Poverty at $3.65 a day — all countries

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Sierra Leone

Poverty at $3.65 a day in Sierra Leone in 2018 — 65%. Ranked 90 in the world out of 93. Since 2003, the indicator has fallen by 18.9 pp.

2018 65% −8.3 pp vs 2011
World rank 90of 93
Period maximum 83.9%2003
Period minimum 65%2018

Trend over time

2003–2018 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Sierra Leone, 2003–201865707580852003200520072009201120132015201720182003: 83.9%2011: 73.3%2018: 65%
Change over the period: −18.9 pp Annual average: -1.26 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Sierra Leone 65%
World 22.3%
Western Africa computed 54.55%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 65
2011 73.3
2003 83.9

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $3.65 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity. The World Bank keeps three international lines because one does not work for the whole world: extreme poverty at $2.15 has all but disappeared in middle-income countries, and they need a higher line. This one matches the typical national lines of lower-middle-income countries — that is, it answers how many are poor by the standards of countries like them, not how many are destitute.

Important: Measured from consumption or income in household surveys held once every few years, so the years are discontinuous. The line is set in 2017 PPP dollars, not in current ones.

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