Sierra Leone, is a country located at Western Africa, it has an area of 72,300 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Sierra Leone, with a population of 8,480,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and has a population density of 117 people per km2.

It's capital is Freetown and its currency is Leone

Sierra Leone is holding the 160 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 2,911 millions of euros (3,149 millions of dollars), ( 49.22% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €343 euros per inhabitant$371 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Sierra Leone, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.477 points in 2021, leaving it in 181th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Sierra Leone are business, you must know it's in the 163th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Sierra Leone, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Freetown: Monthly Rainfall
Sierra Leone Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€5,914M
Annual GDP [+]2023$6,397M
GDP per capita [+]2023€697
GDP per capita [+]2023$754
Debt (M.€.) [+]20232,911
Debt ($M) [+]20233,149
Debt (%GDP) [+]202349.22%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€343
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$371
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-295
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-319
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-4.99%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20231,044.2
Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,129.4
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022594.9
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2022349.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202229.37%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202169.5
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202182.3
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20216.85%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202240.5
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202242.7
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20222.71%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202317.66%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€123
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$133
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€72
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$75
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021€8
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021$10
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€5
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$5
Corruption Index [+]202234
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2018134º
Fragile States Index [+]201889.1
RTI Raking [+]202211º
Labour
NMW [+]2023$37.6
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017117º
Business
Doing Business [+]2020163º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202111.7%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201415.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202015.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201857,000
Exports [+]2023€1,174.7M
Exports [+]2023$1,270.2M
Exports % GDP [+]202319.86%
Imports [+]2023€1,992.1M
Imports [+]2023$2,154.1M
Imports % GDP [+]202333.68%
Trade balance [+]2023€-817.4M
Trade balance [+]2023$-883.9M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-13.82%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2023117
Global Peace Ranking [+]202347º
Remittance received ($M) [+]201749.2
% Immigrant [+]20200.67%
% Emigrant [+]20201.91%
Birth Rate [+]202230.79‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201778.1
Crude death rate [+]20228.91‰
Fertility Rate [+]20223.88
% risk of poverty [+]201856.8%
Population [+]20238,480,000
Immigrant stock [+]202053,746
Emigrant stock [+]2020152,486
HDI [+]20210.477
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023112º
Life expectancy [+]202260.41
Suicides [+]2015990
Suicide rate [+]201513.81
Number of homicides [+]2020176
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20202.22
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20220.13
Consumption GWh [+]2022122
Generation GWh [+]2022198
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/2024125
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/20247,979
Fully vaccinated [+]07/30/20234,961,886
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/202414.74
Doses administered [+]07/30/20239,155,936