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 8,791,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and has a population density of 122 people per km2.

It's capital is Freetown and its currency is Leone

Sierra Leone is holding the 157 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 3,041 millions of euros (3,291 millions of dollars), ( 43% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €346 euros per inhabitant$374 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 0.458 points in 2022, leaving it in 184th place in the table of 193 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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Sierra Leone Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2024€7,073M
Annual GDP [+]2024$7,653M
GDP per capita [+]2024€788
GDP per capita [+]2024$853
Debt (M.€.) [+]20243,041
Debt ($M) [+]20243,291
Debt (%GDP) [+]202443.00%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€346
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$374
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-327
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-354
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-4.62%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20241,247.4
Expenditure ($M) [+]20241,349.7
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022594.9
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2022349.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202229.37%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202258.8
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202261.9
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20225.20%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202333.1
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202335.9
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20232.35%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202417.64%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€142
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$154
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€69
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$73
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€7
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$7
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€4
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$4
Corruption Index [+]202335
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2018134º
Fragile States Index [+]202482.6
RTI Raking [+]202411º
Labour
NMW [+]2023$37.6
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017117º
Business
Doing Business [+]2020163º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202211.4%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201415.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202015.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]202140,000
Exports [+]2023€1,228.1M
Exports [+]2023$1,328.0M
Exports % GDP [+]202320.76%
Imports [+]2023€1,777.7M
Imports [+]2023$1,922.2M
Imports % GDP [+]202330.06%
Trade balance [+]2023€-549.6M
Trade balance [+]2023$-883.9M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-9.29%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2023122
Global Peace Ranking [+]202466º
Remittance received ($M) [+]201749.2
% Immigrant [+]20200.67%
% Emigrant [+]20201.91%
Birth Rate [+]202330.60‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201778.1
Crude death rate [+]20238.29‰
Fertility Rate [+]20233.79
% risk of poverty [+]201856.8%
Population [+]20238,791,000
Immigrant stock [+]202053,746
Emigrant stock [+]2020152,486
HDI [+]20220.458
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202480º
Life expectancy [+]202361.79
Suicides [+]2015990
Suicide rate [+]201513.81
Number of homicides [+]2020176
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20202.22
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20230.13
Consumption GWh [+]2023131
Generation GWh [+]2023213
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 [+]08/04/202414.22
Doses administered [+]07/30/20239,155,936