Indicators of economy in Sierra Leone

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2020 was at about 10.915 US Dollar per capita. In contrast, the GDP in Sierra Leone reached 509 US dollars per inhabitant, or 4.06 bn US Dollar in the whole country. Sierra Leone is currently at number 165 among the international economies and is therefore one of the less significant. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Sierra Leone is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 180.

Inflation in Sierra Leone was in 2021 at around 11.87%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.62%. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.

Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 68.8% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 67 and is compared to other countries moderate.


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