Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices was 1,121 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Sierra Leone, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Sierra Leone stood at 1,121 USD. 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$ per capita, 2015 prices in Sierra Leone peaked at 1,121 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 328.53 USD, in 1999.
That places Sierra Leone 171st out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 749.29 USD | — |
| 1971 | 738.64 USD | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 731.82 USD | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 743.43 USD | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 755.29 USD | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 741.53 USD | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 723.01 USD | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 715.79 USD | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 729.13 USD | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 751.5 USD | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 757.78 USD | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 772.06 USD | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 769.63 USD | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 752.63 USD | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 768.43 USD | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 769.11 USD | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 761.51 USD | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 771.28 USD | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 769.24 USD | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 775.73 USD | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 772.8 USD | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 702.75 USD | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 647.14 USD | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 648.93 USD | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 669.07 USD | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 601.12 USD | -10.2% |
| 1996 | 449.97 USD | -25.1% |
| 1997 | 366.04 USD | -18.7% |
| 1998 | 359.42 USD | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 328.53 USD | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 332.9 USD | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 370.82 USD | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 442.5 USD | +19.3% |
| 2003 | 464.45 USD | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 478.63 USD | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 486.92 USD | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 496.41 USD | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 524.76 USD | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 539.47 USD | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 541.86 USD | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 555.51 USD | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 575.38 USD | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 646.16 USD | +12.3% |
| 2013 | 761.08 USD | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 777 USD | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 675.07 USD | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 784.15 USD | +16.2% |
| 2017 | 888.57 USD | +13.3% |
| 2018 | 1,004 USD | +13.0% |
| 2019 | 1,035 USD | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 998.96 USD | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 1,034 USD | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 1,065 USD | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 1,101 USD | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 1,121 USD | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 737.94 USD | 715.79 USD | 755.29 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 766.74 USD | 752.63 USD | 775.73 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 554.58 USD | 328.53 USD | 772.8 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 467.87 USD | 332.9 USD | 541.86 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 770.25 USD | 555.51 USD | 1,035 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,064 USD | 998.96 USD | 1,121 USD | 5 |
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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)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 11.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.568 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita 480.73 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current US$), annual growth -30.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current LCU), annual growth -30.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 8.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 6.69 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 5,664 current LCU per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Sierra Leone?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Sierra Leone was 1,121 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1,121 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 328.53 USD in 1999.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Sierra Leone ranks 171st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices 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 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).