Indicators of economy in Sierra Leone

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product, the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2021 was at about 12,230 USD per capita. GDP in Sierra Leone, on the other hand, reached USD 480 per capita, or 4.04 billion USD for the whole country. Sierra Leone is currently at number 168 among the international economies and is therefore one of the less significant. If this is calculated per inhabitant, taking purchasing power parity into account, then Sierra Leone ranks 179th in the list of the richest countries.

Inflation in Sierra Leone in 2021 was around 11.87%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.55 percent. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.

Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 68.8 percent lower.
The index for perceived corruption in the public sector is 34, which is below average by global standards.


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