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GDP per person in Sierra Leone
1960 – 2025 · 66 data points
39 of 40 · Countries
Updated 22 Oct 2026
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
US$846
+4.9%
since 2024
Countries · 2025
39 of 40
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
−12%
+2.8% a year on average
vs World
−94%
World: US$14,406 · 2025
GDP per person, 1960 – 2025 USD · Sierra Leone · World
−12% since 2015
US$0
US$5,000
US$10,000
US$15,000
1960
1980
1990
2000
2010
2025
Sierra Leone
World
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025
Compared with GDP per person · USD
Sierra Leone
US$846
World
US$14,406
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance Sierra Leone · 1960 – 2025
Latest value
US$846 · 2025
First value
US$142 · 1960
Highest
US$1,118 · 2014
Lowest
US$126 · 1968
Average change
+2.8% a year on average
Data points
66
By year
All years · 1960 – 2025
| Year | Sierra Leone | Change | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | US$846 | +4.9% | US$14,406 |
| 2024 | US$807 | +6.4% | US$13,717 |
| 2023 | US$758 | −12% | US$13,314 |
| 2022 | US$860 | −2.8% | US$12,876 |
| 2021 | US$885 | +4.7% | US$12,473 |
| 2020 | US$845 | +0.2% | US$10,999 |
| 2019 | US$844 | −0.3% | US$11,418 |
| 2018 | US$846 | +8.6% | US$11,345 |
| 2017 | US$779 | −7.7% | US$10,784 |
| 2016 | US$844 | −12% | US$10,239 |
| 2015 | US$965 | −14% | US$10,192 |
| 2014 | US$1,118 | +0.0% | US$10,912 |
| 2013 | US$1,117 | +19% | US$10,759 |
| 2012 | US$938 | +23% | US$10,598 |
| 2011 | US$761 | +11% | US$10,497 |
| 2010 | US$685 | +4.9% | US$9,555 |
| 2009 | US$653 | −7.4% | US$8,827 |
| 2008 | US$705 | +12% | US$9,426 |
| 2007 | US$632 | +8.9% | US$8,685 |
| 2006 | US$580 | +25% | US$7,803 |
| 2005 | US$463 | +11% | US$7,291 |
| 2004 | US$418 | +1.0% | US$6,818 |
| 2003 | US$414 | +6.4% | US$6,130 |
| 2002 | US$389 | +8.6% | US$5,539 |
| 2001 | US$358 | +149% | US$5,404 |
| 2000 | US$144 | −7.3% | US$5,513 |
| 1999 | US$155 | −1.0% | US$5,401 |
| 1998 | US$157 | −22% | US$5,302 |
| 1997 | US$200 | −11% | US$5,409 |
| 1996 | US$224 | +7.6% | US$5,507 |
| 1995 | US$208 | −4.6% | US$5,463 |
| 1994 | US$219 | +18% | US$4,967 |
| 1993 | US$185 | +13% | US$4,685 |
| 1992 | US$163 | −11% | US$4,680 |
| 1991 | US$184 | +19% | US$4,454 |
| 1990 | US$155 | −33% | US$4,339 |
| 1989 | US$231 | −14% | US$3,931 |
| 1988 | US$268 | +56% | US$3,830 |
| 1987 | US$172 | +31% | US$3,488 |
| 1986 | US$131 | −44% | US$3,119 |
| 1985 | US$236 | −23% | US$2,691 |
| 1984 | US$306 | +6.9% | US$2,614 |
| 1983 | US$286 | −25% | US$2,561 |
| 1982 | US$380 | +14% | US$2,554 |
| 1981 | US$334 | −0.7% | US$2,629 |
| 1980 | US$336 | −2.7% | US$2,587 |
| 1979 | US$346 | +13% | US$2,335 |
| 1978 | US$305 | +36% | US$2,055 |
| 1977 | US$224 | +14% | US$1,766 |
| 1976 | US$196 | −14% | US$1,590 |
| 1975 | US$228 | +2.8% | US$1,489 |
| 1974 | US$222 | +11% | US$1,362 |
| 1973 | US$201 | +21% | US$1,202 |
| 1972 | US$165 | +8.9% | US$1,002 |
| 1971 | US$152 | −5.2% | US$885 |
| 1970 | US$160 | +4.3% | US$818 |
| 1969 | US$154 | +22% | US$761 |
| 1968 | US$126 | −7.2% | US$703 |
| 1967 | US$136 | −8.8% | US$664 |
| 1966 | US$149 | +2.6% | US$639 |
| 1965 | US$146 | −5.1% | US$602 |
| 1964 | US$153 | +4.8% | US$564 |
| 1963 | US$146 | −0.0% | US$525 |
| 1962 | US$146 | +2.8% | US$496 |
| 1961 | US$142 | +0.2% | US$472 |
| 1960 | US$142 | US$453 |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | GDP per person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Congo - Kinshasa | US$486 | |
| 40 | Liberia | US$617 | |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | US$845 | |
| 38 | India | US$1,907 | |
| 37 | Congo - Brazzaville | US$1,994 | |
| 36 | Bangladesh | US$2,249 | |
| 35 | Honduras | US$2,308 | |
| 34 | Philippines | US$3,228 | |
| 33 | Egypt | US$3,511 | |
| 32 | Algeria | US$3,744 | |
| 31 | Indonesia | US$3,854 | |
| 30 | Colombia | US$5,340 | |
| 29 | Ecuador | US$5,464 | |
| 28 | Lebanon | US$5,561 | |
| 27 | Gabon | US$6,606 | |
| 26 | Brazil | US$7,074 | |
| 25 | Argentina | US$8,536 | |
| 24 | Türkiye | US$8,798 | |
| 23 | Mexico | US$8,841 | |
| 22 | Russia | US$10,108 | |
| 21 | China | US$10,627 | |
| 20 | Bulgaria | US$10,761 | |
| 19 | Romania | US$13,009 | |
| 18 | Chile | US$13,118 | |
| 17 | Poland | US$16,151 | |
| 16 | Greece | US$17,887 | |
| 15 | Lithuania | US$20,429 | |
| 14 | Czechia | US$23,473 | |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | US$24,339 | |
| 12 | Spain | US$27,234 | |
| 11 | Italy | US$32,091 | |
| 10 | South Korea | US$33,646 | |
| 9 | France | US$39,170 | |
| 8 | United Kingdom | US$40,815 | |
| 7 | Canada | US$43,538 | |
| 6 | Hong Kong SAR China | US$46,109 | |
| 5 | Germany | US$47,395 | |
| 4 | Finland | US$48,829 | |
| 3 | Netherlands | US$53,468 | |
| 2 | United States | US$64,465 | |
| 1 | Norway | US$71,058 |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2020
What it means
The value of everything produced here in a year, per resident — a broad measure of economic output.
How it is calculated
Gross domestic product at current prices divided by the population. In national currency, or US dollars where only international figures exist.