Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Sierra Leone's gdp annual growth rate stands at 4.61% as of 2025-12-31, up from 4.29% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1961 to 2025 (65 observations).
In 2025, Sierra Leone's gdp annual growth rate was 4.61%, up from 4.29% in 2024.
In 2024, Sierra Leone's gdp annual growth rate was 4.29%, down from 5.71% in 2023.
In 2023, Sierra Leone's gdp annual growth rate was 5.71%, up from 5.31% in 2022.
In 2022, Sierra Leone's gdp annual growth rate was 5.31%, down from 5.9% in 2021.
In 2021, Sierra Leone's gdp annual growth rate was 5.9%, up from -1.25% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.61% | +0.3154% |
| 2024 | 4.29% | -1.42% |
| 2023 | 5.71% | +0.3965% |
| 2022 | 5.31% | -0.5833% |
| 2021 | 5.9% | +7.15% |
| 2020 | -1.25% | -6.76% |
| 2019 | 5.5% | +2.61% |
| 2018 | 2.89% | -0.314% |
| 2017 | 3.21% | -3.23% |
| 2016 | 6.44% | +10.8% |
| 2015 | -4.36% | +3.45% |
| 2014 | -7.82% | -22.48% |
| 2013 | 14.66% | +4.08% |
| 2012 | 10.58% | +2.48% |
| 2011 | 8.1% | +1.74% |
| 2010 | 6.36% | +4.82% |
| 2009 | 1.53% | -2.16% |
| 2008 | 3.69% | -0.0637% |
| 2007 | 3.75% | -0.5334% |
| 2006 | 4.28% | -0.0704% |
| 2005 | 4.35% | -2.13% |
| 2004 | 6.48% | -3% |
| 2003 | 9.48% | -17.04% |
| 2002 | 26.52% | +32.87% |
| 2001 | -6.35% | -13% |
| 2000 | 6.65% | +8.63% |
| 1999 | -1.98% | -3.76% |
| 1998 | 1.79% | +7.66% |
| 1997 | -5.88% | -7.63% |
| 1996 | 1.75% | +9.75% |
| 1995 | -8% | -6.05% |
| 1994 | -1.95% | -3.32% |
| 1993 | 1.37% | +20.39% |
| 1992 | -19.01% | -21.36% |
| 1991 | 2.35% | -0.998% |
| 1990 | 3.35% | +2.62% |
| 1989 | 0.73% | +7.81% |
| 1988 | -7.08% | -14.31% |
| 1987 | 7.23% | +6% |
| 1986 | 1.24% | +6.55% |
| 1985 | -5.31% | -9.4% |
| 1984 | 4.09% | +6.2% |
| 1983 | -2.1% | -6.88% |
| 1982 | 4.78% | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 2.88% | -1.96% |
| 1980 | 4.84% | +0.3322% |
| 1979 | 4.51% | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 2.41% | +2.36% |
| 1977 | 0.0467% | +0.4959% |
| 1976 | -0.4492% | -2.12% |
| 1975 | 1.67% | -1.83% |
| 1974 | 3.5% | +1.24% |
| 1973 | 2.26% | +1.36% |
| 1972 | 0.9002% | -2.57% |
| 1971 | 3.47% | -5.15% |
| 1970 | 8.62% | +0.095% |
| 1969 | 8.53% | +6.51% |
| 1968 | 2.02% | +1.98% |
| 1967 | 0.0363% | -1.66% |
| 1966 | 1.7% | -5.48% |
| 1965 | 7.18% | +0.4949% |
| 1964 | 6.69% | +4.99% |
| 1963 | 1.7% | -2.84% |
| 1962 | 4.54% | +2.73% |
| 1961 | 1.81% | — |
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Sierra Leone's gdp annual growth rate is 4.61% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 4.29% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 26.52% (2002); the lowest is -19.01% (1992), across data from 1961 to 2025.
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