Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing … capita in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing … capita was 0 units per person in 2019. ▼ Falling
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power in Sierra Leone, 1961–2019
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Sierra Leone is 0 units per person, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Sierra Leone peaked at 0 units per person in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 units per person, in 1999.
That places Sierra Leone 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 59 years of available data.
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing … capita in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 units per person | — |
| 1962 | 0 units per person | +12.2% |
| 1963 | 0 units per person | +9.9% |
| 1964 | 0 units per person | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 0 units per person | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 0 units per person | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 0 units per person | -11.4% |
| 1968 | 0 units per person | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 0 units per person | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 0 units per person | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 0 units per person | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 0 units per person | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 0 units per person | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 0 units per person | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 0 units per person | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 0 units per person | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 0 units per person | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 0 units per person | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 0 units per person | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 0 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 0 units per person | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 0 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0 units per person | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 0 units per person | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 0 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0 units per person | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 0 units per person | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0 units per person | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0 units per person | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 0 units per person | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 0 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0 units per person | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 0 units per person | -10.2% |
| 1996 | 0 units per person | -25.1% |
| 1997 | 0 units per person | -18.7% |
| 1998 | 0 units per person | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 0 units per person | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 0 units per person | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0 units per person | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 0 units per person | +19.3% |
| 2003 | 0 units per person | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 0 units per person | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 0 units per person | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0 units per person | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0 units per person | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 0 units per person | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 0 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0 units per person | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 0 units per person | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 0 units per person | +12.3% |
| 2013 | 0 units per person | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 0 units per person | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 0 units per person | -22.3% |
| 2016 | 0 units per person | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 0 units per person | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0 units per person | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0 units per person | +3.1% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 0 units per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0 units per person, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 0 units per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0 units per person, 63% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing … capita in Sierra Leone changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | -25.1% | 0 units per person | 0 units per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 175 Burkina Faso 0 units per person compare
- 176 Guinea-Bissau 0 units per person compare
- 177 Eritrea 0 units per person compare
- 179 Haiti 0 units per person compare
- 180 Madagascar 0 units per person compare
- 181 Chad 0 units per person compare
More economy & growth data for Sierra Leone
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.55 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.53 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -18.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0324 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 27.41 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -22.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0236 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 20.01 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0381 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Sierra Leone?
- Gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Sierra Leone was 0 units per person in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0 units per person in 2014.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per person in 1999.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power?
- Sierra Leone ranks 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power International Monetary Fund
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.