
Western Africa computed 1,544 US$
Low-income countries computed 938 US$
GDP per capita — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 846 +40 +4.91%
2024 807 +48 +6.37%
2023 758 −102 −11.86%
2022 860 −25 −2.83%
2021 885 +40 +4.75%
2020 845 +2 +0.19%
2019 844 −2 −0.26%
2018 846 +67 +8.56%
2017 779 −65 −7.72%
2016 844 −120 −12.46%
2015 965 −153 −13.7%
2014 1,118 +0 +0.03%
2013 1,117 +180 +19.2%
2012 938 +176 +23.17%
2011 761 +76 +11.11%
2010 685 +32 +4.93%
2009 653 −53 −7.44%
2008 705 +73 +11.63%
2007 632 +52 +8.9%
2006 580 +118 +25.43%
2005 463 +45 +10.74%
2004 418 +4 +0.95%
2003 414 +25 +6.38%
2002 389 +31 +8.56%
2001 358 +215 +149.27%
2000 144 −11 −7.27%
1999 155 −1 −0.96%
1998 157 −43 −21.69%
1997 200 −24 −10.87%
1996 224 +16 +7.63%
1995 208 −10 −4.65%
1994 219 +34 +18.14%
1993 185 +22 +13.33%
1992 163 −20 −11.15%
1991 184 +29 +18.67%
1990 155 −76 −33.07%
1989 231 −37 −13.75%
1988 268 +96 +55.58%
1987 172 +41 +31.1%
1986 131 −104 −44.18%
1985 236 −70 −22.93%
1984 306 +20 +6.91%
1983 286 −94 −24.8%
1982 380 +46 +13.83%
1981 334 −2 −0.74%
1980 336 −9 −2.74%
1979 346 +40 +13.24%
1978 305 +81 +36.22%
1977 224 +28 +14.15%
1976 196 −32 −14%
1975 228 +6 +2.83%
1974 222 +21 +10.69%
1973 201 +35 +21.34%
1972 165 +14 +8.91%
1971 152 −8 −5.2%
1970 160 +7 +4.3%
1969 154 +27 +21.58%
1968 126 −10 −7.21%
1967 136 −13 −8.84%
1966 149 +4 +2.57%
1965 146 −8 −5.09%
1964 153 +7 +4.83%
1963 146 −0 −0.01%
1962 146 +4 +2.84%
1961 142 +0 +0.22%
1960 142

About the indicator

Gross domestic product divided by the mid-year population, in current US dollars. This is the most widely used indicator of the level of economic development. It does not account for price differences between countries — measured by nominal GDP per capita, expensive countries look richer than they do at purchasing power parity — and it says nothing about how income is distributed within a country.

Important: The aggregate for a group of countries is its total GDP divided by its total population, not an average of country values: a country counts in it in proportion to its population and its output.

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