Country profile
Sierra Leone
Africa · Capital: Freetown · Currency: Sierra Leonean leone (SLE)
Sierra Leone is a country in Africa, with its capital at Freetown. It has a GDP of $7.46B (2025), a population of 8.8M (2025), a GDP per capita of $846.
- GDP
- $7.46B
- GDP per capita
- $846
- Population
- 8.8M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $3,717
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Economy
- GDP
- $7.46B2025 · #151
- GDP per capita
- $8462025 · #178
- GDP growth
- 4.61%2025 · #52
- Inflation
- 7.49%2025 · #138
- Unemployment
- 3.15%2025 · #45
- Population
- 8.8M2025 · #100
- GDP (PPP)
- $32.78B2025 · #142
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $3,7172025 · #165
- Gini index
- 35.72018 · #86
- Government debt
- 44.3%2026 · #71
People
- Median age
- 19.4 yrs2024 · #207
- Fertility rate
- 3.7 children/woman2024 · #35
- Urbanization
- 45.9%2025 · #158
- Net migration
- −11,309/yr2025 · #155
- Life expectancy
- 62.0 yrs2024 · #205
- HDI
- 0.4672023 · #185
- Homicide rate
- 2.2 per 100k2020 · #82
Money
- Corporate tax
- 25%2024 · #75
Figures
- Internet users
- 25.1%2024 · #169
- CO₂ per capita
- 0.2 t2024 · #182
- Area
- 71,740 km²#121
- Population density
- 123 /km²2025 · #89
- McDonald's
- 02024
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 02026
- Passport power
- 63 destinations2026 · #140
- Corruption index
- 33/1002024 · #115
- Military spending
- 0.5%2024 · #138
- Renewable energy
- 71.1%2021 · #28