Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita was 0.0011 million USD per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita in Sierra Leone, 1970–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita in Sierra Leone is 0.0011 million USD per person, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 44.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.0011 million USD per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0003 million USD per person, in 1999.
Sierra Leone ranks 169th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | million USD per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0007 million USD per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.0007 million USD per person | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0007 million USD per person | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0007 million USD per person | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0008 million USD per person | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0007 million USD per person | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0007 million USD per person | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0007 million USD per person | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0007 million USD per person | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0008 million USD per person | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0008 million USD per person | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.0008 million USD per person | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0008 million USD per person | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0008 million USD per person | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0008 million USD per person | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0008 million USD per person | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0008 million USD per person | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0008 million USD per person | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0008 million USD per person | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0008 million USD per person | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0008 million USD per person | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0007 million USD per person | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0006 million USD per person | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0006 million USD per person | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0007 million USD per person | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0006 million USD per person | -10.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0004 million USD per person | -25.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0004 million USD per person | -18.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0004 million USD per person | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0003 million USD per person | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0003 million USD per person | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0004 million USD per person | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0004 million USD per person | +19.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0005 million USD per person | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0005 million USD per person | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0005 million USD per person | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0005 million USD per person | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0005 million USD per person | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0005 million USD per person | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0005 million USD per person | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0006 million USD per person | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0006 million USD per person | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0006 million USD per person | +12.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0008 million USD per person | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0008 million USD per person | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0007 million USD per person | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0008 million USD per person | +16.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0009 million USD per person | +13.3% |
| 2018 | 0.001 million USD per person | +13.0% |
| 2019 | 0.001 million USD per person | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 0.001 million USD per person | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 0.001 million USD per person | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0011 million USD per person | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0011 million USD per person | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0011 million USD per person | +1.8% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 0.0011 million USD per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0007 million USD per person, 1.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 0.0011 million USD per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0013 million USD per person, 85% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita in Sierra Leone changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | -25.1% | 0.0006 million USD per person | 0.0004 million USD per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0007 million USD per person | 0.0007 million USD per person | 0.0008 million USD per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0008 million USD per person | 0.0008 million USD per person | 0.0008 million USD per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0006 million USD per person | 0.0003 million USD per person | 0.0008 million USD per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0005 million USD per person | 0.0003 million USD per person | 0.0005 million USD per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0008 million USD per person | 0.0006 million USD per person | 0.001 million USD per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0011 million USD per person | 0.001 million USD per person | 0.0011 million USD per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More economy & growth data for Sierra Leone
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.55 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.53 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -33,272 BoP, current US$ (2010)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2010)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -0.0053 BoP, current US$ per person (2010)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 121.78 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -16.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0175 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 14.09 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate -12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita in Sierra Leone?
- Gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita in Sierra Leone was 0.0011 million USD per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0011 million USD per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0003 million USD per person in 1999.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita?
- Sierra Leone ranks 169th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.